log4j configuration error

[Abhilash Chander]

Hi, I am using Log4j for my applications logging. I need assitance for two of my problems.

1. I keep getting the following errors on the console

  log4j:ERROR Could not read configuration file [log4j.properties].   
java.io.FileNotFoundException: log4j.properties (The system cannot find the file specified)   
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)   
        at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106)   
        at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:66)   
        at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:316)   
        at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configure(PropertyConfigurator.java:342)   
        at com.wmt.action.indexData.execute(indexData.java:26)   
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)   
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)   
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)   
        at ...........................................................   
log4j:ERROR Ignoring configuration file [log4j.properties].     

My log4j.properties file is located in the default source package and here is the code.

   log4j.rootLogger=warn   
log4j.logger.com = debug, consolo   
log4j.logger.com.level_fatal = fatal, errorFilo   
log4j.logger.com.level_fatal.level_error = error   
log4j.logger.com.level_warn = warn, userInputFilo   
log4j.logger.com.level_info = info   
log4j.logger.com.level_debug = debug   
  
log4j.appender.consolo=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender   
log4j.appender.consolo.Target=System.out   
log4j.appender.consolo.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout   
log4j.appender.consolo.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p - %m%n   
  
log4j.appender.errorFilo = org.apache.log4j.FileAppender   
log4j.appender.errorFilo.File = C:\\Documents and Settings\\Administrator\\My Documents\\logs\\Error Logs.txt   
log4j.appender.errorFilo.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout   
log4j.appender.errorFilo.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss} %C{15} - %m%n   
log4j.appender.errorFilo.Threshold = ERROR   
  
log4j.appender.userInputFilo = org.apache.log4j.FileAppender   
log4j.appender.userInputFilo.File = C:\\Documents and Settings\\Administrator\\My Documents\\logs\\User Input Logs.txt   
log4j.appender.userInputFilo.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout   
log4j.appender.userInputFilo.layout.ConversionPattern=%r %C{15} %p %d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss} - %m%n   
log4j.appender.userInputFilo.Threshold = WARN  

And is here is the code of my class using it

 package com.wmt.helpers;   
  
import com.wmt.others.mainMenu;   
import com.wmt.others.conPool;   
  
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;   
import org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator;   
import java.util.ArrayList;   
import java.sql.Connection;   
import java.sql.Statement;   
import java.sql.ResultSet;   
import java.sql.SQLException;   
  
public class fetchMainMenu {   
  
    private ArrayList<mainMenu> menus;   
    private static Logger logError = Logger.getLogger("com.level_fatal.level_error");   
    private static Logger logDebug = Logger.getLogger("com.level_debug");   
  
    public ArrayList<mainMenu> fetch() {   
  
        PropertyConfigurator.configure("log4j.properties");   
        logDebug.debug("Entered fetch method of class fetchMainMenu");   
        menus = new ArrayList<mainMenu>();   
        Connection con = null;   
  
        try {   
  
            conPool cp = new conPool();   
            con = cp.getConnection();   
  
            Statement st0 = con.createStatement();   
            ResultSet rs0 = null;   
            String query0 = "SELECT DISPLAY_NAME, MAIN_MENU, ID FROM MAIN_MENU WHERE ACTIVE = 'Y' order by ORDERING";   
  
            logDebug.debug("query0 in class fetchMainMenu :" + query0);   
            rs0 = st0.executeQuery(query0);   
  
            while (rs0.next()) {   
                mainMenu mm = new mainMenu();   
                mm.setDisplayName(rs0.getString("DISPLAY_NAME"));   
                mm.setMenuAction(rs0.getString("MAIN_MENU"));   
                mm.SetId(rs0.getString("ID"));   
  
                menus.add(mm);   
            }   
  
            rs0.close();   
            st0.close();   
               
        } catch (SQLException se) {   
            logError.error("SQLException thrown in class fetchMainMenu :" + se);   
        } catch (Exception e) {   
            logError.error("Exception thrown in class fetchMainMenu :" + e);   
        } finally {   
            try {   
                con.close();   
            } catch (SQLException ex) {   
                logError.error("SQLException thrown in class fetchMainMenu in closing connection:" + ex);   
            }   
        }   
        logDebug.debug("Exiting fetch method of class fetchMainMenu");   
        return menus;   
    }   
}  
   

All my logging is working fine but I dont know why I am still getting these messages.


2. Secondly, this messages keeps printing on the console like 100 times in a single request

DEBUG - Checking ConfigurationProviders for reload.      

I tried to stop that logging by setting the level of my root logger to WARN and created my own logger 'com' for debug logging and set it at the top of the level heiarchy. But I am unable to stop it. Is there any other way to avoid this message from printing because its hard to find the log mesages I printed from my code.

Thanks in advance for your time.

[Tanzy Akhtar]

Hi Chan,

Kindly check the class path of the project.
It seems to you have put the log4j.propertis file somewhere else which is not defined in the classpath.


Thanks,
Tanzy.