Log4j in struts

[Mala Sharma]

Hello,

I'm not sure if my question belongs here or in the open source forum. I'm having difficulty in using log4j logging with my struts project. I've put log4j-1.2.8.jar in my WEB-INF/lib folder. THis is my log4j.properties file:

log4j.logger.StrutsProject=DEBUG
log4j.rootLogger=WARN, stdout
log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=[%5] %d{mm:ss}
(%F:%M:%L)%n%m%n%n   

Now in my UserRegistrationForm that extends ActionForm class i do this:

 public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping,HttpServletRequest request){
ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();
Log log = LogFactory.getLog(UserRegistrationForm.class);
// Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(UserRegistrationForm.class);
if((firstName == null || firstName.trim().equals(""))||(userName == null || userName.trim().equals(""))||(password == null || password.trim().equals(""))||(passwordCheck == null || passwordCheck.trim().equals(""))){
errors.add("firstName", new ActionError("userRegistration.form.problem"));
}
//logger.debug("Hello world.");
log.debug("THis is the message from LOg4J");
//System.out.println("I got here");
return errors; 
} 

Then, i purposely submit the form with error in it but the log message doesn't get shown in the console like its supposed to. Could someone please help me out with this. I'm new at this and trying to learn. THanks for your time.

Regards,
Harpreet

[Carol Enderlin]

Your rootLogger is set to WARN level and associated with stdout appender.
So, only WARN or more severe messages will go to stdout appender.
You're trying to see debug level.

Not sure how StrutsProject logger relates to your UserRegistrationForm class;
it is set to debug, but not associated to an appender.
Are you using commons logging?
(I don't use LogFactory.getLog() and quick google gave a bunch of commons references)

log4j.logger.StrutsProject=DEBUG
log4j.rootLogger=WARN, stdout
log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=[%5] %d{mm:ss}(%F:%M:%L)%n%m%n%n

[ February 23, 2005: Message edited by: Carol Enderlin ]