Yes, if you are logging directly to log4j2 but if other jars use slf4j you need to delegate the logging (create a log4j2.xml if upgrading from v1, note the format is also different!)
<dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId> <version>1.7.14</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId> <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> </dependency> Cheers Greg ###################################### here is what i use, via Jakarta Commons Logging JCL. (.....although my velocity is logging to the console!) <dependencies> <!-- Jakarta Commons Logging JCL --> <dependency> <groupId>commons-logging</groupId> <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId> <version>1.2</version> </dependency> <!-- Actual Logging Implementation log4j 2 --> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId> <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId> <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> </dependency> <!-- Logging redirects --> <!-- log4j 2 Jakarta Commons Logging JCL Bridge --> <!-- If existing components use Apache Commons Logging 1.x will delegate all Jakarta Commons Logging JCL Log4j 2 --> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId> <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> </dependency> <!-- SLF4J Bridge --> <!-- If existing components use SLF4J and you want to have this logging routed to Log4j 2 --> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId> <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> </dependency> <!-- slf4j Logging --> <dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId> <version>1.7.14</version> </dependency> <!-- SLF4J Bridge. Not used see above log directly to Log4j 2 --> <!-- slf4j bridge to Jakarta Commons Logging JCL and will delegate all SLF4J logging to Jakarta Commons Logging JCL. --> <!-- <dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>slf4j-jcl</artifactId> <version>1.7.14</version> </dependency --> </dependencies> <Configuration> <Properties> <Property name="log-path">${sys:catalina.home}/logs</Property> </Properties> <Appenders> <RollingFile name="RollingFile" fileName="${log-path}/events.log" filePattern="${log-path}/events-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}-%i.log"> <PatternLayout> <pattern>%d %-5p %c %C{1}:%M - %m%n</pattern> </PatternLayout> <Policies> <TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy /><!-- Rotated everyday --> <SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="999KB" /> </Policies> <DefaultRolloverStrategy max="3" /> </RollingFile> </Appenders> <Loggers> <Root level="ERROR" additivity="false"> <AppenderRef ref="RollingFile" /> </Root> </Loggers> </Configuration> On 29 January 2016 at 16:48, Martin Gainty <mgai...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Greg- > > can you confirm these dependencies for log4j? > > <dependencies> <dependency> > <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId> > <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> > </dependency> <dependency> > <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId> > <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> > </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> > <artifactId>junit</artifactId> <version>4.9</version> > <scope>test</scope> </dependency> </dependencies> > Thanks! > Martin > ______________________________________________ > > > > > Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:04:18 +0000 > > Subject: Re: Upgrade to tiles 3 jcl-over-slf4j > > From: gregh3...@gmail.com > > To: dev@struts.apache.org > > > > Well, I currently log with commons, but to get struts logging working I > > have had to upgrade to v2 and use the log4j2.xml file. > > > > Also a good idea to bypass the commons for slf4j and go directly. > > > > Cheers Greg > > > > > > > > On 29 January 2016 at 15:07, Christoph Nenning < > > christoph.nenn...@lex-com.net> wrote: > > > > > > Should jcl-over-slf4j be in the tiles-core pom? > > > > > > > > > > I see that it is currently the case but I do not need it. > > > > > > > > > > <snip /> > > > > slf4j-jcl is used to delegate all SLF4J logging to Commons Logging. > > > > <snip /> > > > > and then log4j-jcl to delegate all to Commons Logging to log4j 2 > > > > > > SLF4J can be forwarded to log4j 2 directly with log4j-slf4j-impl. > There is > > > no need to include Commons Logging (if you don't need it for other > reasons > > > than forwarding). > > > > > > <dependency> > > > <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId> > > > <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId> > > > </dependency> > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Christoph > > > > > > > > > > > > > It seems to be an option for migrating from Jakarta Commons Logging > > > which > > > > some might not want to do. > > > > > > > > <dependency> > > > > <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> > > > > <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId> > > > > </dependency> > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.slf4j.org/legacy.html > > > > > > > > To ease migration to SLF4J from JCL > > > > > > > > ##### > > > > > > > > I use Jakarta Commons Logging. > > > > > > > > > > > > slf4j-jcl is used to delegate all SLF4J logging to Commons Logging. > > > > > > > > <dependency> > > > > <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> > > > > <artifactId>slf4j-jcl</artifactId> > > > > </dependency> > > > > > > > > > > > > and then log4j-jcl to delegate all to Commons Logging to log4j 2 > > > > > > > > <dependency> > > > > <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId> > > > > <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId> > > > > <version>2.5</version> > > > > </dependency> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers Greg. > > > > > > > > > This Email was scanned by Sophos Anti Virus > > > >