Hi Folks
I hope someone is able to help me. I have written a Java application that
uses log4j2. I am using the Idea IDE. When I run the application in Idea the
logging works fine. I have three appenders, one to the console and two to
files. However, when I package the application into a runnable jar with all its
dependencies, and then run it from the command line, log4j2 still creates the
two files but there is no logging - not to the files or the console.
This is my log4j2.properties file:
property.basePath = /home/janne/IdeaProjects/F2_/DATA/outputs/
rootLogger.level = trace
rootLogger.appenderRefs = STDOUT, LOGFILE, TRACEFILE
rootLogger.appenderRef.stdout.ref = STDOUT
rootLogger.appenderRef.logfile.ref = LOGFILE
rootLogger.appenderRef.tracefile.ref = TRACEFILE
appender.console.name = STDOUT
appender.console.type = Console
appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
appender.console.layout.pattern = %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1} - %m%n
appender.console.filter.threshold.type = ThresholdFilter
appender.console.filter.threshold.level = info
appender.file1.type = File
appender.file1.name = LOGFILE
appender.file1.fileName = ${basePath}/firm.log
appender.file1.layout.type = PatternLayout
appender.file1.layout.pattern = %msg%n
appender.file1.filter.threshold.type = ThresholdFilter
appender.file1.filter.threshold.level = debug
appender.file2.type = File
appender.file2.name = TRACEFILE
appender.file2.fileName = ${basePath}/TRACE.log
appender.file2.layout.type = PatternLayout
appender.file2.layout.pattern = %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1} - %m%n
appender.file2.filter.threshold.type = ThresholdFilter
appender.file2.filter.threshold.level = trace
I usually create the jar with Maven, but I also tried using Idea to create it
as an artefact. It makes no difference.
This is my pom file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0";
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd";>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>uk.ac.ncl.nclwater.firm2.firm2</groupId>
<artifactId>firm2</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<version>0.001</version>
<build>
<finalName>${project.name}</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<mainClass>uk.ac.ncl.nclwater.firm2</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>make-assembly</id>
<!-- bind to the packaging phase -->
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<!-- Build an executable JAR -->
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix>
<mainClass>uk.ac.ncl.nclwater.firm2</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
<finalName>FIRM2</finalName>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.13.0</version>
<configuration>
<source>17</source>
<target>17</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
<version>2.8.9</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.miglayout</groupId>
<artifactId>miglayout-swing</artifactId>
<version>5.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.graphstream/gs-algo -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.graphstream</groupId>
<artifactId>gs-algo</artifactId>
<version>2.0</version>
</dependency>
<!--
https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.danilopianini/graphstream-gs-algo -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.danilopianini</groupId>
<artifactId>graphstream-gs-algo</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.danilopianini</groupId>
<artifactId>graphstream-gs-core</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.danilopianini</groupId>
<artifactId>graphstream-gs-ui-swing</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-io/commons-io -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>2.16.1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.xerial/sqlite-jdbc -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
<artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>3.46.1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
<version>2.24.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
<version>2.24.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
