http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/asterixdb/blob/af4018dd/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/server/test/NCServiceExecutionIT.java
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diff --git 
a/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/server/test/NCServiceExecutionIT.java
 
b/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/server/test/NCServiceExecutionIT.java
index 93b26dc..1d3c1c5 100644
--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/server/test/NCServiceExecutionIT.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/server/test/NCServiceExecutionIT.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.test.common.TestExecutor;
 import org.apache.asterix.test.runtime.HDFSCluster;
@@ -36,6 +34,9 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.server.process.HyracksCCProcess;
 import org.apache.hyracks.server.process.HyracksNCServiceProcess;
 import org.apache.hyracks.server.process.HyracksVirtualCluster;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ public class NCServiceExecutionIT {
     public static final String ACTUAL_RESULTS_DIR = StringUtils.join(new 
String[] { TARGET_DIR, "ittest" },
             File.separator);
 
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(NCServiceExecutionIT.class.getName());
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
 
     enum KillCommand {
         CC,
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ public class NCServiceExecutionIT {
                 testExecutor.waitForClusterActive(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 // stop executing the rest of the tests since the cluster is 
not ACTIVE
-                LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "Cannot continue since cluster is not 
ACTIVE", e);
+                LOGGER.log(Level.ERROR, "Cannot continue since cluster is not 
ACTIVE", e);
                 clusterActive = false;
                 Assert.fail("Cluster is not ACTIVE");
             }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/asterixdb/blob/af4018dd/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/server/test/RecoveryIT.java
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diff --git 
a/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/server/test/RecoveryIT.java
 
b/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/server/test/RecoveryIT.java
index 21e3068..7aea282 100644
--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/server/test/RecoveryIT.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/server/test/RecoveryIT.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.io.FilenameFilter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.test.base.RetainLogsRule;
 import org.apache.asterix.test.common.TestExecutor;
@@ -31,6 +30,8 @@ import org.apache.asterix.test.runtime.HDFSCluster;
 import org.apache.asterix.testframework.context.TestCaseContext;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Rule;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
 @RunWith(Parameterized.class)
 public class RecoveryIT {
 
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(RecoveryIT.class.getName());
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
     private static final String PATH_ACTUAL = "target" + File.separator + 
"rttest" + File.separator;
     private static final String PATH_BASE = 
"src/test/resources/transactionts/";
     private static final String HDFS_BASE = "../asterix-app/";

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/asterixdb/blob/af4018dd/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/server/test/ReplicationIT.java
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diff --git 
a/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/server/test/ReplicationIT.java
 
b/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/server/test/ReplicationIT.java
index 6ebb632..aa2d97d 100644
--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/server/test/ReplicationIT.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/server/test/ReplicationIT.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.test.base.RetainLogsRule;
 import org.apache.asterix.test.common.TestExecutor;
@@ -33,7 +32,12 @@ import org.apache.hyracks.server.process.HyracksCCProcess;
 import org.apache.hyracks.server.process.HyracksNCServiceProcess;
 import org.apache.hyracks.server.process.HyracksVirtualCluster;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.file.FileUtil;
-import org.junit.*;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.TestRule;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ public class ReplicationIT {
     public static final String CONF_DIR = StringUtils.join(new String[] { 
TARGET_DIR, "test-classes", "ReplicationIT" },
             File.separator);
     private static final String PATH_ACTUAL = FileUtil.joinPath("target", 
"ittest");
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(ReplicationIT.class.getName());
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
     private static String reportPath = new File(FileUtil.joinPath("target", 
"failsafe-reports")).getAbsolutePath();
 
     private final TestExecutor testExecutor = new TestExecutor();

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/asterixdb/blob/af4018dd/asterixdb/asterix-tools/pom.xml
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diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-tools/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-tools/pom.xml
index efe1418..40453e1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-tools/pom.xml
@@ -153,5 +153,9 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/asterixdb/blob/af4018dd/asterixdb/asterix-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/tools/external/data/TweetGeneratorForSpatialIndexEvaluation.java
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diff --git 
a/asterixdb/asterix-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/tools/external/data/TweetGeneratorForSpatialIndexEvaluation.java
 
b/asterixdb/asterix-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/tools/external/data/TweetGeneratorForSpatialIndexEvaluation.java
index fcaa2a4..0b7121f 100644
--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/tools/external/data/TweetGeneratorForSpatialIndexEvaluation.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/tools/external/data/TweetGeneratorForSpatialIndexEvaluation.java
@@ -23,16 +23,16 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import 
org.apache.asterix.tools.external.data.DataGeneratorForSpatialIndexEvaluation.InitializationInfo;
 import 
org.apache.asterix.tools.external.data.DataGeneratorForSpatialIndexEvaluation.TweetMessage;
 import 
org.apache.asterix.tools.external.data.DataGeneratorForSpatialIndexEvaluation.TweetMessageIterator;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 public class TweetGeneratorForSpatialIndexEvaluation {
 
-    private static Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(TweetGeneratorForSpatialIndexEvaluation.class.getName());
+    private static Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
 
     public static final String KEY_DURATION = "duration";
     public static final String KEY_TPS = "tps";
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class TweetGeneratorForSpatialIndexEvaluation {
                 numFlushedTweets += frameTweetCount;
                 frameTweetCount = 0;
             }
-            if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+            if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
                 LOGGER.info("Reached end of batch. Tweet Count: [" + partition 
+ "]" + tweetCount);
             }
             return false;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/asterixdb/blob/af4018dd/asterixdb/asterix-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/tools/test/AdmDataGenTest.java
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a/asterixdb/asterix-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/tools/test/AdmDataGenTest.java
 
b/asterixdb/asterix-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/tools/test/AdmDataGenTest.java
index 1eef3c3..b6d44e0 100644
--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/tools/test/AdmDataGenTest.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/tools/test/AdmDataGenTest.java
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ import java.io.FileFilter;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ import org.apache.asterix.tools.datagen.AdmDataGen;
 @RunWith(Parameterized.class)
 public class AdmDataGenTest {
 
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(AdmDataGenTest.class.getName());
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
 
     private static final String SEPARATOR = File.separator;
     private static final String EXTENSION_QUERY = "adg";

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/asterixdb/blob/af4018dd/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/pom.xml
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diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/pom.xml 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/pom.xml
index b7e1871..7ec8307 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/pom.xml
@@ -151,5 +151,9 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>algebricks-runtime</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/asterixdb/blob/af4018dd/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
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diff --git 
a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
index 3aa2578..726f95c 100644
--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ACIDException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.DatasetId;
@@ -34,6 +32,9 @@ import 
org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.ITransactionContext;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.ITransactionManager;
 import 
org.apache.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.TransactionManagementConstants.LockManagerConstants.LockMode;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ILifeCycleComponent;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 /**
  * A concurrent implementation of the ILockManager interface.
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ import org.apache.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ILifeCycleComponent;
  */
 public class ConcurrentLockManager implements ILockManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent {
 
-    static final Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(ConcurrentLockManager.class.getName());
-    static final Level LVL = Level.FINER;
+    static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
+    static final Level LVL = Level.TRACE;
     public static final boolean ENABLED_DEADLOCK_FREE_LOCKING_PROTOCOL = true;
 
     public static final int NIL = -1;
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ public class ConcurrentLockManager implements ILockManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent
             if (reqSlot != NILL) {
                 // deallocate request, if we allocated one earlier
                 if (DEBUG_MODE) {
-                    LOGGER.finer("del req slot " + 
TypeUtil.Global.toString(reqSlot));
+                    LOGGER.trace("del req slot " + 
TypeUtil.Global.toString(reqSlot));
                 }
                 reqArenaMgr.deallocate(reqSlot);
             }
@@ -494,7 +495,7 @@ public class ConcurrentLockManager implements ILockManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent
 
             // deallocate request
             if (DEBUG_MODE) {
-                LOGGER.finer("del req slot " + 
TypeUtil.Global.toString(holder));
+                LOGGER.trace("del req slot " + 
TypeUtil.Global.toString(holder));
             }
             reqArenaMgr.deallocate(holder);
             // deallocate resource or fix max lock mode
@@ -509,7 +510,7 @@ public class ConcurrentLockManager implements ILockManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent
                     resArenaMgr.setNext(prev, resArenaMgr.getNext(resource));
                 }
                 if (DEBUG_MODE) {
-                    LOGGER.finer("del res slot " + 
TypeUtil.Global.toString(resource));
+                    LOGGER.trace("del res slot " + 
TypeUtil.Global.toString(resource));
                 }
                 resArenaMgr.deallocate(resource);
             } else {
@@ -535,7 +536,7 @@ public class ConcurrentLockManager implements ILockManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent
             return;
         }
         //System.err.println(table.append(new StringBuilder(), 
true).toString());
-        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(LVL)) {
+        if (LOGGER.isEnabled(LVL)) {
             LOGGER.log(LVL, "jobArenaMgr " + jobArenaMgr.addTo(new 
RecordManagerStats()).toString());
             LOGGER.log(LVL, "resArenaMgr " + resArenaMgr.addTo(new 
RecordManagerStats()).toString());
             LOGGER.log(LVL, "reqArenaMgr " + reqArenaMgr.addTo(new 
RecordManagerStats()).toString());
@@ -554,11 +555,11 @@ public class ConcurrentLockManager implements 
ILockManager, ILifeCycleComponent
             }
         }
         if (DEBUG_MODE) {
-            LOGGER.finer("del job slot " + TypeUtil.Global.toString(jobSlot));
+            LOGGER.trace("del job slot " + TypeUtil.Global.toString(jobSlot));
         }
         jobArenaMgr.deallocate(jobSlot);
         txnId2TxnSlotMap.remove(txnId);
-        stats.logCounters(LOGGER, Level.FINE, true);
+        stats.logCounters(LOGGER, Level.DEBUG, true);
     }
 
     private long findOrAllocJobSlot(long txnId) {
@@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ public class ConcurrentLockManager implements ILockManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent
         if (jobSlot == null) {
             jobSlot = new Long(jobArenaMgr.allocate());
             if (DEBUG_MODE) {
-                LOGGER.finer("new job slot " + 
TypeUtil.Global.toString(jobSlot) + " (" + txnId + ")");
+                LOGGER.trace("new job slot " + 
TypeUtil.Global.toString(jobSlot) + " (" + txnId + ")");
             }
             jobArenaMgr.setTxnId(jobSlot, txnId);
             Long oldSlot = txnId2TxnSlotMap.putIfAbsent(txnId, jobSlot);
@@ -575,7 +576,7 @@ public class ConcurrentLockManager implements ILockManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent
                 // get(..) and putIfAbsent(..), we'll use that slot and
                 // deallocate the one we allocated
                 if (DEBUG_MODE) {
-                    LOGGER.finer("del job slot " + 
TypeUtil.Global.toString(jobSlot) + " due to conflict");
+                    LOGGER.trace("del job slot " + 
TypeUtil.Global.toString(jobSlot) + " due to conflict");
                 }
                 jobArenaMgr.deallocate(jobSlot);
                 jobSlot = oldSlot;
@@ -596,12 +597,12 @@ public class ConcurrentLockManager implements 
ILockManager, ILifeCycleComponent
             resArenaMgr.setNext(resSlot, group.firstResourceIndex.get());
             group.firstResourceIndex.set(resSlot);
             if (DEBUG_MODE) {
-                LOGGER.finer("new res slot " + 
TypeUtil.Global.toString(resSlot) + " (" + dsId + ", " + entityHashValue
+                LOGGER.trace("new res slot " + 
TypeUtil.Global.toString(resSlot) + " (" + dsId + ", " + entityHashValue
                         + ")");
             }
         } else {
             if (DEBUG_MODE) {
-                LOGGER.finer("fnd res slot " + 
TypeUtil.Global.toString(resSlot) + " (" + dsId + ", " + entityHashValue
+                LOGGER.trace("fnd res slot " + 
TypeUtil.Global.toString(resSlot) + " (" + dsId + ", " + entityHashValue
                         + ")");
             }
         }
@@ -614,7 +615,7 @@ public class ConcurrentLockManager implements ILockManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent
         reqArenaMgr.setLockMode(reqSlot, lockMode); // lock mode is a byte!!
         reqArenaMgr.setJobSlot(reqSlot, jobSlot);
         if (DEBUG_MODE) {
-            LOGGER.finer("new req slot " + TypeUtil.Global.toString(reqSlot) + 
" (" + TypeUtil.Global.toString(resSlot)
+            LOGGER.trace("new req slot " + TypeUtil.Global.toString(reqSlot) + 
" (" + TypeUtil.Global.toString(resSlot)
                     + ", " + TypeUtil.Global.toString(jobSlot) + ", " + 
LockMode.toString(lockMode) + ")");
         }
         return reqSlot;
@@ -667,7 +668,7 @@ public class ConcurrentLockManager implements ILockManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent
     }
 
     private long findResourceInGroup(ResourceGroup group, int dsId, int 
entityHashValue) {
-        stats.logCounters(LOGGER, Level.FINE, false);
+        stats.logCounters(LOGGER, Level.DEBUG, false);
         long resSlot = group.firstResourceIndex.get();
         while (resSlot != NILL) {
             // either we already have a lock on this resource or we have a
@@ -934,7 +935,7 @@ public class ConcurrentLockManager implements ILockManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent
      */
 
     private void log(String string, int id, int entityHashValue, byte 
lockMode, ITransactionContext txnContext) {
-        if (!LOGGER.isLoggable(LVL)) {
+        if (!LOGGER.isEnabled(LVL)) {
             return;
         }
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
@@ -980,7 +981,7 @@ public class ConcurrentLockManager implements ILockManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent
                         group.releaseLatch();
                     }
                 } else {
-                    LOGGER.warning("Could not check locks for " + group);
+                    LOGGER.warn("Could not check locks for " + group);
                 }
             }
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
@@ -993,7 +994,7 @@ public class ConcurrentLockManager implements ILockManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent
             String msg = "request for " + LockMode.toString(lockMode) + " lock 
on dataset " + dsId + " entity "
                     + entityHashValue + " not found for txn " + txnId + " in 
thread "
                     + Thread.currentThread().getName();
-            LOGGER.severe(msg);
+            LOGGER.error(msg);
             throw new IllegalStateException(msg);
         }
     }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/asterixdb/blob/af4018dd/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManagerStats.java
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b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManagerStats.java
index 1050d54..4d9c94a 100644
--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManagerStats.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManagerStats.java
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
 package org.apache.asterix.transaction.management.service.locking;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 final class LockManagerStats {
     private final int loggingPeriod;
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ final class LockManagerStats {
     }
 
     final void logCounters(final Logger logger, final Level lvl, boolean 
always) {
-        if (logger.isLoggable(lvl)
+        if (logger.isEnabled(lvl)
             && (always || requestSum()  % loggingPeriod == 0)) {
             logger.log(lvl, toString());
         }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/asterixdb/blob/af4018dd/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ResourceGroup.java
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b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ResourceGroup.java
index bec4e53..436745d 100644
--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ResourceGroup.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ResourceGroup.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class ResourceGroup {
         try {
             return latch.writeLock().tryLock(timeout, unit);
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-            ConcurrentLockManager.LOGGER.finer("interrupted while wating on 
ResourceGroup");
+            ConcurrentLockManager.LOGGER.trace("interrupted while wating on 
ResourceGroup");
             throw e;
         }
     }
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class ResourceGroup {
         try {
             condition.await();
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-            ConcurrentLockManager.LOGGER.finer("interrupted while waiting on 
ResourceGroup");
+            ConcurrentLockManager.LOGGER.trace("interrupted while waiting on 
ResourceGroup");
             throw e;
         }
     }
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class ResourceGroup {
     }
 
     void log(String s) {
-        if 
(ConcurrentLockManager.LOGGER.isLoggable(ConcurrentLockManager.LVL)) {
+        if (ConcurrentLockManager.LOGGER.isEnabled(ConcurrentLockManager.LVL)) 
{
             ConcurrentLockManager.LOGGER.log(ConcurrentLockManager.LVL, s + " 
" + toString());
         }
     }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/asterixdb/blob/af4018dd/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogBuffer.java
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b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogBuffer.java
index 96a31c6..dcf8250 100644
--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogBuffer.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogBuffer.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.context.PrimaryIndexOperationTracker;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ACIDException;
@@ -40,11 +39,13 @@ import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.MutableLong;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.TxnId;
 import 
org.apache.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.TransactionManagementConstants.LockManagerConstants.LockMode;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 public class LogBuffer implements ILogBuffer {
 
     public static final boolean IS_DEBUG_MODE = false;//true
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(LogBuffer.class.getName());
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
     private final ITransactionSubsystem txnSubsystem;
     private final LogBufferTailReader logBufferTailReader;
     private final int logPageSize;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/asterixdb/blob/af4018dd/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogManager.java
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a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogManager.java
 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogManager.java
index cdd957a..4ce9c71 100644
--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogManager.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogManager.java
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ACIDException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.replication.IReplicationManager;
@@ -53,13 +51,15 @@ import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.MutableLong;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.TxnLogFile;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.InvokeUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ILifeCycleComponent;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 public class LogManager implements ILogManager, ILifeCycleComponent {
 
     /*
      * Constants
      */
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(LogManager.class.getName());
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger();
     private static final long SMALLEST_LOG_FILE_ID = 0;
     private static final int INITIAL_LOG_SIZE = 0;
     public static final boolean IS_DEBUG_MODE = false;// true
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class LogManager implements ILogManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent {
         }
         appendLSN.set(initializeLogAnchor(nextLogFileId));
         flushLSN.set(appendLSN.get());
-        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
             LOGGER.info("LogManager starts logging in LSN: " + appendLSN);
         }
         appendChannel = getFileChannel(appendLSN.get(), false);
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ public class LogManager implements ILogManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent {
         appendLSN.addAndGet(logFileSize - getLogFileOffset(appendLSN.get()));
         flushLSN.set(appendLSN.get());
         appendChannel = getFileChannel(appendLSN.get(), true);
-        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
             LOGGER.info("Created new txn log file with id(" + 
getLogFileId(appendLSN.get()) + ") starting with LSN = "
                     + appendLSN.get());
         }
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ public class LogManager implements ILogManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent {
                 if (logFileIds == null) {
                     fileId = nextLogFileId;
                     createFileIfNotExists(getLogFilePath(fileId));
-                    if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+                    if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
                         LOGGER.info("created a log file: " + 
getLogFilePath(fileId));
                     }
                 } else {
@@ -345,18 +345,18 @@ public class LogManager implements ILogManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent {
             } else {
                 fileId = nextLogFileId;
                 createNewDirectory(logDir);
-                if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+                if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
                     LOGGER.info("created the log directory: " + 
logManagerProperties.getLogDir());
                 }
                 createFileIfNotExists(getLogFilePath(fileId));
-                if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+                if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
                     LOGGER.info("created a log file: " + 
getLogFilePath(fileId));
                 }
             }
         } catch (IOException ioe) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to initialize the log 
anchor", ioe);
         }
-        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
             LOGGER.info("log file Id: " + fileId + ", offset: " + offset);
         }
         return logFileSize * fileId + offset;
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ public class LogManager implements ILogManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent {
                     File file = new File(getLogFilePath(id));
                     file.delete();
                     txnLogFileId2ReaderCount.remove(id);
-                    if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+                    if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
                         LOGGER.info("Deleted log file " + 
file.getAbsolutePath());
                     }
                 }
@@ -404,20 +404,20 @@ public class LogManager implements ILogManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent {
     }
 
     private void terminateLogFlusher() {
-        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
             LOGGER.info("Terminating LogFlusher thread ...");
         }
         logFlusher.terminate();
         try {
             futureLogFlusher.get();
         } catch (ExecutionException | InterruptedException e) {
-            if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+            if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
                 LOGGER.info("---------- warning(begin): LogFlusher thread is 
terminated abnormally --------");
                 e.printStackTrace();
                 LOGGER.info("---------- warning(end)  : LogFlusher thread is 
terminated abnormally --------");
             }
         }
-        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
             LOGGER.info("LogFlusher thread is terminated.");
         }
     }
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ public class LogManager implements ILogManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent {
     @Override
     public void closeLogFile(TxnLogFile logFileRef, FileChannel fileChannel) 
throws IOException {
         if (!fileChannel.isOpen()) {
-            LOGGER.warning(() -> "Closing log file with id(" + 
logFileRef.getLogFileId() + ") with a closed channel.");
+            LOGGER.warn(() -> "Closing log file with id(" + 
logFileRef.getLogFileId() + ") with a closed channel.");
         }
         fileChannel.close();
         untouchLogFile(logFileRef.getLogFileId());
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ public class LogManager implements ILogManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent {
 }
 
 class LogFlusher implements Callable<Boolean> {
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(LogFlusher.class.getName());
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger();
     private static final ILogBuffer POISON_PILL = new LogBuffer(null, 
ILogRecord.JOB_TERMINATE_LOG_SIZE, null);
     private final LogManager logMgr;//for debugging
     private final LinkedBlockingQueue<ILogBuffer> emptyQ;
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ class LogFlusher implements Callable<Boolean> {
                 emptyQ.add(flushPage.getLogPageSize() == 
logMgr.getLogPageSize() ? flushPage : stashQ.remove());
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "LogFlusher is terminating abnormally. 
System is in unusable state.", e);
+            LOGGER.log(Level.ERROR, "LogFlusher is terminating abnormally. 
System is in unusable state.", e);
             throw e;
         } finally {
             if (interrupted) {

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a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogReader.java
 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogReader.java
index f2c5eef..8290e94 100644
--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogReader.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/LogReader.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package 
org.apache.asterix.transaction.management.service.logging;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ACIDException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.ILogManager;
@@ -31,11 +30,13 @@ import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.LogRecord;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.MutableLong;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.TxnLogFile;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.annotations.NotThreadSafe;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 @NotThreadSafe
 public class LogReader implements ILogReader {
 
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(LogReader.class.getName());
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
     private final ILogManager logMgr;
     private final long logFileSize;
     private final int logPageSize;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ public class LogReader implements ILogReader {
         if (readBuffer.position() == readBuffer.limit()) {
             boolean hasRemaining = refillLogReadBuffer();
             if (!hasRemaining && isRecoveryMode && readLSN < flushLSN.get()) {
-                LOGGER.severe("Transaction log ends before expected. Log files 
may be missing.");
+                LOGGER.error("Transaction log ends before expected. Log files 
may be missing.");
                 return null;
             }
         }
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ public class LogReader implements ILogReader {
                     continue;
                 }
                 case BAD_CHKSUM: {
-                    LOGGER.severe(
+                    LOGGER.error(
                             "Transaction log contains corrupt log records 
(perhaps due to medium error). Stopping recovery early.");
                     return null;
                 }

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a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/AbstractCheckpointManager.java
 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/AbstractCheckpointManager.java
index aad2a19..386c1c4 100644
--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/AbstractCheckpointManager.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/AbstractCheckpointManager.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ACIDException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.Checkpoint;
@@ -43,6 +41,9 @@ import 
org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.ITransactionManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.ITransactionSubsystem;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.StorageConstants;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 /**
  * An abstract implementation of {@link ICheckpointManager}.
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
  */
 public abstract class AbstractCheckpointManager implements ICheckpointManager {
 
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(AbstractCheckpointManager.class.getName());
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
     private static final String CHECKPOINT_FILENAME_PREFIX = "checkpoint_";
     public static final long SHARP_CHECKPOINT_LSN = -1;
     private static final FilenameFilter filter = (File dir, String name) -> 
name.startsWith(CHECKPOINT_FILENAME_PREFIX);
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCheckpointManager implements 
ICheckpointManager {
     public AbstractCheckpointManager(ITransactionSubsystem txnSubsystem, 
CheckpointProperties checkpointProperties) {
         this.txnSubsystem = txnSubsystem;
         String checkpointDirPath = checkpointProperties.getCheckpointDirPath();
-        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
             LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Checkpoint directory = " + 
checkpointDirPath);
         }
         if (!checkpointDirPath.endsWith(File.separator)) {
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCheckpointManager implements 
ICheckpointManager {
         checkpointDir = new File(checkpointDirPath);
         // Create the checkpoint directory if missing
         if (!checkpointDir.exists()) {
-            if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+            if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
                 LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Checkpoint directory " + 
checkpointDirPath + " didn't exist. Creating one");
             }
             checkpointDir.mkdirs();
@@ -91,38 +92,38 @@ public abstract class AbstractCheckpointManager implements 
ICheckpointManager {
         LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Getting latest checkpoint");
         File[] checkpoints = checkpointDir.listFiles(filter);
         if (checkpoints == null || checkpoints.length == 0) {
-            if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+            if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
                 LOGGER.log(Level.INFO,
                         "Listing of files in the checkpoint dir returned " + 
(checkpoints == null ? "null" : "empty"));
             }
             return null;
         }
-        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
             LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Listing of files in the checkpoint dir 
returned " + Arrays.toString(checkpoints));
         }
         List<Checkpoint> checkpointObjectList = new ArrayList<>();
         for (File file : checkpoints) {
             try {
-                if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
-                    LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Reading checkpoint file: " + 
file.getAbsolutePath());
+                if (LOGGER.isWarnEnabled()) {
+                    LOGGER.log(Level.WARN, "Reading checkpoint file: " + 
file.getAbsolutePath());
                 }
                 String jsonString = new 
String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(file.getAbsolutePath())));
                 checkpointObjectList.add(Checkpoint.fromJson(jsonString));
             } catch (ClosedByInterruptException e) {
                 Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-                if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
-                    LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Interrupted while reading 
checkpoint file: " + file.getAbsolutePath(),
+                if (LOGGER.isWarnEnabled()) {
+                    LOGGER.log(Level.WARN, "Interrupted while reading 
checkpoint file: " + file.getAbsolutePath(),
                             e);
                 }
                 throw new ACIDException(e);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 // ignore corrupted checkpoint file
-                if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
-                    LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Failed to read checkpoint file: 
" + file.getAbsolutePath(), e);
+                if (LOGGER.isWarnEnabled()) {
+                    LOGGER.log(Level.WARN, "Failed to read checkpoint file: " 
+ file.getAbsolutePath(), e);
                 }
                 file.delete();
-                if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
-                    LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Deleted corrupted checkpoint 
file: " + file.getAbsolutePath());
+                if (LOGGER.isWarnEnabled()) {
+                    LOGGER.log(Level.WARN, "Deleted corrupted checkpoint file: 
" + file.getAbsolutePath());
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCheckpointManager implements 
ICheckpointManager {
          * This shouldn't happen unless a hardware corruption happens.
          */
         if (checkpointObjectList.isEmpty()) {
-            LOGGER.severe("All checkpoint files are corrupted. Forcing 
recovery from the beginning of the log");
+            LOGGER.error("All checkpoint files are corrupted. Forcing recovery 
from the beginning of the log");
             checkpointObjectList.add(forgeForceRecoveryCheckpoint());
         }
 
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCheckpointManager implements 
ICheckpointManager {
         // Get checkpoint file path
         Path path = getCheckpointPath(checkpoint.getTimeStamp());
 
-        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
             File file = path.toFile();
             LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Persisting checkpoint file to " + file + " 
which "
                     + (file.exists() ? "already exists" : "doesn't exist 
yet"));
@@ -205,10 +206,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractCheckpointManager 
implements ICheckpointManager {
             writer.write(checkpoint.asJson());
             writer.flush();
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "Failed to write checkpoint to disk", e);
+            LOGGER.log(Level.ERROR, "Failed to write checkpoint to disk", e);
             throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
         }
-        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
             File file = path.toFile();
             LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Completed persisting checkpoint file to " 
+ file + " which now "
                     + (file.exists() ? "exists" : " still doesn't exist"));
@@ -220,13 +221,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractCheckpointManager 
implements ICheckpointManager {
         // Sort the filenames lexicographically to keep the latest checkpoint 
history files.
         Arrays.sort(checkpointFiles);
         for (int i = 0; i < checkpointFiles.length - historyToKeep; i++) {
-            if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
-                LOGGER.warning("Deleting checkpoint file at: " + 
checkpointFiles[i].getAbsolutePath());
+            if (LOGGER.isWarnEnabled()) {
+                LOGGER.warn("Deleting checkpoint file at: " + 
checkpointFiles[i].getAbsolutePath());
             }
-            if (!checkpointFiles[i].delete()) {
-                if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
-                    LOGGER.warning("Could not delete checkpoint file at: " + 
checkpointFiles[i].getAbsolutePath());
-                }
+            if (!checkpointFiles[i].delete() && LOGGER.isWarnEnabled()) {
+                LOGGER.warn("Could not delete checkpoint file at: " + 
checkpointFiles[i].getAbsolutePath());
             }
         }
     }

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--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/CheckpointManager.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/CheckpointManager.java
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.transaction.management.service.recovery;
 
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
 import org.apache.asterix.common.api.IDatasetLifecycleManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.CheckpointProperties;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.ICheckpointManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.ITransactionSubsystem;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 /**
  * An implementation of {@link ICheckpointManager} that defines the logic
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
  */
 public class CheckpointManager extends AbstractCheckpointManager {
 
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(CheckpointManager.class.getName());
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
 
     public CheckpointManager(ITransactionSubsystem txnSubsystem, 
CheckpointProperties checkpointProperties) {
         super(txnSubsystem, checkpointProperties);

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--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/CheckpointThread.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/CheckpointThread.java
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.transaction.management.service.recovery;
 
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.ICheckpointManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.ILogManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 /**
  * A daemon thread that periodically attempts to perform checkpoints.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
  */
 public class CheckpointThread extends Thread {
 
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(CheckpointThread.class.getName());
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
     private long lsnThreshold;
     private long checkpointTermInSecs;
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class CheckpointThread extends Thread {
                     //last checkpoint LSN is considered as the min LSN of the 
current log partition
                     lastCheckpointLSN = logManager.getReadableSmallestLSN();
                 } catch (Exception e) {
-                    LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Error getting smallest readable 
LSN", e);
+                    LOGGER.log(Level.WARN, "Error getting smallest readable 
LSN", e);
                     lastCheckpointLSN = 0;
                 }
             }
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class CheckpointThread extends Thread {
                         lastCheckpointLSN = currentCheckpointAttemptMinLSN;
                     }
                 } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
-                    LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "Error during checkpoint", e);
+                    LOGGER.log(Level.ERROR, "Error during checkpoint", e);
                 }
             }
         }

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b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/ReplicationCheckpointManager.java
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--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/ReplicationCheckpointManager.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/recovery/ReplicationCheckpointManager.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package 
org.apache.asterix.transaction.management.service.recovery;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.api.IApplicationContext;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.api.IDatasetLifecycleManager;
@@ -34,6 +33,8 @@ import 
org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.ICheckpointManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.ITransactionSubsystem;
 import 
org.apache.asterix.transaction.management.resource.PersistentLocalResourceRepository;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 /**
  * An implementation of {@link ICheckpointManager} that defines the logic
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
  */
 public class ReplicationCheckpointManager extends AbstractCheckpointManager {
 
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(ReplicationCheckpointManager.class.getName());
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
 
     public ReplicationCheckpointManager(ITransactionSubsystem txnSubsystem, 
CheckpointProperties checkpointProperties) {
         super(txnSubsystem, checkpointProperties);

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diff --git 
a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/TransactionManager.java
 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/TransactionManager.java
index 6b414b8..76ecc63 100644
--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/TransactionManager.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/TransactionManager.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ACIDException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.ITransactionContext;
@@ -37,11 +35,14 @@ import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.TxnId;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.TransactionUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ILifeCycleComponent;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.annotations.ThreadSafe;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 @ThreadSafe
 public class TransactionManager implements ITransactionManager, 
ILifeCycleComponent {
 
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(TransactionManager.class.getName());
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
     private final ITransactionSubsystem txnSubsystem;
     private final Map<TxnId, ITransactionContext> txnCtxRepository = new 
ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     private final AtomicLong maxTxnId = new AtomicLong(0);
@@ -83,8 +84,8 @@ public class TransactionManager implements 
ITransactionManager, ILifeCycleCompon
                 txnCtx.setTxnState(ITransactionManager.COMMITTED);
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.SEVERE)) {
-                LOGGER.severe(" caused exception in commit !" + 
txnCtx.getTxnId());
+            if (LOGGER.isErrorEnabled()) {
+                LOGGER.error(" caused exception in commit !" + 
txnCtx.getTxnId());
             }
             throw e;
         } finally {
@@ -107,8 +108,8 @@ public class TransactionManager implements 
ITransactionManager, ILifeCycleCompon
             }
         } catch (ACIDException e) {
             String msg = "Could not complete rollback! System is in an 
inconsistent state";
-            if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.SEVERE)) {
-                LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, msg, e);
+            if (LOGGER.isErrorEnabled()) {
+                LOGGER.log(Level.ERROR, msg, e);
             }
             throw new ACIDException(msg, e);
         } finally {
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ public class TransactionManager implements 
ITransactionManager, ILifeCycleCompon
             sb.append("\n>>dump_end\t>>----- [ConfVars] -----\n");
             os.write(sb.toString().getBytes());
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "exception while dumping state", e);
+            LOGGER.log(Level.WARN, "exception while dumping state", e);
         }
     }
 }

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diff --git 
a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManagerUnitTest.java
 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManagerUnitTest.java
index 64ac3cb..817e0f0 100644
--- 
a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManagerUnitTest.java
+++ 
b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManagerUnitTest.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
-import java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.DatasetId;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.ILockManager;
@@ -53,10 +51,6 @@ public class LockManagerUnitTest {
     static long COORDINATOR_SLEEP = 20;
     static int TIMEOUT_MS = 100;
 
-    static {
-        Logger.getLogger(ConcurrentLockManager.class.getName()).addHandler(new 
ConsoleHandler());
-    }
-
     Map<Integer, ITransactionContext> jobId2TxnCtxMap;
     ILockManager lockMgr;
 

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diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index 234a766..0308d22 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
             -enableassertions -Xmx${test.heap.size}m
             -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
             -Djava.util.logging.config.file=${user.home}/logging.properties
+            
-Dlog4j.configurationFile=${basedir}/../asterix-app/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
             -DrunSlowAQLTests=${runSlowAQLTests}
             -Xdebug
             
-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=8000,suspend=${debug.suspend.flag}

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diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
index 04f57cc..706e2ce 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
@@ -90,10 +90,14 @@
       <version>1.6.6</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
+   <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
+   </dependency>
+   <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>

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diff --git 
a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder.java
 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder.java
index 311aa43..79b8f38 100644
--- 
a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder.java
+++ 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder extends 
AbstractCompilerFactoryBuil
                     @Override
                     public JobSpecification createJob(Object appContext,
                             IJobletEventListenerFactory 
jobEventListenerFactory) throws AlgebricksException {
-                        AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.fine("Starting Job 
Generation.\n");
+                        AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.debug("Starting Job 
Generation.\n");
                         JobGenContext context = new JobGenContext(null, 
metadata, appContext,
                                 serializerDeserializerProvider, 
hashFunctionFactoryProvider, hashFunctionFamilyProvider,
                                 comparatorFactoryProvider, typeTraitProvider, 
binaryBooleanInspectorFactory,

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diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
index dd135c6..b8666c4 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
@@ -81,5 +81,9 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>

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diff --git 
a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/IntersectOperator.java
 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/IntersectOperator.java
index 114fde0..0595ff8 100644
--- 
a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/IntersectOperator.java
+++ 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/IntersectOperator.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public class IntersectOperator extends 
AbstractLogicalOperator {
             Object expectedType = 
expected.getVarType(expectedVariables.get(i));
             Object actualType = actual.getVarType(actualVariables.get(i));
             if (!expectedType.equals(actualType)) {
-                AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.warning(
+                AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.warn(
                         "Type of two variables are not equal." + 
expectedVariables.get(i) + " is of type: "
                                 + expectedType + actualVariables.get(i) + " is 
of type: " + actualType);
             }

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a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/visitors/FDsAndEquivClassesVisitor.java
 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/visitors/FDsAndEquivClassesVisitor.java
index f800be8..39d522f 100644
--- 
a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/visitors/FDsAndEquivClassesVisitor.java
+++ 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/visitors/FDsAndEquivClassesVisitor.java
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ public class FDsAndEquivClassesVisitor implements 
ILogicalOperatorVisitor<Void,
         }
         if (changed) {
             AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER
-                    .fine(">>>> Group-by list changed from " + 
GroupByOperator.veListToString(gByList) + " to "
+                    .debug(">>>> Group-by list changed from " + 
GroupByOperator.veListToString(gByList) + " to "
                             + GroupByOperator.veListToString(newGbyList) + 
".\n");
         }
         gByList.clear();

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a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/visitors/LogicalPropertiesVisitor.java
 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/visitors/LogicalPropertiesVisitor.java
index bdabbca..5d9e2dc 100644
--- 
a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/visitors/LogicalPropertiesVisitor.java
+++ 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/visitors/LogicalPropertiesVisitor.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class LogicalPropertiesVisitor implements 
ILogicalOperatorVisitor<Void, I
         }
         op.accept(visitor, context);
         if (AlgebricksConfig.DEBUG) {
-            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.finest(
+            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.trace(
                     "Logical properties visitor for " + op + ": " + 
context.getLogicalPropertiesVector(op) + "\n");
         }
     }

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a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/HybridHashJoinPOperator.java
 
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--- 
a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/HybridHashJoinPOperator.java
+++ 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/HybridHashJoinPOperator.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package 
org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.physical;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.NotImplementedException;
@@ -58,6 +57,8 @@ import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.IOperatorDescriptorRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.join.HybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor;
 import 
org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.join.OptimizedHybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 public class HybridHashJoinPOperator extends AbstractHashJoinPOperator {
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ public class HybridHashJoinPOperator extends 
AbstractHashJoinPOperator {
     private final int aveRecordsPerFrame;
     private final double fudgeFactor;
 
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(HybridHashJoinPOperator.class.getName());
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
 
     public HybridHashJoinPOperator(JoinKind kind, JoinPartitioningType 
partitioningType,
             List<LogicalVariable> sideLeftOfEqualities, List<LogicalVariable> 
sideRightOfEqualities,
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ public class HybridHashJoinPOperator extends 
AbstractHashJoinPOperator {
         this.aveRecordsPerFrame = aveRecordsPerFrame;
         this.fudgeFactor = fudgeFactor;
 
-        LOGGER.fine("HybridHashJoinPOperator constructed with: JoinKind=" + 
kind + ", JoinPartitioningType="
+        LOGGER.debug("HybridHashJoinPOperator constructed with: JoinKind=" + 
kind + ", JoinPartitioningType="
                 + partitioningType + ", List<LogicalVariable>=" + 
sideLeftOfEqualities + ", List<LogicalVariable>="
                 + sideRightOfEqualities + ", int memSizeInFrames=" + 
memSizeInFrames + ", int maxInputSize0InFrames="
                 + maxInputSizeInFrames + ", int aveRecordsPerFrame=" + 
aveRecordsPerFrame + ", double fudgeFactor="

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b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java
index 7df8cc4..c63e8a1 100644
--- 
a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java
+++ 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.config;
 
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 public class AlgebricksConfig {
     public static final boolean DEBUG = true;
     public static final String ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER_NAME = 
"org.apache.hyracks.algebricks";
-    public static final Logger ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER_NAME);
+    public static final Logger ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER = 
LogManager.getLogger(ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER_NAME);
 }

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b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/jobgen/impl/JobGenHelper.java
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--- 
a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/jobgen/impl/JobGenHelper.java
+++ 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/jobgen/impl/JobGenHelper.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.jobgen.impl;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.LogicalVariable;
@@ -42,10 +41,12 @@ import 
org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 public final class JobGenHelper {
 
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = 
Logger.getLogger(JobGenHelper.class.getName());
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
 
     @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
     public static RecordDescriptor mkRecordDescriptor(IVariableTypeEnvironment 
env, IOperatorSchema opSchema,
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public final class JobGenHelper {
         for (LogicalVariable var : opSchema) {
             Object t = env.getVarType(var);
             if (t == null) {
-                LOGGER.warning("No type for variable " + var);
+                LOGGER.warn("No type for variable " + var);
             }
             fields[i] = sdp.getSerializerDeserializer(t);
             typeTraits[i] = ttp.getTypeTrait(t);

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b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/AbstractRuleController.java
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--- 
a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/AbstractRuleController.java
+++ 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/AbstractRuleController.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractRuleController {
     }
 
     private String getPlanString(Mutable<ILogicalOperator> opRef) throws 
AlgebricksException {
-        if (AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.FINE) && 
context != null) {
+        if (AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.isDebugEnabled() && context != 
null) {
             LogicalOperatorPrettyPrintVisitor pvisitor = 
context.getPrettyPrintVisitor();
             pvisitor.reset(new AlgebricksAppendable());
             PlanPrettyPrinter.printOperator((AbstractLogicalOperator) 
opRef.getValue(), pvisitor, 0);
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractRuleController {
 
     private void printRuleApplication(IAlgebraicRewriteRule rule, String 
beforePlan, String afterPlan)
             throws AlgebricksException {
-        if (AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) {
-            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.fine(">>>> Rule " + 
rule.getClass() + " fired.\n");
-            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.fine(">>>> Before plan\n" + 
beforePlan + "\n");
-            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.fine(">>>> After plan\n" + 
afterPlan + "\n");
+        if (AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.debug(">>>> Rule " + 
rule.getClass() + " fired.\n");
+            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.debug(">>>> Before plan\n" + 
beforePlan + "\n");
+            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.debug(">>>> After plan\n" + 
afterPlan + "\n");
         }
     }
 

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--- 
a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/HeuristicOptimizer.java
+++ 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/HeuristicOptimizer.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base;
 
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.Mutable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ import 
org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.prettyprint.AlgebricksAppendab
 import 
org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.prettyprint.LogicalOperatorPrettyPrintVisitor;
 import 
org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.prettyprint.PlanPrettyPrinter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.config.AlgebricksConfig;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 
 public class HeuristicOptimizer {
 
@@ -75,18 +75,18 @@ public class HeuristicOptimizer {
             return;
         }
         if (AlgebricksConfig.DEBUG) {
-            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.fine("Starting logical 
optimizations.\n");
+            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.debug("Starting logical 
optimizations.\n");
         }
 
-        logPlanAt("Logical Plan", Level.FINE);
+        logPlanAt("Logical Plan", Level.DEBUG);
         runOptimizationSets(plan, logicalRewrites);
         computeSchemaBottomUpForPlan(plan);
         runPhysicalOptimizations(plan, physicalRewrites);
-        logPlanAt("Optimized Plan", Level.FINE);
+        logPlanAt("Optimized Plan", Level.DEBUG);
     }
 
     private void logPlanAt(String name, Level lvl) throws AlgebricksException {
-        if (AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.isLoggable(lvl)) {
+        if (AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.isEnabled(lvl)) {
             final LogicalOperatorPrettyPrintVisitor pvisitor = 
context.getPrettyPrintVisitor();
             pvisitor.reset(new AlgebricksAppendable());
             PlanPrettyPrinter.printPlan(plan, pvisitor, 0);
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class HeuristicOptimizer {
             List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> 
physicalRewrites)
             throws AlgebricksException {
         if (AlgebricksConfig.DEBUG) {
-            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.fine("Starting physical 
optimizations.\n");
+            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.debug("Starting physical 
optimizations.\n");
         }
         // PhysicalOptimizationsUtil.computeFDsAndEquivalenceClasses(plan);
         runOptimizationSets(plan, physicalRewrites);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/asterixdb/blob/af4018dd/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml
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diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml
index 192dfe1..b9653af 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml
@@ -56,5 +56,9 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/asterixdb/blob/af4018dd/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule.java
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diff --git 
a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule.java
 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule.java
index a1730ac..6763e2b 100644
--- 
a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule.java
+++ 
b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public class EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule implements 
IAlgebraicRewriteRule {
         // somewhere else, too.
 
         physicalOptimizationConfig = context.getPhysicalOptimizationConfig();
-        AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.fine(">>>> Optimizing operator " + 
op.getPhysicalOperator() + ".\n");
+        AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.debug(">>>> Optimizing operator " + 
op.getPhysicalOperator() + ".\n");
 
         PhysicalOptimizationsUtil.computeFDsAndEquivalenceClasses(op, context);
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule implements 
IAlgebraicRewriteRule {
                         new LinkedList<ILocalStructuralProperty>());
         boolean changed = physOptimizeOp(opRef, pvector, false, context);
         op.computeDeliveredPhysicalProperties(context);
-        AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.finest(">>>> Structural properties 
for " + op.getPhysicalOperator() + ": "
+        AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.trace(">>>> Structural properties 
for " + op.getPhysicalOperator() + ": "
                 + op.getDeliveredPhysicalProperties() + "\n");
 
         context.addToDontApplySet(this, opRef.getValue());
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public class EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule implements 
IAlgebraicRewriteRule {
             }
             AbstractLogicalOperator op = (AbstractLogicalOperator) 
root.getValue();
             op.computeDeliveredPhysicalProperties(context);
-            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.finest(">>>> Structural 
properties for " + op.getPhysicalOperator()
+            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.trace(">>>> Structural 
properties for " + op.getPhysicalOperator()
                     + ": " + op.getDeliveredPhysicalProperties() + "\n");
         }
         return changed;
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public class EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule implements 
IAlgebraicRewriteRule {
             IPhysicalPropertiesVector delivered = 
child.getDeliveredPhysicalProperties();
 
             AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER
-                    .finest(">>>> Properties delivered by " + 
child.getPhysicalOperator() + ": " + delivered + "\n");
+                    .trace(">>>> Properties delivered by " + 
child.getPhysicalOperator() + ": " + delivered + "\n");
             IPartitioningRequirementsCoordinator prc = 
pr.getPartitioningCoordinator();
             // Coordinates requirements by looking at the 
firstDeliveredPartitioning.
             Pair<Boolean, IPartitioningProperty> pbpp = 
prc.coordinateRequirements(
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public class EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule implements 
IAlgebraicRewriteRule {
                     new StructuralPropertiesVector(pbpp.second, 
requiredProperty.getLocalProperties());
 
             AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER
-                    .finest(">>>> Required properties for " + 
child.getPhysicalOperator() + ": " + rqd + "\n");
+                    .trace(">>>> Required properties for " + 
child.getPhysicalOperator() + ": " + rqd + "\n");
             // The partitioning property of reqdProperties[childIndex] could 
be updated here because
             // rqd.getPartitioningProperty() is the same object instance as 
requiredProperty.getPartitioningProperty().
             IPhysicalPropertiesVector diff = 
delivered.getUnsatisfiedPropertiesFrom(rqd,
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public class EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule implements 
IAlgebraicRewriteRule {
                     delivered = newChild.getDeliveredPhysicalProperties();
                     IPhysicalPropertiesVector newDiff =
                             newPropertiesDiff(newChild, rqd, 
mayExpandPartitioningProperties, context);
-                    AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.finest(">>>> New 
properties diff: " + newDiff + "\n");
+                    AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.trace(">>>> New 
properties diff: " + newDiff + "\n");
 
                     if (isRedundantSort(opRef, delivered, newDiff, context)) {
                         opIsRedundantSort = true;
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ public class EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule implements 
IAlgebraicRewriteRule {
         if (opIsRedundantSort) {
             if (AlgebricksConfig.DEBUG) {
                 AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER
-                        .fine(">>>> Removing redundant SORT operator " + 
op.getPhysicalOperator() + "\n");
+                        .trace(">>>> Removing redundant SORT operator " + 
op.getPhysicalOperator() + "\n");
                 printOp(op);
             }
             changed = true;
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ public class EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule implements 
IAlgebraicRewriteRule {
             newChildEqClasses = context.getEquivalenceClassMap(newChild);
             newChildFDs = context.getFDList(newChild);
         }
-        AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.finest(
+        AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.trace(
                 ">>>> Required properties for new op. " + 
newChild.getPhysicalOperator() + ": " + required + "\n");
 
         return newDelivered.getUnsatisfiedPropertiesFrom(required, 
mayExpandPartitioningProperties, newChildEqClasses,
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ public class EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule implements 
IAlgebraicRewriteRule {
             }
             AbstractLogicalOperator newChild = (AbstractLogicalOperator) 
op.getInputs().get(childIndex).getValue();
             IPhysicalPropertiesVector newDiff = newPropertiesDiff(newChild, 
required, true, context);
-            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.finest(">>>> New properties 
diff: " + newDiff + "\n");
+            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.trace(">>>> New properties 
diff: " + newDiff + "\n");
             if (newDiff != null) {
                 addLocalEnforcers(op, childIndex, 
newDiff.getLocalProperties(), nestedPlan, context);
             }
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ public class EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule implements 
IAlgebraicRewriteRule {
             boolean nestedPlan, IOptimizationContext context) throws 
AlgebricksException {
         if (AlgebricksConfig.DEBUG) {
             AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER
-                    .fine(">>>> Adding local enforcers for local props = " + 
localProperties + "\n");
+                    .trace(">>>> Adding local enforcers for local props = " + 
localProperties + "\n");
         }
 
         if (localProperties == null || localProperties.isEmpty()) {
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ public class EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule implements 
IAlgebraicRewriteRule {
         oo.getInputs().add(topOp);
         context.computeAndSetTypeEnvironmentForOperator(oo);
         if (AlgebricksConfig.DEBUG) {
-            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.fine(">>>> Added sort enforcer 
" + oo.getPhysicalOperator() + ".\n");
+            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.trace(">>>> Added sort enforcer 
" + oo.getPhysicalOperator() + ".\n");
         }
         return new MutableObject<ILogicalOperator>(oo);
     }
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ public class EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule implements 
IAlgebraicRewriteRule {
             context.computeAndSetTypeEnvironmentForOperator(exchg);
             if (AlgebricksConfig.DEBUG) {
                 AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER
-                        .fine(">>>> Added partitioning enforcer " + 
exchg.getPhysicalOperator() + ".\n");
+                        .debug(">>>> Added partitioning enforcer " + 
exchg.getPhysicalOperator() + ".\n");
                 printOp((AbstractLogicalOperator) op);
             }
         }
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ public class EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule implements 
IAlgebraicRewriteRule {
     private void printOp(AbstractLogicalOperator op) throws 
AlgebricksException {
         LogicalOperatorPrettyPrintVisitor pvisitor = new 
LogicalOperatorPrettyPrintVisitor();
         PlanPrettyPrinter.printOperator(op, pvisitor, 0);
-        AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.fine(pvisitor.get().toString());
+        AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.debug(pvisitor.get().toString());
     }
 
     private List<OrderColumn> computeOrderColumns(IPhysicalPropertiesVector 
pv) {
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ public class EnforceStructuralPropertiesRule implements 
IAlgebraicRewriteRule {
         newOp.recomputeSchema();
         newOp.computeDeliveredPhysicalProperties(context);
         context.computeAndSetTypeEnvironmentForOperator(newOp);
-        AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.finest(">>>> Structural properties 
for " + newOp.getPhysicalOperator() + ": "
+        AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.trace(">>>> Structural properties 
for " + newOp.getPhysicalOperator() + ": "
                 + newOp.getDeliveredPhysicalProperties() + "\n");
 
         PhysicalOptimizationsUtil.computeFDsAndEquivalenceClasses(newOp, 
context);

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