You can use the dependency:tree[1] goal to view a tree of your dependencies to see if the correct version of Log4J is being included in the compiler classpath.
[1] https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/tree-mojo.html Hth, Nick Stolwijk ~~~ Try to leave this world a little better than you found it and, when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best ~~~ Lord Baden-Powell On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Dušan Rychnovský <geraltzri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have the following dependency in my project's POM: > > ... > <dependency> > <groupId>log4j</groupId> > <artifactId>log4j</artifactId> > <version>1.2.17</version> > </dependency> > ... > > The artifact is downloaded to my local repository, but, during the compile > phase, the following error is emitted and the build process is aborted: > > [ERROR] Failed to execute goal > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1:compile > (default-compile) on project dbtoixattrdt: Compilation failure: Compilation > failure: > [ERROR] > d:\prace\dbtoixattrdt\DBToIXATTRDT-TRUNK\src\main\java\dbtoixattrdt\TraceLogAspect.java:[19,8] > error: cannot find symbol > [ERROR] symbol: method trace(String) > [ERROR] location: variable logger of type Logger > > This error message does not make much sense, as the trace method should be > available on the Logger class in Log4J version 1.2.17. > > What can be wrong? > > Thanks in advance, > Dušan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
