In my application iam using Log4j for logging.Presently I am placing log4j.xml in WEB-INF/classes.
Below are the configurations i am using to load log4j.xml file.
<!-- language: xml -->
<context-param>
<param-name>log4jConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener</listener-class>
</listener>
Now I need to place log4j.xml file outside of my war file. The location will be most likely JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deploy/settings. In settings directory i need to place my log4j.xml.
I tried to load it by setting jboss class path by editing run.bat as follows
set JBOSS_CLASSPATH=%RUN_CLASSPATH%;%JBOSS_HOME%\server\default\deploy\settings
and i used below in web.xml
<!-- language: xml -->
<context-param>
<param-name>log4jConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>classpath:/log4j.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener</listener-class>
</listener>
But it throwing exception while deploying application. Exception is
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid 'log4jConfigLocation' parameter: class path resource [/log4j.xml] cannot be resolved to URL because it does not exist
Now my question is how can I load it.
Best Answer
Remember to add "file://" in front of the path, or else it will search inside the webapp folder.
The following example works for me.