http://snippets.dzone.com/posts Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:45:29 GMT DZone Snippets: logging code http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/3857 // Once you have included the Log4j jar into the classpath of your <br />// application, you can use the following code within each class to <br />// get a logger for that class. That is, all log messages issued from <br />// within that class will be tagged with the classname to make it <br />// easier to locate a problem. See my tutorial on Log4j, <br />// Log4j in 30 Minutes or Less (http://www.johnmunsch.com/projects/Presentations/) <br />// for a better introduction. <br /> <br /><code> <br />private static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(<class name>.class); <br /></code> <br /> <br />// When you need to specify the location (or a different name) for <br />// the log.properties file, you can set a specific System variable <br />// which Log4j will be guaranteed to read as soon as any part of <br />// your code tries to use it. You do that by passing the following <br />// to the JVM as you start your Java application. <br /><code> <br />-Dlog4j.configuration=file:<path to log.properties file> <br /></code> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:43:26 GMT http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/3857 JohnMunsch (John Munsch)