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mitchmcc
mitchmcc

Reputation: 379

where to put config.properties and log4j.xml in Eclipse

When I first developed my Java app, I ended up with my config.properties and log4j.xml files in the 'src' directory. This worked fine running in Eclipse, but now I am trying to deploy to a Linux server.

When I deploy, I take the exported app jar file and explode it, but it of course does not have the 'src' directory.

When I move the two config files back to the root of the app, log4j is complaining that it cannot find the log4j.xml file.

I have tried to set the Run/Debug classpath as noted in several posts, but the Classpath tab already appears to show the app's main directory there.

What I need is to understand how I should lay out things like these two configuration files in Eclipse, so that when I export to a jar for deployment they are still visible.

Thanks,

Mitch

Upvotes: 3

Views: 15124

Answers (4)

jaspreet
jaspreet

Reputation: 31

Place the log4j.xml on src/main/resources in eclipse. It should work.

Upvotes: 3

abhiroop
abhiroop

Reputation: 11

You have to add a line.

 Log4jConfigurer.initLogging("SpringTest/src/log4JTest/log4j.xml");

to inform log4J that from here it should pick all custom info.

Upvotes: 1

Alonso Dominguez
Alonso Dominguez

Reputation: 7858

maybe configuring it as "classpath:log4j.xml" in your applicationContext.xml is enough, or, if it is not what you really want I suggest you to take a look about how to set it up using the approach of a Log4jDirectConfigurer.

Upvotes: 0

Kuldeep Jain
Kuldeep Jain

Reputation: 8598

If you have placed your log4j.xml or log4j.properties file in your src folder then it should work fine for the exported jar file as well. You could have a look this post which is similar.

Upvotes: 0

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