Log4j 2 XML Configuration with Console Appender

Java Code Examples for using

org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager
org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger

The Java code example below to show you how to configure Log4j 2 with XML configuration file to log messages to sytem console using Console appender.

Adding Log2j 2 Dependencies to your project

Add dependencies below to your build.gradle if you are using Gradle build.

dependencies {
    compile group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-api', version: '2.11.2'
    compile group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: '2.11.2'
}

Add dependencies below to your pom.xml if you are using Maven build.

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
    <version>2.11.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
    <version>2.11.2</version>
</dependency>

Example XML configuration to log to Console

Adding /src/main/resources/log4j2.xml to your project

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration status="error" name="ConsoleExample" packages="simplesolution.dev">
    <Appenders>
        <Console name="STDOUT">
            <PatternLayout pattern="%d - %t - %p - %c - %m%n"/>
        </Console>
    </Appenders>
    <Loggers>
        <Root level="trace">
            <AppenderRef ref="STDOUT" />
        </Root>
    </Loggers>
</Configuration>

Example code to log messages

package simplesolution.dev;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;

public class Log4j2XMLConfigurationConsoleExample {

    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(Log4j2XMLConfigurationConsoleExample.class.getName());

    public static void main(String... args) {
        logger.trace("Trace message");
        logger.info("Info message");
        logger.debug("Debug message");
        logger.warn("Warn message");
        logger.error("Error message");
        logger.fatal("Fatal message");
    }
}

Application output:

2019-05-07 21:32:31,111 - main - TRACE - simplesolution.dev.Log4j2XMLConfigurationConsoleExample - Trace message
2019-05-07 21:32:31,121 - main - INFO - simplesolution.dev.Log4j2XMLConfigurationConsoleExample - Info message
2019-05-07 21:32:31,122 - main - DEBUG - simplesolution.dev.Log4j2XMLConfigurationConsoleExample - Debug message
2019-05-07 21:32:31,122 - main - WARN - simplesolution.dev.Log4j2XMLConfigurationConsoleExample - Warn message
2019-05-07 21:32:31,122 - main - ERROR - simplesolution.dev.Log4j2XMLConfigurationConsoleExample - Error message
2019-05-07 21:32:31,123 - main - FATAL - simplesolution.dev.Log4j2XMLConfigurationConsoleExample - Fatal message

Download Source Code

The source code in this article can be found at: https://github.com/simplesolutiondev/Log4j2XMLConfigurationConsole

Happy Coding 😊