How do I create a log4j Logger using Spring XML configuration?

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I would like to do something like this so I can inject the logger into other instances:

<bean id="logger" class="org.apache.log4j.Logger">
    <property name="logName" value="my.Logger" />
</bean>

My very personal opinion: I dislike this approach as I'm used to take advantage of the log4j flexibility of enabling and disabling logging for specific packages (while developing). And I'd look into logback while you're at it. — madth3
– madth3, Commented May 12, 2012 at 1:37

krock · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-12 00:44:43Z

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You can construct beans via static methods using the factory-method attribute. So for log4j we can use the static Logger.getLogger() method to construct a bean:

<bean id="logger" class="org.apache.log4j.Logger" factory-method="getLogger">
    <constructor-arg type="java.lang.String" value="my.Logger" />
</bean>

edited May 12, 2012 at 0:44

answered May 12, 2012 at 0:33

krock

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