Log4j output not displayed in Eclipse console

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For some reason my Eclipse console no longer displays Log4j INFO and DEBUG statements when I run JUnit tests. In terms of code there hasn't been any change, so it must something to do with the Eclipse configuration.

All I do in my Unit test is the following and for some reason ONLY the ERROR statement is displayed in the Eclipse console. Why? Where shall I look for clues?

public class SampleTest
{
   private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(SampleTest.class);

   @Before
   public void init() throws Exception
   {
       // Log4J junit configuration.
       BasicConfigurator.configure();

       LOGGER.info("INFO TEST");
       LOGGER.debug("DEBUG TEST");
       LOGGER.error("ERROR TEST");
   }
}

Details:

  • log4j-1.2.6.jar
  • junit-4.6.jar Eclipse
  • IDE for Java Developers, Version: Helios Release, Build id: 20100617-1415
junit log4j eclipse java
18 Answers

Check your log4j.properties file

Check easy example here at here.

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A simple log4j.properties file can look like this:

log4j.rootCategory=debug,console

log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.console.target=System.out
log4j.appender.console.immediateFlush=true
log4j.appender.console.encoding=UTF-8
log4j.appender.console.threshold=info

log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.console.layout.conversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n

Place it in your class path (target/classes folder). Or you if you have a Maven project, place it under your src/main/resources and Eclipse will copy it to your class path.

Without a configuration file, you should see an Eclipse warning in the console like this:

log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger.
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
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