log4j with spring boot example

Example 1: log4j with spring boot restful services

<!-- Rolling File Appender -->
<RollingFile name="FileAppender" fileName="logs/log4j2-demo.log" 
             filePattern="logs/log4j2-demo-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}-%i.log">
    <PatternLayout>
        <Pattern>${LOG_PATTERN}</Pattern>
    </PatternLayout>
    <Policies>
        <SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="10MB" />
    </Policies>
    <DefaultRolloverStrategy max="10"/>
</RollingFile>

Example 2: log4j with spring boot restful services

package com.example.log4j2demo;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
import org.springframework.boot.ApplicationArguments;
import org.springframework.boot.ApplicationRunner;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;

@SpringBootApplication
public class Log4j2DemoApplication implements ApplicationRunner {
    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(Log4j2DemoApplication.class);

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(Log4j2DemoApplication.class, args);
    }

    @Override
    public void run(ApplicationArguments applicationArguments) throws Exception {
        logger.debug("Debugging log");
        logger.info("Info log");
        logger.warn("Hey, This is a warning!");
        logger.error("Oops! We have an Error. OK");
        logger.fatal("Damn! Fatal error. Please fix me.");
    }
}

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