Logging Spring bean initialization with Log4J

You need to set "org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory" to debug level. The output looks something like this:

... - Creating instance of bean ...
... - Finished creating instance of bean  ...

Update:

Add this to log4j.properties:

log4j.logger.org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory=DEBUG

Keep in mind that Spring is using the commons-logging framework, therefore these lines will not appear in your Log4J logs. To redirect them use SLF4J. Add slf4j-api.jar, jcl-over-slf4j.jar, slf4j-log4j12.jar and log4j.jar to your lib directory and remove commons-logging.jar from it.

add to your log4j xml (check if you already have one with lavel ERROR, change it either INFO or DEBUG

<logger name="org.springframework">
        <level value="INFO" />
</logger>