Exception while loading Log4jConfigListener

[Mahesh Desai]

Hi,

I am trying to setup log4j logging mechanism in Spring application. I am using Spring listener i.e. Log4jConfigListener to configure log4j while server startup. I am deploying Maven created .war file manually on Weblogic 10.3 local server. Here is what I have in my web.xml file.


<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigList ener</listener-class>
</listener>

<context-param>
<param-name>log4jConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/log4j.properties</param-value>
</context-param>

<context-param>
<param-name>webAppRootKey</param-name>
<param-value>myapp.root</param-value>
</context-param>



Since Log4jConfigListener is ServletContextListener, I am getting following exception while application startup:




<HTTP> <BEA-101162> <User defined listener org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener failed: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot set web app root system property when WAR file is not expanded.
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot set web app root system property when WAR file is not expanded
at org.springframework.web.util.WebUtils.setWebAppRoo tSystemProperty(WebUtils.java:139)
at org.springframework.web.util.Log4jWebConfigurer.in itLogging(Log4jWebConfigurer.java:118)
at org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener.c ontextInitialized(Log4jConfigListener.java:47)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager$FireContex tListenerAction.run(EventsManager.java:465)
at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubjec t.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)


I have tried deploying the same war file on Tomcat and it works fine but it is not working with Weblogic 10.3.

Please do let me know if I am doing something wrong with this configuration. Also please let me know if there is any other way to configure log4j Logging mechanism with Spring.

Thanks,
Mahesh

[tmaus]

are you sure you need to add the listener to your web.xml file ??

Have a look at that thread:
http://osdir.com/ml/java.springframe.../msg00344.html

hope that helps