Log4j issue - Logs going to console instead of file

[Nick_Andy]

Hi,

I am trying to use log4j to log messages to a file. Following is the entry in my web.xml

<context-param>
  <param-name>log4jConfigLocation</param-name>
  <param-value>/WEB-INF/log4j.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
	
<listener>
  <listener-class>org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener</listener-class>
</listener>

Below is spring servlet.xml content for log4j config

<bean id="AppLogger" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CommonsLogFactoryBean">
	<property name="logName" value="log" />
</bean>

And below is my log4j.xml config file for redirecting messages to a file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd" >
<log4j:configuration>
  <appender name="file" class="org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender">
	<param name="maxFileSize" value="100KB" />
	<param name="maxBackupIndex" value="5" />
	<param name="File" value="app.log" />
	<param name="threshold" value="info"/>
	<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
	    <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n" />
	</layout>
  </appender>
  <root>
    <priority value="debug"></priority>
    <appender-ref ref="file" />
  </root>
</log4j:configuration>

Now when I try to insert AppLogger bean as property into other beans and use that as logging object, its printing messages on console instead of the above mentioned file. Whereas if I use a new Log class as below

private static org.apache.log4j.Logger log = Logger.getLogger(MyClass.class);

Then its sending messages to a log file. I guess I am missing something here, may be a link which will instruct Spring to redirect messages to the file. I am using Websphere App server.
Please help.

[cmelgar]

Have you defined the Log4jConfigListener BEFORE the ContextLoaderListener in web.xml as per the JavaDoc for Log4jConfigListener?