examples/logger_example/Log4jLoggerExample.java

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import org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine;
import org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeConstants;
import org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.Log4JLogChute;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.apache.log4j.BasicConfigurator;

/**
 *  Simple example class to show how to use an existing Log4j Logger
 *  as the Velocity logging target.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:geirm@apache.org">Geir Magnusson Jr.</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class Log4jLoggerExample
{
    public static String LOGGER_NAME = "velexample";

    public static void main( String args[] )
        throws Exception
    {
        /*
         *  configure log4j to log to console
         */
        BasicConfigurator.configure();

        Logger log = Logger.getLogger(LOGGER_NAME);

        log.info("Hello from Log4jLoggerExample - ready to start velocity");

        /*
         *  now create a new VelocityEngine instance, and
         *  configure it to use the logger
         */
        VelocityEngine ve = new VelocityEngine();

        ve.setProperty(RuntimeConstants.RUNTIME_LOG_LOGSYSTEM_CLASS,
                       "org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.Log4JLogChute");

        ve.setProperty(Log4JLogChute.RUNTIME_LOG_LOG4J_LOGGER, LOGGER_NAME);

        ve.init();

        log.info("this should follow the initialization output from velocity");
    }
}