Logging

We added logging support via Simple Logging Facade for Java (SLF4J). Doing so everybody is able to configure a logging framework.

In the Neodymium-example we demonstrate how to use Apache Log4j 2 as a logging framework.

Setup and usage

1. Add a Logger of your choice to your pom.xml

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
        <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
        <version>2.10.0</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
   

   If you don't want to use logging and don't want to be bothered about it on the console you can add a no operation implementation of the logger.

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
        <artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
        <version>1.7.25</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
   

2. Add a configuration

   • Log4j 2 requires a configuration this can be done in various ways.
   • We added a demo config src/test/resources/log4j2.properties.
   • Pitfall: Make sure that the properties.projectPath within the properties file is matching you project structure.