Moving from
import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger(Logging.class);
LOGGER.info(gson.toJson(startLog));
To this
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Logging.class);
LOGGER.info(gson.toJson(startLog));
I did not change anything else in my code and I have kept the exact same configuration. Unfortunately it makes my log disappear from CONSOLE see the conf below
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration status="INFO">
<Appenders>
<Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout>
<pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SS} %-5p %-17c{2} %m%n</pattern>
</PatternLayout>
</Console>
</Appenders>
<Loggers>
<Root level="info" additivity="false">
<appender-ref ref="Console" level="info" />
</Root>
</Loggers>
</Configuration>
EDIT 1: asked dependencies
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
<version>2.15.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
<version>2.15.0</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>