<dependency> <groupId>commons-logging</groupId> <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId> <version>1.2</version> </dependency> properties org.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SimpleLog org.apache.commons.logging.simplelog.defaultlog=info import org.apache.commons.logging.Log; import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory; public class MyClass { private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(MyClass.class); public static void main(String[] args) { } }