log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, console import org.apache.log4j.Logger; public class MyClass { private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(MyClass.class); public static void main(String[] args) { logger.debug("This is a debug message."); logger.info("This is an info message."); logger.warn("This is a warning message."); logger.error("This is an error message."); } }