import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; public class MyClass { private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MyClass.class); public void doSomething() { logger.info("Doing something..."); } } log4j.rootLogger=INFO, console 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} %p %m%n