log4j.xml inside your jar

(originally posted here on 24 Jul 2005)

Ever wonder how to ship a jar with a log4j.xml inside it? In the jar’s main class, use

static // loads before anything else can
{
   /*
    * If log4j.configuration system property isn't set,
    * then assume I'm inside a jar and configure
    * log4j using the config file that shipped in the jar.
    */
   if (System.getProperty("log4j.configuration") == null)
   {
      URL url = ClassLoader.getSystemResource("log4j.xml");
      DOMConfigurator.configure(url);
   }
}

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