Frank Wiesen

Hi there,

if you create a property file "log4j.properties" inside the classpath (e.g.
inside the classes root directory of your project), Log4J will find and load the file automatically.
Enable logging to see, how it initializes and which file it finds/loads:
Add "-Dlog4j.debug=1" to the system properties of your JVM.

But I expect, the property "log4j.categoryFactory=..." will have no affect (except log4j tells you, it replaces the default category factory, BUT IT WON'T, because the code inside the "PropertyConfigurator" finally replacing the factory at the "Hierarchy" class was disabled with Log4J 1.13 and the method "setCategoryFactory(...)" to do so even removed from "Hierarchy" with 1.2. So it's even not possible to replace it manually anymore. With 1.3 in January there was code checked in defining a new "setLoggerFactory(...)" at Hirarchy. But there was no further alpha release of 1.3 this year, so we still have to wait, if we want to replace the default Logger/CategoryFactory...

Best Regards,
Frank