How to set classpath in pom.xml?
java, log4j, maven, pom.xml
Solution
I have a couple of comments. First, I recommend that you put any test-related log4j, logback config files directly in src/test/resources. That way they are always added to the classpath and it just works.
However, if you need to put the files in src/test/resources/cfg and want to use the classpathelements, then heed the advice of the documentation
But, if you must, you can use the additionalClasspathElements element to add custom resources/jars to your classpath. This will be treated as an absolute file system path, so you may want use ${basedir} or another property combined with a relative path.
So try:
<additionalClasspathElement>${basedir}/src/test/resources/cfg/</additionalClasspathElement>
Problem
When running tests using `maven`, i'd like to see output on my screen. After putting the `log4j.xml` into my project's dir (src/test/resources/cfg/), i updated my `pom` to include ``` 235 <plugin> 236 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> 237 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> 238 <configuration> 239 <skipTests>false</skipTests> 240 <excludes> 241 <exclude>**/*$*.java</exclude> 242 </excludes> 243 <systemProperties> 244 <property> 245 <name>-Dlog4j.configuration</name> 246 <value>file:src/test/resources/cfg/log4j.xml</value> 247 </property> 248 </systemProperties> 249 <additionalClasspathElements> 250 <additionalClasspathElement>src/test/resources/cfg/</additionalClasspathElement> 251 </additionalClasspathElements> 252 </configuration> 253 </plugin> ``` The above does not work. When tests run, i still see the following message ``` log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. ``` For the record, the following is the log4j ``` 1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> 2 <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd"> 3 4 <log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/"> 5 <appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender"> 6 <param name="Target" value="System.out"/> 7 <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> 8 <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%-5p %c{1} - %m%n"/> 9 </layout> 10 </appender> 11 12 <root> 13 <priority value ="debug" /> 14 <appender-ref ref="console" /> 15 </root> 16 17 </log4j:configuration> ``` What am i missing please?