loading log4j.properties from an ear file

[Pa...@b-source.ch]

Hello,

I developed a very simple ear application that includes a web app and a
stateless EJB.

The EJB uses log4j.

This application runs in weblogic8.1 server. I am using
log4j-1.2.13.jar.

The ear structure is as follows:

C:\software\bea8\config\local\applications>jar tvf RuleApp.ear
     0 Mon Jan 02 11:07:56 CET 2006 META-INF/
    79 Mon Jan 02 11:07:54 CET 2006 META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
   466 Thu Dec 22 18:13:44 CET 2005 META-INF/application.xml
  4725 Mon Jan 02 11:07:56 CET 2006 RuleAppWeb.war
  6955 Mon Jan 02 11:07:56 CET 2006 RuleService.jar
     0 Mon Jan 02 11:08:02 CET 2006 etc/
     0 Mon Jan 02 11:08:02 CET 2006 etc/properties/
  2340 Mon Jan 02 11:08:02 CET 2006 etc/properties/log4j.properties
358180 Sun Dec 04 19:00:48 CET 2005 log4j-1.2.13.jar
  1278 Mon Jan 02 11:07:52 CET 2006 utils.jar

Inside the EJB (RuleService), in order to load the log4j.properties
file, I do:

    	if (logger == null)
    	{
    		logger = Logger.getLogger(RuleServiceEJB.class);
            URL propertyFileURL =
Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(LOG4J_PROPERT
Y_FILE);
            if (propertyFileURL != null)
            	PropertyConfigurator.configure(propertyFileURL);
            else
            	System.out.println ("FATAL, " + LOG4J_PROPERTY_FILE + "
not found !");
    	}

where 
	private static final String LOG4J_PROPERTY_FILE =
"etc/properties/log4j.properties";

but I'm not able to load the log4j.properties file: the propertyFileURL
is null !

Could someone please help me to understand why ?

Thanks
Patrizio


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