Configurations for log4j

HelloLog4j.java

package com.claytantor.log4j.playground;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

/**
 * Created by cgra12 on 8/24/15.
 */
public class HelloLog4j {

    static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(HelloLog4j.class.getName());

    public static void main(String[] args){
        log.debug("Hello log4j");
    }
}

log4j.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">

<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
    <appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
        <param name="Target" value="System.out"/>
        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%-5p %c{1} - %m%n"/>
        </layout>
    </appender>

    <root>
        <priority value ="debug" />
        <appender-ref ref="console" />
    </root>

</log4j:configuration>

pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>com.claytantor.log4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>log4j-playground</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <dependencies>
        <!--
        old approach but verified
        slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar
        slf4j-log4j12-1.6.1.jar
        log4j-1.2.16.jar

        -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
            <version>2.3</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
            <version>1.7.12</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
            <version>1.7.12</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</project>