If you really only need to get log4j2 working in your maven build, do this.
1. Start with deps
<dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId> <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId> <version>2.6.1</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId> <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId> <version>2.6.1</version> </dependency> </dependencies>
2. Import these
import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager; import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
3. Use this
private static Logger log = LogManager.getLogger();