Maven dependency for log4j - log4j version 1.2.15 is released. Learn to use log4j version 1.2.15 in Maven based Java projects

Maven dependency for  log4j  - Version 1.2.15 of log4j released

The developers of   log4j - log4j project have released the latest version of this library on 30 Aug 2007, the released version of  log4j - log4j library is 1.2.15. Developer can use this version ( log4j - log4j version 1.2.15 ) in their Java project if it is based on Maven and Gradle.

How to use  log4j - log4j version 1.2.15 in project?

Steps to use  log4j - log4j version 1.2.15 in Java projects. Follow the step by step tutorial for using the latest version of log4j - log4j in your Maven/Gradle project.

Step 1: Create or use a Maven project

First of all you have to create a new Java project based on maven project management tool if you don't have any previous project. You can download the simple project from Sample Maven project. You can import the sample project in Eclipse IDE or you can open your project in Eclipse or in any other IDE of your choice.

Step 2: Include the maven dependency of   log4j - log4j version 1.2.15

Now the next step is to use the latest dependency for maven of the  log4j - braid library library in the pom.xml fie of your project. You have to copy the code given below:

<dependency>
	<groupId>log4j</groupId>
	<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
	<version>1.2.15</version>
</dependency>

Above code is the maven dependency code that downloads and includes  log4j - log4j version 1.2.15 java library in your project.

Now you can save the file in Eclipse and then Eclipse will call maven tool for downloading the jar files. Once the jar files are downloaded it will be included in the project and  you will be able to use  log4j - log4j version 1.2.15 library in your project.

Step 3: Now you are ready to use the  log4j - log4j version 1.2.15 in your project

Now you will be able to import the library in your project and use it.

Step 4: Finding the maven dependency tree

Sometimes it is required to check the dependency tree of the maven project to find out the jar conflicts, then you can use the  Maven dependency plugin. The Maven dependency plugin is used to list down the the dependency in the project. The dependency:tree option of the mvn command line tool can be used to see the dependency tree of the given project. After adding the Maven dependency of log4j - log4j version 1.2.15 in your pom.xml file you can run following command on the terminal:

mvn dependency:tree

Above command will list down the dependency of your project. This way you will be able to find out any jar conflict issue of the project.

Gradle Dependency

If you project is based on Gradle then you can use following dependency code:

implementation group: 'log4j', name: 'log4j', version: '1.2.15'

Above code will enable the Gradle to down log4j - log4j dependency jar and include in the project.

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