log4j errors go to INFO.log - log4j

Question

i have a log4j.xml and a scala file. I use slf4j.
this is the xml file
<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
<appender name="error" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
<param name="File" value="logs/config-server/config-server-error.log"/>
<param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd"/>
<param name="Threshold" value="error"/>
<param name="Append" value="true" />
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{DATE} %-5p %c{1} - %m%n"/>
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="info" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
<param name="File" value="logs/config-server/config-server-info.log"/>
<param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd"/>
<param name="Threshold" value="info"/>
<param name="Append" value="true" />
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{DATE} %-5p %c{1} - %m%n"/>
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="debug" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
<param name="File" value="logs/config-server/config-server-debug.log"/>
<param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd"/>
<param name="Threshold" value="debug"/>
<param name="Append" value="true" />
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{DATE} %-5p %c{1} - %m%n"/>
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<priority value="debug"/>
<appender-ref ref="info"/>
<appender-ref ref="error"/>
<appender-ref ref="debug"/>
</root>
but when I log an error as
logger.error("Error")
that error goes to error.log file. But it also goes to info.log file. can someone help me to get this thing correct.

Answer 1

I use this following configuration and able to see the log messages in separate log files
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
<appender name="error" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
<param name="File" value="logs/config-server/config-server-error.log"/>
<param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd"/>
<param name="Threshold" value="error"/>
<param name="Append" value="true" />
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{DATE} %-5p %c{1} - %m%n"/>
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="info" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
<param name="File" value="logs/config-server/config-server-info.log"/>
<param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd"/>
<param name="Threshold" value="info"/>
<param name="Append" value="true" />
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{DATE} %-5p %c{1} - %m%n"/>
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="debug" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
<param name="File" value="logs/config-server/config-server-debug.log"/>
<param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd"/>
<param name="Threshold" value="debug"/>
<param name="Append" value="true" />
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{DATE} %-5p %c{1} - %m%n"/>
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<priority value="debug"/>
</root>
<logger name="debug">
<level value="debug"/>
<appender-ref ref="debug" />
</logger>
<logger name="info">
<level value="info"/>
<appender-ref ref="info" />
</logger>
<logger name="error">
<level value="error"/>
<appender-ref ref="error" />
</logger>
</log4j:configuration>
This is how I am using the logger
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
public class TestLogger {
private static Logger debugLog = Logger.getLogger("debug");
private static Logger infoLog = Logger.getLogger("info");
private static Logger errorLog = Logger.getLogger("error");
public static void main(String[] args) {
debugLog.debug("Debug message");
infoLog.info("Info message");
errorLog.error("Error message");
}
}