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### ************ APPENDER ***********************************###

### direct log messages to stdout ###

log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender

log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out

log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout

log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n

### direct messages to file hibernate.log ###

log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender

log4j.appender.file.File=hibernate.log

log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout

log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n

### ************* LOG LEVELS *********************************###

### set log levels - for more verbose logging change 'info' to 'debug' ###

log4j.rootLogger=warn, stdout

### *** CDM *** ###

log4j.logger.eu.etaxonomy.cdm = warn 

log4j.logger.eu.etaxonomy.cdm.common = warn

### *** SPRING ************ ###

log4j.logger.org.springframework.test = warn

### *** Hibernate ********* ###

log4j.logger.org.hibernate.orm.deprecation = error