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      <h2>SLF4J warning or error messages and their meanings</h2>     
      
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    <h3 class="doAnchor" name="release">The method
    <code>o.a.commons.logging.impl.SLF4FLogFactory#release</code> was
    invoked.      
    </h3>

    <p>Given the structure of the commons-logging API, in particular
    as implemented by SLF4J, the
    <code>o.a.commons.logging.impl.SLF4FLogFactory#release()</code>
    method should never be called. However, depending on the
    deployment of <em>commons-logging.jar</em> files in your servlet
    container, <code>release()</code> method may be unexpectedly
    invoked by a copy of
    <code>org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory</code> class shipping
    with <em>commons-logging.jar</em>.
    </p>

    <p>This is a relatively common occurrence with recent versions of
    Tomcat, especially if you place <em>jcl-over-slf4j.jar</em> in
    <em>WEB-INF/lib</em> directory of your web-application instead of
    <em>$TOMCAT_HOME/common/lib</em>, where $TOMCAT_HOME stands for
    the directory where Tomcat is installed. In order to fully benefit
    from the stability offered by <em>jcl-over-slf4j.jar</em>, we
    recommend that you place <em>jcl-over-slf4j.jar</em> in
    <em>$TOMCAT_HOME/common/lib</em> without placing a copy in your
    web-applications.
    </p>

    <p>Please also see <a
    href="http://bugzilla.slf4j.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22">bug
    #22</a>.</p>
    
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    <h3 class="doAnchor" name="unsupported_operation_in_jcl_over_slf4j">Operation
    [suchAndSuch] is not supported in jcl-over-slf4j.
    </h3>

    <p>An <code>UnsupportedOperationException</code> is thrown whenever
    one of the protected methods introduced in JCL 1.1 are
    invoked. These methods are invoked by <code>LogFactory</code>
    implementations shipping with
    <em>commons-logging.jar</em>. However, the <code>LogFactory</code>
    implemented by <em>jcl-over-slf4j.jar</em>, namely
    SLF4FLogFactory, does not call any of these methods.
    </p>

    <p>If you observe this problem, then it is highly probable that you
    have a copy of <em>commons-logging.jar</em> in your class path
    overriding the classes shipping with
    <em>jcl-over-slf4j.jar</em>. Note that this issue is very similar
    in nature to the warning issued when the
    "o.a.commons.logging.impl.SLF4FLogFactory.release()" method is
    invoked, discussed in the previous item.
    </p>

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    <h3 class="doAnchor" name="loggerNameMismatch">Detected logger
    name mismatch</h3>

    <p>Logger name mismatch warnings are printed only if the
    <code>slf4j.detectLoggerNameMismatch</code> system property is set
    to true. By default, this property is not set and no warnings will
    be printed even in case of a logger name mismatch.
    </p>

    <p><span class="label">since 1.7.9</span> The warning will
    be printed in case the name of the logger specified via a class
    passed as an argument to the
    <code>LoggerFactory.getLogger(Class)</code> method differs from
    the name of the caller as computed internally by SLF4J.
    </p>

    <p>For example, the following code snippet</p> 

<pre class="prettyprint source">package com.acme;
import com.foo.Kangaroo;

class <b>Fruit</b> {
  Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(<b>Kangaroo.class</b>);
}</pre>

    <p>will result in the warning</p>

    <pre class="prettyprint source">SLF4J: Detected logger name mismatch. Given name: "com.foo.Kangaroo"; computed name: "com.acme.Fruit".</pre>
    
    <p>but only if <code>slf4j.detectLoggerNameMismatch</code> system
    property is set to true.</p>
    
    <p>No warning will be issued for the special case where the class
    in which the logger is defined is a super-type of the class
    parameter passed as argument. For example,</p>
    
    <pre class="prettyprint source">class A { 
    Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass()); 
}
class B extends A { 
    // no mismatch warning will be issued when B is instantiated 
    // given that class A is a super-type of class B
}</pre>

    <p>If you come across a mismatch warning which cannot be
    explained, then you might have spotted a white elephant, that is a
    very rare occurrence where SLF4J cannot correctly compute the name
    of the class where a logger is defined. We are very interested to
    learn about such cases. If and when you spot an inexplicable
    mismatch, please do file a <a href="bug-reporting.html">bug
    report</a> with us.
    </p>

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    <h3 class="doAnchor" name="StaticLoggerBinder">Failed to load class
    <code>org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder</code></h3>
    
    <p>This error is reported when the
    <code>org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder</code> class could not be
    loaded into memory.  This happens when no appropriate SLF4J
    binding could be found on the class path. Placing one (and only
    one) of <em>slf4j-nop.jar</em>, <em>slf4j-simple.jar</em>,
    <em>slf4j-log4j12.jar</em>, <em>slf4j-jdk14.jar</em> or
    <em>logback-classic.jar</em> on the class path should solve the
    problem.
    </p>

    <p><span class="label">since 1.6.0</span> As of SLF4J version 1.6, in the absence of a binding, SLF4J
    will default to a no-operation (NOP) logger implementation.
    </p>

    <p>You can download SLF4J bindings from the project <a
    href="http://www.slf4j.org/download.html">download page</a>. </p>

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    <h3>
      <a name="illegalAccess" href="#illegalAccess">java.lang.IllegalAccessError: tried to access field
      org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder.SINGLETON from class
      org.slf4j.LoggerFactory</a>
    </h3>

    <p>When this errors occurs, the exception looks as follows:</p>
    <p class="source">java.lang.IllegalAccessError: tried to access field org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder.SINGLETON \
     from class org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
  at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.&lt;clinit&gt;(LoggerFactory.java:60)
  ... </p>

    <p>The error is caused by the static initializer of the
    <code>LoggerFactory</code> class attempting to directly access the
    SINGLETON field of
    <code>org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder</code>. While this was
    allowed in SLF4J 1.5.5 and earlier, in 1.5.6 and later the
    SINGLETON field has been marked as private access.
    </p>
    
    <p>From a broader perspective, this issue is a manifestation of
    problems encountered when mixing different versions of SLF4J
    artifacts.  Please also refer to the relevant <a
    href="faq.html#compatibility">FAQ entry</a>.
    </p>
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    <h3 class="doAnchor" name="multiple_bindings">Multiple bindings
    were found on the class path
    </h3>


    <p>SLF4J API is designed to bind with one and only one underlying
    logging framework at a time. If more than one binding is present
    on the class path, SLF4J will emit a warning, listing the location
    of those bindings.</p>

    <p>When multiple bindings are available on the class path, select
    one and only one binding you wish to use, and remove the other
    bindings. For example, if you have both
    <em>slf4j-simple-${version}.jar</em> and
    <em>slf4j-nop-${version}.jar</em> on the class path and you wish
    to use the nop (no-operation) binding, then remove
    <em>slf4j-simple-${version}.jar</em> from the class path. 
    </p>

    <p>The list of locations that SLF4J provides in this warning
    usually provides sufficient information to identify the dependency
    transitively pulling in an unwanted SLF4J binding into your
    project. In your project's pom.xml file, exclude this SLF4J
    binding when declaring the unscrupulous dependency. For example,
    <em>cassandra-all</em> version 0.8.1 declares both <em>log4j</em>
    and <em>slf4j-log4j12</em> as compile-time dependencies. Thus,
    when you include <em>cassandra-all</em> as a dependency in your
    project, the <em>cassandra-all</em> declaration will cause both
    <em>slf4j-log4j12.jar</em> and <em>log4j.jar</em> to be pulled in
    as dependencies. In case you do not wish to use log4j as the the
    SLF4J backend, you can instruct Maven to exclude these two
    artifacts as shown next:</p>

    <pre class="prettyprint">&lt;dependencies>
  &lt;dependency>
    &lt;groupId> org.apache.cassandra&lt;/groupId>
    &lt;artifactId>cassandra-all&lt;/artifactId>
    &lt;version>0.8.1&lt;/version>

    &lt;exclusions>
      &lt;exclusion> 
        &lt;groupId>org.slf4j&lt;/groupId>
        &lt;artifactId>slf4j-log4j12&lt;/artifactId>
      &lt;/exclusion>
      &lt;exclusion> 
        &lt;groupId>log4j&lt;/groupId>
        &lt;artifactId>log4j&lt;/artifactId>
      &lt;/exclusion>
    &lt;/exclusions> 

  &lt;/dependency>
&lt;/dependencies></pre>

   <p><span class="label notice">Note</span> The warning emitted by
   SLF4J is just that, a warning. Even when multiple bindings are
   present, SLF4J will pick one logging framework/implementation and
   bind with it. The way SLF4J picks a binding is determined by the
   JVM and for all practical purposes should be considered random. As
   of version 1.6.6, SLF4J will name the framework/implementation
   class it is actually bound to.</p>

   <p>Embedded components such as libraries or frameworks should not
   declare a dependency on any SLF4J binding but only depend on
   slf4j-api. When a library declares a compile-time dependency on a
   SLF4J binding, it imposes that binding on the end-user, thus
   negating SLF4J's purpose. When you come across an embedded
   component declaring a compile-time dependency on any SLF4J binding,
   please take the time to contact the authors of said
   component/library and kindly ask them to mend their ways.</p>
  
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    <h3 class="doAnchor" name="version_mismatch">slf4j-api version
    does not match that of the binding</h3>

    <p>An SLF4J binding designates an artifact such as
    <em>slf4j-jdk14.jar</em> or <em>slf4j-log4j12.jar</em> used to
    <em>bind</em> slf4j to an underlying logging framework, say,
    java.util.logging and respectively log4j.
    </p>

    <p>Mixing mixing different versions of <em>slf4j-api.jar</em> and
    SLF4J binding can cause problems. For example, if you are using
    slf4j-api-${project.version}.jar, then you should also use
    slf4j-simple-${project.version}.jar, using slf4j-simple-1.5.5.jar
    will not work.</p>

    <p><span class="label notice">Note</span> From the client's
    perspective all versions of slf4j-api are compatible. Client code
    compiled with <em>slf4j-api-N.jar</em> will run perfectly fine
    with <em>slf4j-api-M.jar</em> for any N and M. You only need to
    ensure that the version of your binding matches that of the
    slf4j-api.jar. You do not have to worry about the version of
    slf4j-api.jar used by a given dependency in your project. You
    can always use any version of <em>slf4j-api.jar</em>, and as long
    as the version of <em>slf4j-api.jar</em> and its binding match,
    you should be fine.
    </p>

    <p>At initialization time, if SLF4J suspects that there may be a
    api vs. binding version mismatch problem, it will emit a warning
    about the suspected mismatch.
    </p>

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    <h3 class="doAnchor" name="null_LF">Logging factory implementation
    cannot be null</h3>

    <p>This error is reported when the <code>LoggerFactory</code>
    class could not find an appropriate binding. Placing one (and only
    one) of <em>slf4j-nop.jar</em>, <em>slf4j-simple.jar</em>,
    <em>slf4j-log4j12.jar</em>, <em>slf4j-jdk14.jar</em> or
    <em>logback-classic.jar</em> on the class path should prove to be
    an effective remedy.
    </p>

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    <h3 class="doAnchor" name="log4jDelegationLoop">Detected both
    log4j-over-slf4j.jar AND slf4j-log4j12.jar on the class path,
    preempting <code>StackOverflowError</code>.
    </h3>

    <p>The purpose of slf4j-log4j12 module is to delegate or redirect
    calls made to an SLF4J logger to log4j. The purpose of the
    log4j-over-slf4j module is to redirect calls made to a log4j
    logger to SLF4J. If both <em>slf4j-log4j12.jar</em> and
    <em>log4j-over-slf4j.jar</em> are present on the class path, a
    <code>StackOverflowError</code> will inevitably occur immediately
    after the first invocation of an SLF4J or a log4j logger.
    </p>

    <p>Here is how the exception might look like:</p>

    <pre class="prettyprint source">Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StackOverflowError
  at java.util.Hashtable.containsKey(Hashtable.java:306)
  at org.apache.log4j.Log4jLoggerFactory.getLogger(Log4jLoggerFactory.java:36)
  at org.apache.log4j.LogManager.getLogger(LogManager.java:39)
  at org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory.getLogger(Log4jLoggerFactory.java:73)
  at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:249)
  at org.apache.log4j.Category.&lt;init>(Category.java:53)
  at org.apache.log4j.Logger..&lt;init>(Logger.java:35)
  at org.apache.log4j.Log4jLoggerFactory.getLogger(Log4jLoggerFactory.java:39)
  at org.apache.log4j.LogManager.getLogger(LogManager.java:39)
  at org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory.getLogger(Log4jLoggerFactory.java:73)
  at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:249)
  at org.apache.log4j.Category..&lt;init>(Category.java:53)
  at org.apache.log4j.Logger..&lt;init>(Logger.java:35)
  at org.apache.log4j.Log4jLoggerFactory.getLogger(Log4jLoggerFactory.java:39)
  at org.apache.log4j.LogManager.getLogger(LogManager.java:39)
  subsequent lines omitted...</pre>

    <p><span class="label">Since 1.5.11</span> SLF4J software preempts
    the inevitable stack overflow error by throwing an exception with
    details about the actual cause of the problem. This is deemed to
    be better than leaving the user wondering about the reasons of the
    <code>StackOverflowError</code>.
    </p>

    <p>For more background on this topic see <a
    href="legacy.html">Bridging legacy APIs</a>.
    </p>

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    <h3 class="doAnchor" name="jclDelegationLoop">Detected both
    jcl-over-slf4j.jar AND slf4j-jcl.jar on the class path, preempting
    <code>StackOverflowError</code>.
    </h3>

    <p>The purpose of slf4j-jcl module is to delegate or redirect
    calls made to an SLF4J logger to jakarta commons logging
    (JCL). The purpose of the jcl-over-slf4j module is to redirect
    calls made to a JCL logger to SLF4J. If both
    <em>slf4j-jcl.jar</em> and <em>jcl-over-slf4j.jar</em> are present
    on the class path, then a <code>StackOverflowError</code> will
    inevitably occur immediately after the first invocation of an
    SLF4J or a JCL logger. 
    </p>

    <p>Here is how the exception might look like:</p>

    <pre class="prettyprint source">Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StackOverflowError
  at java.lang.String.hashCode(String.java:1482)
  at java.util.HashMap.get(HashMap.java:300)
  at org.slf4j.impl.JCLLoggerFactory.getLogger(JCLLoggerFactory.java:67)
  at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:249)
  at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLogFactory.getInstance(SLF4JLogFactory.java:155)
  at org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog(LogFactory.java:289)
  at org.slf4j.impl.JCLLoggerFactory.getLogger(JCLLoggerFactory.java:69)
  at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:249)
  at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLogFactory.getInstance(SLF4JLogFactory.java:155)
  subsequent lines omitted...</pre>


    <p><span class="label">Since 1.5.11</span> SLF4J software preempts
    the inevitable stack overflow error by throwing an exception with
    details about the actual cause of the problem.  This is deemed to
    be better than leaving the user wondering about the reasons of the
    <code>StackOverflowError</code>.
    </p>

    <p>For more background on this topic see <a
    href="legacy.html">Bridging legacy APIs</a>.
    </p>

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    <h3 class="doAnchor" name="no_static_mdc_binder">Failed to load
    class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticMDCBinder"</h3>
    
    <p>This error indicates that appropriate SLF4J binding could not
    be found on the class path. Placing one (and only one) of
    <em>slf4j-nop.jar</em>, <em>slf4j-simple.jar</em>,
    <em>slf4j-log4j12.jar</em>, <em>slf4j-jdk14.jar</em> or
    <em>logback-classic.jar</em> on the class path should solve the
    problem.
    </p>

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    <h3 class="doAnchor" name="null_MDCA">MDCAdapter cannot be null 
    </h3>

    <p>This error is reported when <code>org.slf4j.MDC</code> class
    has not been initialized correctly. Same cause and remedy as the
    previously listed item.
    </p>

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    <h3 class="doAnchor" name="log4j_version">SLF4J versions 1.4.0 and
    later requires log4j 1.2.12 or later</h3>

    <p>The trace level was added to log4j in version 1.2.12 released
    on August 29, 2005. The trace level was added to the SLF4J API in
    version 1.4.0 on May 16th, 2007. Thus, starting with SLF4J 1.4.0,
    the log4j binding for SLF4J requires log4j version 1.2.12 or
    above.
    </p>

    <p>However, as reported in <a
    href="http://bugzilla.slf4j.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68">bug 68</a>, in
    some environments it may be difficult to upgrade the log4j
    version. To accommodate such circumstances, SLF4J's
    <code>Log4jLoggerAdapter</code> will map the TRACE level as
    DEBUG.</p>
    

    <h3 class="doAnchor" name="substituteLogger" >Substitute loggers
    were created during the default configuration phase of the
    underlying logging system</h3>

    <p>Highly configurable logging systems such as logback and log4j
    may create components which invoke loggers during their own
    initialization.  See issue <a
    href="http://jira.qos.ch/browse/LOGBACK-127">LOGBACK-127</a> for a
    typical occurrence. However, since the binding process with SLF4J
    has not yet completed (because the underlying logging system was
    not yet completely loaded into memory), it is not possible to
    honor such logger creation requests.</p>

    <p>To avoid this chicken-and-egg problem, SLF4J creates substitute
    loggers during this phase (initialization). Calls made to the
    substitute loggers during this phase are simply dropped. After the
    initialization completes, the substitute logger will delegate
    logging calls to the appropriate logger implementation and
    otherwise will function as any other logger returned by
    <code>LoggerFactory</code>.
    </p>
  
    <p>If any substitute logger had to be created, SLF4J will emit a a
    listing of such loggers. This list is intended to let you know
    that any logging calls made to these loggers during initialization
    have been dropped.
    </p>


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