LoggerSkel for Servlet
//Log4j from Apache is required import org.apache.log4j.Logger; import org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator; import javax.servlet.*; import javax.servlet.http.*; public class LoggerSkel extends HttpServlet { private Logger log; public void init() { PropertyConfigurator.configure(getServletContext().getRealPath("/") + "WEB-INF/classes/servletLog.properties"); log = Logger.getLogger(LoggerSkel.class); log.debug("Instance created of: " + getClass().getName()); } public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, java.io.IOException { //do logging here if necessary } //end doGet }