Getting error when running console application on eclipse : SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder" - spring

Question

I am a beginner to Spring MVC, trying to get SLF4j logger to work when running the following app
package com.chris.springdemo;
import java.util.List;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
import com.chris.springdemo.dao.OrganizationDao;
import com.chris.springdemo.daoimpl.OrganizationDaoImpl;
import com.chris.springdemo.domain.Organization;
#Component
public class LoggingApp {
#Autowired
private OrganizationDao dao;
#Autowired
private DaoUtils daoUtils;
public void actionMethod() {
// Creating seed data
daoUtils.createSeedData(dao);
// List organizations
List<Organization> orgs = dao.getAllOrganizations();
daoUtils.printOrganizations(orgs, daoUtils.readOperation);
// Create a new organization record
Organization org = new Organization("General electric", 1991, "", 28, "Howdy");
boolean isCreated = dao.create(org);
daoUtils.printSuccessFailure(daoUtils.createOperation, isCreated);
daoUtils.printOrganizations(dao.getAllOrganizations(), daoUtils.readOperation);
// Get a single organization
Organization org2 = dao.getOrganization(1);
daoUtils.printOrganization(org2, "getOrganization");
// Updating a slogan for an organization
Organization org3 = dao.getOrganization(2);
org3.setSlogan("We build **awesome** driving machines!");
boolean isUpdated = dao.update(org3);
daoUtils.printSuccessFailure(daoUtils.updateOperation, isUpdated);
daoUtils.printOrganization(dao.getOrganization(2), daoUtils.updateOperation);
// Delete an organization
boolean isDeleted = dao.delete(dao.getOrganization(3));
daoUtils.printSuccessFailure(daoUtils.deleteOperation, isDeleted);
daoUtils.printOrganizations(dao.getAllOrganizations(), daoUtils.deleteOperation);
// Clean up
dao.cleanup();
daoUtils.printOrganizationCount(dao.getAllOrganizations(), daoUtils.cleanupOperation);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
// creating the application context
ApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("beans-cp.xml");
LoggingApp mainApp = ctx.getBean(LoggingApp.class);
mainApp.actionMethod();
// close the application context
((ClassPathXmlApplicationContext) ctx).close();
// Create the bean
// OrganizationDao dao = (OrganizationDao) ctx.getBean("orgDao");
}
}
DaoUtils.java contains log statements with Logger
package com.chris.springdemo;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
import com.chris.springdemo.dao.OrganizationDao;
import com.chris.springdemo.domain.Organization;
#Service
public class DaoUtils {
private static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger("Logging Tester");
public final String createOperation = "CREATE";
public final String readOperation = "READ";
public final String updateOperation = "UPDATE";
public final String deleteOperation = "DELETE";
public final String cleanupOperation = "TRUNCATE";
public void printOrganizations(List<Organization> orgs, String operation){
LOGGER.info("\n********* printing organizations after " + operation + " operation *********");
for (Organization org : orgs) {
LOGGER.info(org.toString());
}
}
public void printOrganization( Organization org, String operation ) {
LOGGER.info("\n********* printing organization after invoking " + operation + " operation *********\n" + org);
}
public void printSuccessFailure(String operation, boolean param){
if(param)
LOGGER.info("\nOperation " + operation + " successful");
else
LOGGER.info("\nOperation " + operation + " failed");
}
public void createSeedData(OrganizationDao dao){
Organization org1 = new Organization("Amazon", 1994, "65656", 8765, "Work hard, have fun, make history");
Organization org2 = new Organization("BMW", 1929, "45454", 5501, "We build ultimate Driving machines");
Organization org3 = new Organization("Google", 1996, "57575", 4567, "Don't be evil");
List<Organization> orgs = new ArrayList<Organization>();
orgs.add(0, org1); orgs.add(1, org2); orgs.add(2, org3);
//int orgCount = orgs.size();
int createCount = 0;
for(Organization org : orgs){
boolean isCreated = dao.create(org);
if(isCreated)
createCount += 1;
}
LOGGER.info("Created "+ createCount + " organizations");
}
public void printOrganizationCount(List<Organization> orgs, String operation){
LOGGER.info("\n*********Currently we have " + orgs.size()+ " organizations after " + operation + " operation" + " *********");
}
}
My pom.xml is below.
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.chris</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-named-jdbc-template-demo-1</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>5.0.1.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>5.0.1.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
<version>5.0.1.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>6.0.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>5.0.1.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-dao</artifactId>
<version>2.0.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>1.7.25</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
<version>1.7.25</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
When I run the app, I get the following error
SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder".
SLF4J: Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder for further details.
When I click the URL in the error, it tells me
This warning message is reported when the
org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder 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 slf4j-nop.jar
slf4j-simple.jar, slf4j-log4j12.jar, slf4j-jdk14.jar or
logback-classic.jar on the class path should solve the problem. SINCE
1.6.0 As of SLF4J version 1.6, in the absence of a binding, SLF4J will default to a no-operation (NOP) logger implementation.
But I only have one implementation of SLF4J on my pom.xml which is
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
<version>1.7.25</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
I deleted all repositories, updated maven project, cleaned the project etc none of this seem to resolve this issue. Would appreciate any help.
Thanks
Cris