Log4j error: NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/xml/DOMConfigurator - spring

Question

I am trying to create a web project using spring framework. When trying to run the project, I am getting a HTTP Status 404 error in the browser.
Here is the stack trace of the problem from the console:
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:11 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_60\bin;C:\WINDOWS\Sun\Java\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_60/bin/../jre/bin/server;C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_60/bin/../jre/bin;C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_60/bin/../jre/lib/amd64;C:\Program Files\IBM\ILOG\CPLEX_Studio_Community1263\opl\bin\x64_win64;C:\Program Files\IBM\ILOG\CPLEX_Studio_Community1263\opl\oplide\;C:\Program Files\IBM\ILOG\CPLEX_Studio_Community1263\cplex\bin\x64_win64;C:\Program Files\IBM\ILOG\CPLEX_Studio_Community1263\cpoptimizer\bin\x64_win64;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_60\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Windows Performance Toolkit\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\110\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\120\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Fabric 1.5 & MySQL Utilities 1.5\;C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Fabric 1.5 & MySQL Utilities 1.5\Doctrine extensions for PHP\;C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_60;C:\adb;C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Zorba XQuery Processor 3.0.0\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_60;C:\Program Files (x86)\SSH Communications Security\SSH Secure Shell;C:\Users\prati\AppData\Local\atom\bin;C:\Users\prati\Downloads\eclipse-jee-mars-R-win32-x86_64\eclipse;;.
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:11 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule begin
WARNING: [SetPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Engine/Host/Context} Setting property 'source' to 'org.eclipse.jst.jee.server:CRUDWebAppMavenized' did not find a matching property.
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:11 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:11 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:11 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 656 ms
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:11 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:11 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.47
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:13 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Set web app root system property: 'webapp.root' = [C:\Users\prati\workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp6\wtpwebapps\CRUDWebAppMavenized\]
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:13 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Initializing log4j from [classpath:log4j.xml]
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:13 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/xml/DOMConfigurator
at org.springframework.util.Log4jConfigurer.initLogging(Log4jConfigurer.java:69)
at org.springframework.web.util.Log4jWebConfigurer.initLogging(Log4jWebConfigurer.java:151)
at org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener.contextInitialized(Log4jConfigListener.java:45)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4939)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5434)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1702)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1547)
... 12 more
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:13 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:13 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Context [/CRUDWebAppMavenized] startup failed due to previous errors
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:13 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Shutting down log4j
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:13 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStop
SEVERE: Exception sending context destroyed event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/LogManager
at org.springframework.util.Log4jConfigurer.shutdownLogging(Log4jConfigurer.java:116)
at org.springframework.web.util.Log4jWebConfigurer.shutdownLogging(Log4jWebConfigurer.java:169)
at org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener.contextDestroyed(Log4jConfigListener.java:49)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStop(StandardContext.java:4980)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stopInternal(StandardContext.java:5626)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.stop(LifecycleBase.java:232)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:160)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.log4j.LogManager
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1702)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1547)
... 13 more
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:13 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:13 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
Apr 17, 2016 8:43:13 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 2193 ms
Here is my log4j.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration PUBLIC "-//APACHE//DTD LOG4J 1.2//EN" "log4j.dtd">
<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
<!-- Appenders -->
<appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
<param name="Target" value="System.out" />
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%-5p: %c - %m%n" />
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="util" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender">
<param name="File" value="C:\\ITLab\\logs\\GeneralLogs.log" />
<param name="Append" value="true" />
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%t %-5p %c{2} - %m%n"/>
</layout>
</appender>
<!-- Application Loggers -->
<logger name="com.hp.gcc">
<level value="info" />
</logger>
<!-- 3rdparty Loggers -->
<logger name="org.springframework.core">
<level value="info" />
</logger>
<logger name="org.springframework.beans">
<level value="info" />
</logger>
<logger name="org.springframework.context">
<level value="info" />
</logger>
<logger name="org.springframework.web">
<level value="info" />
</logger>
<!-- Root Logger -->
<root>
<priority value="warn" />
<appender-ref ref="console" />
</root>
</log4j:configuration>
Here is web.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="3.0">
<display-name>CRUDWebAppMavenized</display-name>
<context-param>
<param-name>log4jConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>classpath:log4j.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>spring</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>spring</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>default.html</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>default.htm</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>default.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
</web-app>
Here is pom.xml:
<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>CRUDWebAppMavenized</groupId>
<artifactId>CRUDWebAppMavenized</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<properties>
<org.springframework.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Hibernate resources -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>3.6.7.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
<version>4.3.0.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-commons-annotations</artifactId>
<version>3.3.0.ga</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-annotations</artifactId>
<version>3.3.1.GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
<version>3.3.2.GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>taglibs</groupId>
<artifactId>standard</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
<version>20030825.184428</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-pool</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-pool</artifactId>
<version>20030825.183949</version>
</dependency>
<!-- MySQL -->
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.6</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Log4j -->
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.14</version>
<type>jar</type>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<testSourceDirectory>src/main/test</testSourceDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
</excludes>
</resource>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/webapp</directory>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
</excludes>
</resource>
</resources>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.7</source>
<target>1.7</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Kindly tell me what's wrong with my code, and please provide solutions. Thanks a lot! :)

Answer 1

i got it!
Problem is:
org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener
This is deprecated from Spring Framework 4.2.1. Only delete this listener!

Answer 2

Maybe you should add the dependencies in the pom.xml:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
</dependency>

Answer 3

I fixed by using below pom dependency !
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
<version>3.5-beta5</version>
</dependency>