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Compilation of JAVA files failed with error "package org.apache.log4j does not exist" in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 09-May-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 12.0.2.0 to 13.0

Description

  • What is new / different with log4j 2.0 since Windchill 12?
  • Getting compilation ERROR xxxx can not be resolved a type for DailyRollingFileAppender, FileAppender and PatternLayout classes
  • Compilation of JAVA files failed with error:
package org.apache.log4j does not exist
  • Workflow template/process expression with log4j customization reports error below and no new tasks created
Nested exception is: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/Logger
  • The previous org.apache.log4j.Logger class does not exist in existing Windchill Jar package anymore in Windchill 12.0.2.0, what's the replacement method in the new Windchill release
  • Invoking a customized WRS(Windchill REST Services, OData) endpoint reports the following error: 
    com.ptc.odata.windchill.entity.service.WcEntityProviderProcessor wcadmin - java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.log4j.Logger java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.log4j.Logger
	at org.openjdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.ScriptRuntime.apply(ScriptRuntime.java:524)
	at org.openjdk.nashorn.api.scripting.NashornScriptEngine.evalImpl(NashornScriptEngine.java:442)
	at org.openjdk.nashorn.api.scripting.NashornScriptEngine$1.eval(NashornScriptEngine.java:503)
	at java.scripting/javax.script.CompiledScript.eval(CompiledScript.java:107)
	at com.ptc.odata.core.config.JSProvider.getJSEngine(JSProvider.java:371)
	at com.ptc.odata.core.config.JSProvider.functionExists(JSProvider.java:408)
	at com.ptc.odata.core.config.JSProvider.functionExists(JSProvider.java:404)
	at com.ptc.odata.core.entity.filter.BasicEntityFilterProcessor.doAdditionalValidations(BasicEntityFilterProcessor.java:118)
...

  • Failed to compile java file with error below when input log4j class 

    Logger cannot be resolved to a type
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