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+log4j.rootCategory=INFO, Console
+log4j.appender.Console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.Console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.Console.layout.ConversionPattern=(%-35c{2} %-4L) %m%n
+
+# Uncomment to debug all
+#log4j.category.xdoclet=DEBUG
+
+# Example: Uncomment to debug all EJB Tasks only
+#log4j.category.xdoclet.ejb=DEBUG
+
+# Example: Uncomment to debug the class SubTask only
+#log4j.category.xdoclet.SubTask=DEBUG
+#log4j.category.xdoclet.ejb.tags.RelationTagsHandler=DEBUG
+#log4j.category.xdoclet.ejb.tags.MethodTagsHandler=DEBUG
+
+# Example: Uncomment to debug the tokenizeValue() method of SubTask only
+#log4j.category.xdoclet.SubTask.tokenizeValue=DEBUG
+
+# Uncomment this line if you want to see stack traces
+# Please always do so when you want to report a bug
+#log4j.category.xdoclet.DocletTask=DEBUG
+#log4j.category.xdoclet.DocletTask$DocletMain=DEBUG