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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+
+<!-- Authors: Chris Taylor, Ceki Gulcu. -->
+
+<!-- Version: 1.2 -->
+
+<!-- A configuration element consists of optional renderer
+elements,appender elements, categories and an optional root
+element. -->
+
+<!ELEMENT log4j:configuration (renderer*, appender*,(category|logger)*,root?,
+                               categoryFactory?)>
+
+<!-- The "threshold" attribute takes a level value such that all -->
+<!-- logging statements with a level equal or below this value are -->
+<!-- disabled. -->
+
+<!-- Setting the "debug" enable the printing of internal log4j logging   -->
+<!-- statements.                                                         -->
+
+<!-- By default, debug attribute is "null", meaning that we not do touch -->
+<!-- internal log4j logging settings. The "null" value for the threshold -->
+<!-- attribute can be misleading. The threshold field of a repository	 -->
+<!-- cannot be set to null. The "null" value for the threshold attribute -->
+<!-- simply means don't touch the threshold field, the threshold field   --> 
+<!-- keeps its old value.                                                -->
+     
+<!ATTLIST log4j:configuration
+  xmlns:log4j              CDATA #FIXED "http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/" 
+  threshold                (all|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|off|null) "null"
+  debug                    (true|false|null)  "null"
+>
+
+<!-- renderer elements allow the user to customize the conversion of  -->
+<!-- message objects to String.                                       -->
+
+<!ELEMENT renderer EMPTY>
+<!ATTLIST renderer
+  renderedClass  CDATA #REQUIRED
+  renderingClass CDATA #REQUIRED
+>
+
+<!-- Appenders must have a name and a class. -->
+<!-- Appenders may contain an error handler, a layout, optional parameters -->
+<!-- and filters. They may also reference (or include) other appenders. -->
+<!ELEMENT appender (errorHandler?, param*, layout?, filter*, appender-ref*)>
+<!ATTLIST appender
+  name 		ID 	#REQUIRED
+  class 	CDATA	#REQUIRED
+>
+
+<!ELEMENT layout (param*)>
+<!ATTLIST layout
+  class		CDATA	#REQUIRED
+>
+
+<!ELEMENT filter (param*)>
+<!ATTLIST filter
+  class		CDATA	#REQUIRED
+>
+
+<!-- ErrorHandlers can be of any class. They can admit any number of -->
+<!-- parameters. -->
+
+<!ELEMENT errorHandler (param*, root-ref?, logger-ref*,  appender-ref?)> 
+<!ATTLIST errorHandler
+   class        CDATA   #REQUIRED 
+>
+
+<!ELEMENT root-ref EMPTY>
+
+<!ELEMENT logger-ref EMPTY>
+<!ATTLIST logger-ref
+  ref IDREF #REQUIRED
+>
+
+<!ELEMENT param EMPTY>
+<!ATTLIST param
+  name		CDATA   #REQUIRED
+  value		CDATA	#REQUIRED
+>
+
+
+<!-- The priority class is org.apache.log4j.Level by default -->
+<!ELEMENT priority (param*)>
+<!ATTLIST priority
+  class   CDATA	#IMPLIED
+  value	  CDATA #REQUIRED
+>
+
+<!-- The level class is org.apache.log4j.Level by default -->
+<!ELEMENT level (param*)>
+<!ATTLIST level
+  class   CDATA	#IMPLIED
+  value	  CDATA #REQUIRED
+>
+
+
+<!-- If no level element is specified, then the configurator MUST not -->
+<!-- touch the level of the named category. -->
+<!ELEMENT category (param*,(priority|level)?,appender-ref*)>
+<!ATTLIST category
+  class         CDATA   #IMPLIED
+  name		CDATA	#REQUIRED
+  additivity	(true|false) "true"  
+>
+
+<!-- If no level element is specified, then the configurator MUST not -->
+<!-- touch the level of the named logger. -->
+<!ELEMENT logger (level?,appender-ref*)>
+<!ATTLIST logger
+  name		ID	#REQUIRED
+  additivity	(true|false) "true"  
+>
+
+
+<!ELEMENT categoryFactory (param*)>
+<!ATTLIST categoryFactory 
+   class        CDATA #REQUIRED>
+
+<!ELEMENT appender-ref EMPTY>
+<!ATTLIST appender-ref
+  ref IDREF #REQUIRED
+>
+
+<!-- If no priority element is specified, then the configurator MUST not -->
+<!-- touch the priority of root. -->
+<!-- The root category always exists and cannot be subclassed. -->
+<!ELEMENT root (param*, (priority|level)?, appender-ref*)>
+
+
+<!-- ==================================================================== -->
+<!--                       A logging event                                -->
+<!-- ==================================================================== -->
+<!ELEMENT log4j:eventSet (log4j:event*)>
+<!ATTLIST log4j:eventSet
+  xmlns:log4j             CDATA #FIXED "http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/" 
+  version                (1.1|1.2) "1.2" 
+  includesLocationInfo   (true|false) "true"
+>
+
+
+
+<!ELEMENT log4j:event (log4j:message, log4j:NDC?, log4j:throwable?, 
+                       log4j:locationInfo?) >
+
+<!-- The timestamp format is application dependent. -->
+<!ATTLIST log4j:event
+    logger     CDATA #REQUIRED
+    level      CDATA #REQUIRED
+    thread     CDATA #REQUIRED
+    timestamp  CDATA #REQUIRED
+>
+
+<!ELEMENT log4j:message (#PCDATA)>
+<!ELEMENT log4j:NDC (#PCDATA)>
+
+<!ELEMENT log4j:throwable (#PCDATA)>
+
+<!ELEMENT log4j:locationInfo EMPTY>
+<!ATTLIST log4j:locationInfo
+  class  CDATA	#REQUIRED
+  method CDATA	#REQUIRED
+  file   CDATA	#REQUIRED
+  line   CDATA	#REQUIRED
+>
diff --git a/pmd-eclipse/log4j.xml b/pmd-eclipse/log4j.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd" >
+<log4j:configuration>
+	<appender name="plugin" class="org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender">
+		<param name="File" value="pmd-eclipse.log"/>
+		<param name="MaxFileSize" value="10MB"/>
+		<param name="MaxBackupIndex" value="1"/>
+		<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
+			<param name="conversionPattern" value="%d{yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p %-24c{1} %m%n"/>
+		</layout>
+	</appender>
+	
+	<logger name="net.sourceforge.pmd" additivity="false">
+		<level value="DEBUG"/>
+		<appender-ref ref="plugin"/>
+	</logger>
+	
+	<root>
+		<level value="DEBUG"/>
+		<appender-ref ref="plugin"/>
+	</root>
+</log4j:configuration>