As per maven project structure, there is a resource folder where all application related properties will be added. Implementation of log4j in MAVEN application,

Create log4j.properties file inside resource folder and paste below code lines:

# Direct log messages to a log file
log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.file.File=${catalina.base}/logs/<loge-file-name>.log
#log4j.appender.file.Append=true
log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=100MB
log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=1
log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n

# Direct log messages to stdout
log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n

# Root logger option
log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, file

As you can see in 2nd line where we define log4j.appender.file.File, you can write any name for your log file. Here we used for reference. This file will create inside your tomcat logs folder.

Now open pom.xml file and add dependency for log4j inside tag.

<dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
    <version>1.2.8</version>
</dependency>

In controller side, to use Logger in controller,

First you include classes for Logger import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

Create a Logger instance

private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(<your_class_name>.class);
@RequestMapping("/addStudentRecord")
public ModelAndView showMessage() {  
    System.out.println("from controller");  
    logger.debug("Welcome to logger world >> DEBUG");
    logger.info("Welcome to logger world >> INFO");
    logger.warn("Welcome to logger world >> WARN");
    logger.error("Welcome to logger world >> ERROR");
    return new ModelAndView("addStudentRecord", "message", message);  
}