You can add to your code only this:
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
...
public class SomeClass {
private Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("GENERAL_LOGGER");
...
logger.info("some info");
}
And then add appender to server configuration file:
<subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:logging:1.1">
...
<periodic-rotating-file-handler name="GENERAL_LOGGER_handler">
<formatter>
<pattern-formatter pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] (%t) %s%E%n"/>
</formatter>
<file relative-to="jboss.server.log.dir" path="GENERAL_LOGGER_APP.LOG"/>
<suffix value=".yyyy-MM-dd"/>
<append value="true"/>
</periodic-rotating-file-handler>
<logger category="GENERAL_LOGGER">
<level name="DEBUG"/>
<handlers>
<handler name="GENERAL_LOGGER_handler"/>
</handlers>
</logger>
...