Log4j a quick solution

log4j.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
    <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">

<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
        <appender name="AppLogAppender" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
                <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd"/>
                 <param name="File" value="${jboss.server.log.dir}/CATAppLogsFile.log" />   
                 <!-- <param name="File" value="C:/Temp/CBBAppLogsFile.log" /> -->  
                <!--  <param name="File" value="/opt/jboss/jboss-as/standalone/log/CATAppLogsFile.log" /> -->  
                <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
                    <!--  <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d[%t] %F %l %L |%r| %C         %-5p  %c:[%M]%m%n" /> -->
                    <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d[%t] %l  %-5p %m%n" />
                </layout>
       
        </appender>
   
         <!-- The "category" represents the package names of your Application APIs which we want to log -->
         <category name="servlets">
             <priority value="DEBUG"/>
         </category>
         <root>
             <priority value ="INFO,DEBUG"/>
             <appender-ref ref="AppLogAppender"/>
            
         </root>
</log4j:configuration>

sample entry output

<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d[%t] %F %l %L |%r| %C         %-5p  %c:[%M]%m%n" />
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d[%t] %l  %-5p %m%n" />

%d    2013-05-09 16:17:29,607
[%t]    [http-/0.0.0.0:8080-1]
%F    CATFilter.java
%l    com.dd.dd.dd.dd.CATBFilter.doFilter(CATFilter.java:219)
%L    219
%r    |1253856|
%C    com.dd.dd.dd.dd.CATFilter  
%-5p    INFO  
%c:[%M]%m%n    com.dd.dd.dd.dd.CATFilter:[doFilter]*****Exiting*****