Log4jAppender is unable to send the message.

User application can`t send any messages via KafkaLog4jAppender.

Here is log4j.properties.
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log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout, KAFKA

log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%t] (%F:%L) - %m%n

log4j.appender.KAFKA=kafka.producer.KafkaLog4jAppender
log4j.appender.KAFKA.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.KAFKA.layout.ConversionPattern=%-5p: %c - %m%n
log4j.appender.KAFKA.BrokerList=hnode01:9092
log4j.appender.KAFKA.Topic=DKTestEvent

#log4j.appender.KAFKA.SerializerClass=kafka.log4j.AppenderStringEncoder
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And this is a sample application.
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import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.apache.log4j.BasicConfigurator;
import org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator;

public class HelloWorld {

static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(HelloWorld.class.getName());

public static void main(String[] args)

{ PropertyConfigurator.configure(args[0]); logger.info("Entering application."); logger.debug("Debugging!."); logger.info("Exiting application."); }

}
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Since my project is maven project, I attached pom.xml also.

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<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.my.app</groupId>
<artifactId>log4-appender</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>

<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
<artifactId>kafka_2.8.2</artifactId>
<version>0.8.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.17</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>

</project>
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And I am getting these error:
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INFO [main] (Logging.scala:67) - Verifying properties
INFO [main] (Logging.scala:67) - Property metadata.broker.list is overridden to hnode01:9092
INFO [main] (Logging.scala:67) - Property serializer.class is overridden to kafka.serializer.StringEncoder
INFO [main] (HelloWorld.java:14) - Entering application.
INFO [main] (HelloWorld.java:14) - Fetching metadata from broker id:0,host:hnode01,port:9092 with correlation id 0 for 1 topic(s) Set(DKTestEvent)
INFO [main] (HelloWorld.java:14) - Fetching metadata from broker id:0,host:hnode01,port:9092 with correlation id 1 for 1 topic(s) Set(DKTestEvent)
INFO [main] (HelloWorld.java:14) - Fetching metadata from broker id:0,host:hnode01,port:9092 with correlation id 2 for 1 topic(s) Set(DKTestEvent)
INFO [main] (HelloWorld.java:14) - Fetching metadata from broker id:0,host:hnode01,port:9092 with correlation id 3 for 1 topic(s) Set(DKTestEvent)
INFO [main] (HelloWorld.java:14) - Fetching metadata from broker id:0,host:hnode01,port:9092 with correlation id 4 for 1 topic(s) Set(DKTestEvent)
INFO [main] (HelloWorld.java:14) - Fetching metadata from broker id:0,host:hnode01,port:9092 with correlation id 5 for 1 topic(s) Set(DKTestEvent)
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INFO [main] (HelloWorld.java:14) - Fetching metadata from broker id:0,host:hnode01,port:9092 with correlation id 60 for 1 topic(s) Set(DKTestEvent)
INFO [main] (HelloWorld.java:14) - Fetching metadata from broker id:0,host:hnode01,port:9092 with correlation id 61 for 1 topic(s) Set(DKTestEvent)
INFO [main] (HelloWorld.java:14) - Fetching metadata from broker id:0,host:hnode01,port:9092 with correlation id 62 for 1 topic(s) Set(DKTestEvent)
INFO [main] (Logging.scala:67) - Fetching metadata from broker id:0,host:hnode01,port:9092 with correlation id 63 for 1 topic(s) Set(DKTestEvent)
INFO [main] (Logging.scala:67) - Fetching metadata from broker id:0,host:hnode01,port:9092 with correlation id 64 for 1 topic(s) Set(DKTestEvent)
INFO [main] (Logging.scala:67) - Fetching metadata from broker id:0,host:hnode01,port:9092 with correlation id 65 for 1 topic(s) Set(DKTestEvent)
INFO [main] (Logging.scala:67) - Fetching metadata from broker id:0,host:hnode01,port:9092 with correlation id 66 for 1 topic(s) Set(DKTestEvent)
INFO [main] (Logging.scala:67) - Fetching metadata from broker id:0,host:hnode01,port:9092 with correlation id 67 for 1 topic(s) Set(DKTestEvent)
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INFO [main] (Logging.scala:67) - Fetching metadata from broker id:0,host:hnode01,port:9092 with correlation id 534 for 1 topic(s) Set(DKTestEvent)
ERROR [main] (Logging.scala:67) -
ERROR [main] (Logging.scala:67) -
ERROR [main] (Logging.scala:67) -
ERROR [main] (Logging.scala:67) -
ERROR [main] (Logging.scala:67) -
ERROR [main] (Logging.scala:67) -
java.lang.StackOverflowError
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:643)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:277)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:73)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:212)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:323)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:268)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:643)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:277)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:73)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:212)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:323)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:268)
at org.apache.log4j.spi.ThrowableInformation.getThrowableStrRep(ThrowableInformation.java:87)
at org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent.getThrowableStrRep(LoggingEvent.java:413)
at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.subAppend(WriterAppender.java:313)
at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.append(WriterAppender.java:162)
at org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton.doAppend(AppenderSkeleton.java:251)
at org.apache.log4j.helpers.AppenderAttachableImpl.appendLoopOnAppenders(AppenderAttachableImpl.java:66)
at org.apache.log4j.Category.callAppenders(Category.java:206)
at org.apache.log4j.Category.forcedLog(Category.java:391)
at org.apache.log4j.Category.error(Category.java:322)
at kafka.utils.Logging$$anonfun$swallowError$1.apply(Logging.scala:105)
at kafka.utils.Logging$$anonfun$swallowError$1.apply(Logging.scala:105)
at kafka.utils.Utils$.swallow(Utils.scala:189)
at kafka.utils.Logging$class.swallowError(Logging.scala:105)
at kafka.utils.Utils$.swallowError(Utils.scala:46)
at kafka.producer.async.DefaultEventHandler.handle(DefaultEventHandler.scala:67)
at kafka.producer.Producer.send(Producer.scala:76)
at kafka.producer.KafkaLog4jAppender.append(KafkaLog4jAppender.scala:96)
at org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton.doAppend(AppenderSkeleton.java:251)
at org.apache.log4j.helpers.AppenderAttachableImpl.appendLoopOnAppenders(AppenderAttachableImpl.java:66)
at org.apache.log4j.Category.callAppenders(Category.java:206)
at org.apache.log4j.Category.forcedLog(Category.java:391)
at org.apache.log4j.Category.info(Category.java:666)
at kafka.utils.Logging$class.info(Logging.scala:67)
at kafka.client.ClientUtils$.info(ClientUtils.scala:31)
at kafka.client.ClientUtils$.fetchTopicMetadata(ClientUtils.scala:51)
at kafka.producer.BrokerPartitionInfo.updateInfo(BrokerPartitionInfo.scala:82)
at kafka.producer.async.DefaultEventHandler$$anonfun$handle$1.apply$mcV$sp(DefaultEventHandler.scala:67)
at kafka.utils.Utils$.swallow(Utils.scala:187)
at kafka.utils.Logging$class.swallowError(Logging.scala:105)
at kafka.utils.Utils$.swallowError(Utils.scala:46)
at kafka.producer.async.DefaultEventHandler.handle(DefaultEventHandler.scala:67)
at kafka.producer.Producer.send(Producer.scala:76)
at kafka.producer.KafkaLog4jAppender.append(KafkaLog4jAppender.scala:96)
at org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton.doAppend(AppenderSkeleton.java:251)
at org.apache.log4j.helpers.AppenderAttachableImpl.appendLoopOnAppenders(AppenderAttachableImpl.java:66)
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I am getting above error continuously if i don`t terminate the program.