If you are encountering the error/warning when you're running a program that uses log4j, the solution is to add a log4j.properties that can be seen by the class loader. Normally it's in the "src" folder of your Java project: Add the following contents to the file
log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout
log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n