springboot-How to solve org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.BindException:failed to bind properties under logging.level to java.util.Map

Jul 3, 2019

1. Introduction

In this post, I would demo how to solve org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.BindException:failed to bind properties under logging.level to java.util.Map.

2. Environment

SpringBoot 2
java 1.8+

3. The Exception

When we define the application.properties like this:

logging.level.=ERROR
#logging.level.org.springframework.web=DEBUG  # this logger is commented

If we restart the Springboot application,we would get this exception:

2019-07-03 20:38:56.542 ERROR 14003 --- [           main] o.s.boot.SpringApplication               : Application run failed

org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.BindException: Failed to bind properties under 'logging.level' to java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.String>
    at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.handleBindError(Binder.java:250) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.bind(Binder.java:226) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.bind(Binder.java:210) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.bind(Binder.java:166) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.setLogLevels(LoggingApplicationListener.java:307) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.initializeFinalLoggingLevels(LoggingApplicationListener.java:290) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.initialize(LoggingApplicationListener.java:238) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.onApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent(LoggingApplicationListener.java:200) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.onApplicationEvent(LoggingApplicationListener.java:173) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.doInvokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:172) ~[spring-context-5.0.6.RELEASE.jar:5.0.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.invokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:165) ~[spring-context-5.0.6.RELEASE.jar:5.0.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:139) ~[spring-context-5.0.6.RELEASE.jar:5.0.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:127) ~[spring-context-5.0.6.RELEASE.jar:5.0.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener.environmentPrepared(EventPublishingRunListener.java:74) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.environmentPrepared(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:54) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.prepareEnvironment(SpringApplication.java:358) [spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:317) [spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1255) [spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1243) [spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at com.bswen.sbmvc.Application.main(Application.java:10) [classes/:na]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_121]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:1.8.0_121]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.8.0_121]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[na:1.8.0_121]
    at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:147) [idea_rt.jar:na]
Caused by: org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException: No converter found capable of converting from type [java.lang.String] to type [java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.String>]
    at org.springframework.core.convert.support.GenericConversionService.handleConverterNotFound(GenericConversionService.java:321) ~[spring-core-5.0.6.RELEASE.jar:5.0.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.core.convert.support.GenericConversionService.convert(GenericConversionService.java:194) ~[spring-core-5.0.6.RELEASE.jar:5.0.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.BindConverter$CompositeConversionService.convert(BindConverter.java:162) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.BindConverter.convert(BindConverter.java:96) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.BindConverter.convert(BindConverter.java:88) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.MapBinder.bindAggregate(MapBinder.java:67) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.AggregateBinder.bind(AggregateBinder.java:58) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.lambda$bindAggregate$2(Binder.java:306) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder$Context.withIncreasedDepth(Binder.java:442) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder$Context.access$100(Binder.java:382) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.bindAggregate(Binder.java:305) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.bindObject(Binder.java:263) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.bind(Binder.java:221) ~[spring-boot-2.0.2.RELEASE.jar:2.0.2.RELEASE]
    ... 23 common frames omitted

4. How to solve this problem?

4.1 Add a logger

The problem is triggered by commenting the only non-root-logger, so we add it again:

logging.level.=ERROR
logging.level.org.springframework.web=DEBUG  # This logger is back

Start the app, everything is ok.

4.2 Change the root logger

If you don’t want the logger, and you can just change your root logger like this:

logging.level.root=ERROR
#logging.level.org.springframework.web=DEBUG  # This logger is commented

Start the app, everything is still ok.

5. Why did this happen?

According to the SpringBoot document,For SpringBoot 2,you should specify the logger name:

SpringBoot2 use logging.level.= where level is one of TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL, or OFF. ...

For SpringBoot 1.x, you can skip the logger name by using wildcard:

SpringBoot 1.x use logging.level.*=LEVEL where ‘LEVEL’ is one of TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL, OFF…

6. Summary

Be careful if you switch from SpringBoot 1.x to 2.x.

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