Index: main/project.xml
===================================================================
--- main/project.xml	(revision 201825)
+++ main/project.xml	(working copy)
@@ -148,8 +148,13 @@
       <version>1.2.1</version>
       <url>http://www.springframework.com/</url>
     </dependency>
+     <dependency>
+      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2.8</version>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
-
   <reports>
     <report>maven-changes-plugin</report>
     <report>maven-tasklist-plugin</report>
Index: main/maven.xml
===================================================================
--- main/maven.xml	(revision 201825)
+++ main/maven.xml	(working copy)
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
     <attainGoal name="javaapp"/>
   </goal>
 
+  <preGoal name="jar:jar">
+    <copy file="src/etc/log4j.properties" todir="target/classes" />
+  </preGoal>
+
   <goal name="clean">
     <ant:delete dir="eve"/>
     <ant:delete>
Index: main/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/ServerMain.java
===================================================================
--- main/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/ServerMain.java	(revision 201825)
+++ main/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/ServerMain.java	(working copy)
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.ldap.server.configuration.ServerStartupConfiguration;
 import org.apache.ldap.server.configuration.SyncConfiguration;
 import org.apache.ldap.server.jndi.ServerContextFactory;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.FileSystemXmlApplicationContext;
 
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@
  */
 public class ServerMain
 {
+    private static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(ServerMain.class);
+
     /**
      * Takes a single argument, an optional properties file to load with server
      * startup settings.
@@ -52,15 +55,16 @@
         ServerStartupConfiguration cfg;
 
         if ( args.length > 0 )
-        {
-            System.out.println( "server: loading settings from " + args[0] );
+        {     
+            log.info("Loading settings from " + args[0]);
+
             ApplicationContext factory = new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext( args[0] );
             cfg = ( ServerStartupConfiguration ) factory.getBean( "configuration" );
             env = ( Properties ) factory.getBean( "environment" );
         }
         else
         {
-            System.out.println( "server: using default settings ..." );
+            log.info( "Using default settings ..." );
             env = new Properties();
             cfg = new MutableServerStartupConfiguration();
         }
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@
 
         new InitialDirContext( env );
 
-        System.out.println( "server: started in "
+        log.info( "Started in "
                 + ( System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime )
                 + " milliseconds");
 
Index: project.xml
===================================================================
--- project.xml	(revision 201825)
+++ project.xml	(working copy)
@@ -70,12 +70,19 @@
     </licenses>
 
     <dependencies>
+<!--
       <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
         <version>3.8.1</version>
         <url>http://junit.org</url>
       </dependency>
+-->
+
+       <dependency>
+            <id>junit</id>
+            <version>3.8.1</version>
+        </dependency>          
     </dependencies>        
   
     <build>
Index: shared/project.xml
===================================================================
--- shared/project.xml	(revision 201825)
+++ shared/project.xml	(working copy)
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
       <artifactId>ldap-common</artifactId>
       <version>0.9.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
+
+     <dependency>
+      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2.8</version>
+    </dependency>               
   </dependencies>
 
   <reports>
Index: core/maven.xml
===================================================================
--- core/maven.xml	(revision 201825)
+++ core/maven.xml	(working copy)
@@ -17,5 +17,10 @@
  
   <preGoal name="java:compile">
     <attainGoal name="directory:schema"/>
-  </preGoal> 
+  </preGoal>
+
+  <preGoal name="jar:jar">
+      <copy file="src/etc/log4j.properties" todir="target/classes" />
+  </preGoal>
+
 </project>
Index: core/project.xml
===================================================================
--- core/project.xml	(revision 201825)
+++ core/project.xml	(working copy)
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@
       <artifactId>mina</artifactId>
       <version>0.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
+     <dependency>
+      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2.8</version>
+    </dependency>                   
 
     <!-- The Eve Maven Plugin -->
     <dependency>
Index: core/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/configuration/StartupConfiguration.java
===================================================================
--- core/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/configuration/StartupConfiguration.java	(revision 201825)
+++ core/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/configuration/StartupConfiguration.java	(working copy)
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.List;                         
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import javax.naming.directory.Attributes;
Index: core/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/partition/impl/btree/gui/MainFrame.java
===================================================================
--- core/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/partition/impl/btree/gui/MainFrame.java	(revision 201825)
+++ core/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/partition/impl/btree/gui/MainFrame.java	(working copy)
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 import org.apache.ldap.server.partition.impl.btree.Index;
 import org.apache.ldap.server.partition.impl.btree.IndexRecord;
 import org.apache.ldap.server.partition.impl.btree.SearchEngine;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 
 /**
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@
 public class MainFrame extends JFrame
 {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 4049353102291513657L;
+    private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(MainFrame.class);
+    private static final boolean DEBUG =  log.isDebugEnabled();
 
     // Swing Stuff
     private JLabel statusBar = new JLabel( "Ready" );
@@ -301,7 +304,7 @@
         {
             public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent an_event ) 
             {
-                System.out.println( "action command = " 
+                log.debug( "action command = "
                     + an_event.getActionCommand() );
                 try
                 {
@@ -527,9 +530,21 @@
             } 
             else if ( mode == FilterDialog.DEBUG_MODE )
             {
-                doDebug( dialog.getFilter(), dialog.getScope(),
-                     dialog.getBase(), dialog.getLimit() );
-            } 
+                if (DEBUG)
+                {
+                    log.debug( "Search attempt using filter '" + dialog.getFilter() + "' "
+                        + "with scope '" + dialog.getScope() + "' and a return limit of '"
+                            + dialog.getLimit() + "'" );
+
+                }
+                else //it would seem we need to make a debug statement, based on a program instruction
+                {    //which differs to the log4j priority.
+                     //in this circumstance we simply use the old System printwriter for stdout.
+                    System.out.println( "Search attempt using filter '" + dialog.getFilter() + "' "
+                        + "with scope '" + dialog.getScope() + "' and a return limit of '"
+                            + dialog.getLimit() + "'" );
+                }
+            }
             else if ( mode == FilterDialog.ANNOTATE_MODE )
             {
                 if ( doAnnotate( dialog.getFilter() ) )
@@ -606,9 +621,13 @@
         String limit )
         throws Exception
     {
-        System.out.println( "Search attempt using filter '" + filter + "' "
+        if (DEBUG)
+        {
+            log.debug( "Search attempt using filter '" + filter + "' "
             + "with scope '" + scope + "' and a return limit of '" + limit
             + "'" );
+        }
+
         FilterParser parser = new FilterParserImpl();
         ExprNode root = null;
 
@@ -708,16 +727,6 @@
         return true;
     }
 
-
-    public void doDebug( String filter, String scope, String base,
-        String limit )
-    {
-        System.out.println( "Search attempt using filter '" + filter + "' "
-            + "with scope '" + scope + "' and a return limit of '" + limit
-            + "'" );
-    }
-
-
     public void selectTreeNode( BigInteger id )
     {
         Stack stack = new Stack();
Index: core/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/partition/impl/btree/gui/IndexDialog.java
===================================================================
--- core/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/partition/impl/btree/gui/IndexDialog.java	(revision 201825)
+++ core/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/partition/impl/btree/gui/IndexDialog.java	(working copy)
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import org.apache.ldap.server.partition.impl.btree.Index;
 import org.apache.ldap.server.partition.impl.btree.IndexRecord;
 import org.apache.regexp.RE;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 
 /**
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
 public class IndexDialog extends JDialog
 {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 3689917253680445238L;
+    private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(IndexDialog.class);
 
     public static final String DEFAULT_CURSOR = "Default" ;
     public static final String EQUALITY_CURSOR = "Equality" ;
Index: core/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/partition/impl/btree/gui/AddEntryDialog.java
===================================================================
--- core/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/partition/impl/btree/gui/AddEntryDialog.java	(revision 201825)
+++ core/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/partition/impl/btree/gui/AddEntryDialog.java	(working copy)
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import javax.swing.JTextField;
 
 import org.apache.ldap.common.message.LockableAttributesImpl;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 
 /**
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@
 public class AddEntryDialog extends JDialog implements ActionListener
 {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 3544671793504663604L;
+    private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(AddEntryDialog.class);
+    private static final boolean DEBUG = log.isDebugEnabled();
 
     private JPanel m_namePnl = new JPanel();
     private JPanel m_attrPnl = new JPanel();
@@ -283,8 +286,10 @@
             //to return an Integer, not a String:
             public Object getCellEditorValue() 
             {
-                System.out.println( "Editor returning '" + l_textField.getText()
-                    + "'" );
+                if (DEBUG)
+                    log.debug( "Editor returning '" + l_textField.getText()
+                        + "'" );
+
                 return l_textField.getText();
             }
         };
@@ -324,7 +329,7 @@
         AttributesTableModel l_model = ( AttributesTableModel ) 
             m_attrTbl.getModel();
         int l_row = m_attrTbl.getSelectedRow();
-        System.out.println( l_cmd );
+        log.debug( l_cmd );
         
         if ( l_row >= l_model.getRowCount() || l_row < 0 )
         {
Index: core/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/partition/impl/btree/gui/PartitionViewer.java
===================================================================
--- core/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/partition/impl/btree/gui/PartitionViewer.java	(revision 201825)
+++ core/src/main/java/org/apache/ldap/server/partition/impl/btree/gui/PartitionViewer.java	(working copy)
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.ldap.server.partition.impl.btree.BTreeContextPartition;
 import org.apache.ldap.server.partition.impl.btree.SearchEngine;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 
 /**
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@
  */
 public class PartitionViewer
 {
+    private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(PartitionViewer.class);
+
     /** A handle on the atomic partition */
     private BTreeContextPartition partition;
     private SearchEngine eng;
@@ -93,6 +96,6 @@
             ( screenSize.height - frameSize.height ) / 2) ;
 
         frame.setVisible( true );
-        System.out.println( frameSize ) ;
+        log.debug(frameSize);
     }
 }