@RemotingInclude
public UserAccount save(UserAccount dataObject)
{
    PropertyConfigurator.configure("log4j.properties");
    logger.debug(dataObject.toString());

    return dao.save(dataObject);
}

log4j.appender.AdminFileAppender=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
log4j.appender.AdminFileAppender.File=admin.log
log4j.appender.AdminFileAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.AdminFileAppender.layout.ConversionPattern= %-4r [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n.
log4j.appender.ReportFileAppender=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
log4j.appender.ReportFileAppender.File=report.log
log4j.appender.ReportFileAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.ReportFileAppender.layout.ConversionPattern= %-4r [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n
log4j.logger.com.rottmanj.services=WARN,AdminFileAppender

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

public class MyService {

    public UserAccount save(UserAccount dataObject) {
        logger.debug(dataObject.toString());

        return dao.save(dataObject);

    }

    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(MyService.class);

}