"Every configuration must have a root logger. If one is not configured the default root LoggerConfig, which has a level of ERROR and has a Console appender attached, will be used. The main differences between the root logger and other loggers are
The root logger does not have a name attribute.
The root logger does not support the additivity attribute since it has no parent."
Explaination is required for https://github.com/deegree/deegree3/blob/master/deegree-services/deegree-webservices/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties#L44
"Every configuration must have a root logger. If one is not configured the default root LoggerConfig, which has a level of ERROR and has a Console appender attached, will be used. The main differences between the root logger and other loggers are
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/configuration.html