So we get below NoClassDefFoundError if we upgrade slf4j => 1.8.0 or higher.
logback-classic-1.3.0-alpha4.jar
logback-core-1.3.0-alpha4.jar
slf4j-api-1.8.0-alpha2.jar
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder displayed in logs
However below existing version combination works
logback-classic-1.2.3.jar
logback-core-1.2.3.jar
slf4j-api-1.7.25.jar
Any idea why slf4j(1.8.0 or higher) does not work when used with logback-classic(1.3.0-alpha4) pls?
Actually we have upgraded as part of our jdk8 => jdk11 upgradation exercise .