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Is it possible to exclude transitive runtime scope dependency from dependencies in POM?

I have a spring boot project which is having runtime transitive dependency on slf4j and log4j. Because of this I am seeing slf4j multiple binding warning and then an IllegalArgumentExceptionIllegalArgumentException. You can find below entire exception message :
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/Users/pulkit/.m2/repository/com/xyz/platform/event/PlatformLibrary/1.0.1/PlatformLibrary-1.0.1.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/Users/pulkit/.m2/repository/ch/qos/logback/logback-classic/1.2.3/logback-classic-1.2.3.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation.
SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory]
[2021-03-04 08:41:59,594] INFO Kotlin reflection implementation not found at runtime, related features won't be available. (org.springframework.core.KotlinDetector)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: LoggerFactory is not a Logback LoggerContext but Logback is on the classpath. Either remove Logback or the competing implementation (class org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory loaded from file:/Users/pulkit/.m2/repository/com/xyz/platform/event/PlatformLibrary/1.0.1/PlatformLibrary-1.0.1.jar). If you are using WebLogic you will need to add 'org.slf4j' to prefer-application-packages in WEB-INF/weblogic.xml: org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFacto
I read other answers related to same issue and tried excluding the slf4j binding from the platform library which is a private repo but I it doesn't seems to be working. Below is the exclusion block which I added in pom.xml:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.xyz.platform.event</groupId>
<artifactId>PlatformLibrary</artifactId>
<version>1.0.1</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
But this doesn't seems to be working however I am able to exclude the dependency from spring-boot-starter-web which works fine though probably due to older version it doesn't take use the property logging.pattern.console anymore.
Can somebody please suggest what can be done in this case?
I could see following in dependency tree
but for private library/package I couldn't see any dependency inside it, may be because it's dependency scope is runtime.
Note: I have changed the path of repo since it is a private repo.

springboot Logback conflicting with an implementation on the dependency I recently added to my project

I recently added avro-tools 1.8.2 to my project POM. It has it's own implementation of slf4j loggerfactory. Cannot exclude logback as all my logging till now is based on this. What is the best options to over come this. Due to dependency conflict, I am getting below exception.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: LoggerFactory is not a Logback LoggerContext but Logback is on the classpath. Either remove Logback or the competing implementation (class org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory loaded from jar:file:/Users/xxxxxxx/Documents/Workspaces/GitHub/central-ops/target/central-ops-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar!/BOOT-INF/lib/avro-tools-1.8.2.jar!/). If you are using WebLogic you will need to add 'org.slf4j' to prefer-application-packages in WEB-INF/weblogic.xml Object of class [org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory] must be an instance of class ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext
at org.springframework.util.Assert.isInstanceOf(Assert.java:346)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.logback.LogbackLoggingSystem.getLoggerContext(LogbackLoggingSystem.java:273)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.logback.LogbackLoggingSystem.beforeInitialize(LogbackLoggingSystem.java:97)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.onApplicationStartingEvent(LoggingApplicationListener.java:230)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.onApplicationEvent(LoggingApplicationListener.java:209)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.invokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:167)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:139)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:122)
at org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener.starting(EventPublishingRunListener.java:68)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.starting(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:48)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:303)
at org.walmart.Application.main(Application.java:33)
This the stack trace I am getting when starting the spring boot jar with build in tomcat.

The Log4jLoggerFactory is implemented in avro-tools.jar, it is not included by define a dependency in its pom file, so you cannot exclude the implementation.
To solve the issue, you can add the logback dependency explicitly in pom file:
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
<version>1.2.9</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
<version>1.2.9</version>
</dependency>

Spring Rest Application is not starting (NullPointerException)

Here is the link for the repository where's the API:
https://github.com/moreiravictor/postAPI
Console prints me the following error:
SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/home/ruivoo/.m2/repository/ch/qos/logback/logback-classic/1.1.3/logback-classic-1.1.3.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/home/ruivoo/.m2/repository/org/slf4j/slf4j-simple/1.7.7/slf4j-simple-1.7.7.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation.
SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextSelectorStaticBinder]
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.springframework.core.BridgeMethodResolver.findBridgedMethod(BridgeMethodResolver.java:64)
at org.springframework.beans.GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor.<init>(GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor.java:70)
at org.springframework.beans.CachedIntrospectionResults.buildGenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor(CachedIntrospectionResults.java:348)
at org.springframework.beans.CachedIntrospectionResults.<init>(CachedIntrospectionResults.java:302)
at org.springframework.beans.CachedIntrospectionResults.forClass(CachedIntrospectionResults.java:189)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.getPropertyDescriptors(BeanUtils.java:359)
at org.springframework.boot.bind.PropertiesConfigurationFactory.getNames(PropertiesConfigurationFactory.java:263)
at org.springframework.boot.bind.PropertiesConfigurationFactory.doBindPropertiesToTarget(PropertiesConfigurationFactory.java:252)
at org.springframework.boot.bind.PropertiesConfigurationFactory.bindPropertiesToTarget(PropertiesConfigurationFactory.java:227)
at org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigFileApplicationListener.bindToSpringApplication(ConfigFileApplicationListener.java:196)
at org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigFileApplicationListener.onApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent(ConfigFileApplicationListener.java:147)
at org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigFileApplicationListener.onApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent(ConfigFileApplicationListener.java:139)
at org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigFileApplicationListener.onApplicationEvent(ConfigFileApplicationListener.java:127)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.invokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:151)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:128)
at org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener.publishEvent(EventPublishingRunListener.java:100)
at org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener.environmentPrepared(EventPublishingRunListener.java:59)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:286)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:969)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:958)
at br.com.espatodea.postAPI.App.main(App.java:9)

There is the SLF4J version conflict and the stack trace explains this more than clearly. The 4th line says:
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation.
One of the offered solution is to exclude SLF4J from Lombok:
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
However, I see one of the dependencies is explicitly /org/slf4j/slf4j-simple/1.7.7, so I'd remove this one.

Log4j2 + logback accidental import seem to have destoyed logs of my Spring-boot

I've been with this project for months, so it now has huge amount of dependencies.
I was trying to import needed stuff for RESTcontroller so i could start developing the restcontroller, finally.
I go and import following:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>${springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>${springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>${springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
None of these has logback? or so i've understand.
Now, i run the project again and ta daa. it wont start anymore.
https://imgur.com/a/Py9byTl [pic of error code]
SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/home/clomez/.m2/repository/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-slf4j-impl/2.7/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.7.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/home/clomez/.m2/repository/ch/qos/logback/logback-classic/1.1.11/logback-classic-1.1.11.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation.
SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [org.apache.logging.slf4j.Log4jLoggerFactory]
ERROR StatusLogger Log4j2 could not find a logging implementation. Please add log4j-core to the classpath. Using SimpleLogger to log to the console...
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: LoggerFactory is not a Logback LoggerContext but Logback is on the classpath. Either remove Logback or the competing implementation (class org.apache.logging.slf4j.Log4jLoggerFactory loaded from file:/home/clomez/.m2/repository/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-slf4j-impl/2.7/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.7.jar). If you are using WebLogic you will need to add 'org.slf4j' to prefer-application-packages in WEB-INF/weblogic.xml Object of class [org.apache.logging.slf4j.Log4jLoggerFactory] must be an instance of class ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext
at org.springframework.util.Assert.isInstanceOf(Assert.java:346)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.logback.LogbackLoggingSystem.getLoggerContext(LogbackLoggingSystem.java:274)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.logback.LogbackLoggingSystem.beforeInitialize(LogbackLoggingSystem.java:98)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.onApplicationStartingEvent(LoggingApplicationListener.java:230)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.onApplicationEvent(LoggingApplicationListener.java:209)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.doInvokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:172)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.invokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:165)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:139)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:122)
at org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener.starting(EventPublishingRunListener.java:69)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.starting(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:48)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:292)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1118)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1107)
at com.evli.endpoint.EndpointApplication.main(EndpointApplication.java:12)
So now i have two logging confs? Great.. i havent even configurated the original logging for module im using...
So i do mvn dependency:tree and ctrl + f for logback.
and there is one inside starter-validation.
So i do
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
<artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
And next problem.
https://imgur.com/a/qz65UWk
ERROR StatusLogger Log4j2 could not find a logging implementation. Please add log4j-core to the classpath. Using SimpleLogger to log to the console...
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.logging.log4j.simple.SimpleLoggerContext cannot be cast to org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext
at org.springframework.boot.logging.log4j2.Log4J2LoggingSystem.getLoggerContext(Log4J2LoggingSystem.java:265)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.log4j2.Log4J2LoggingSystem.beforeInitialize(Log4J2LoggingSystem.java:132)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.onApplicationStartingEvent(LoggingApplicationListener.java:230)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.onApplicationEvent(LoggingApplicationListener.java:209)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.doInvokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:172)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.invokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:165)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:139)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:122)
at org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener.starting(EventPublishingRunListener.java:69)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.starting(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:48)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:292)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1118)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1107)
at com.evli.endpoint.EndpointApplication.main(EndpointApplication.java:12)
I now have 0 configuration for my logger?
This may seem like a small problem, but the guy who has ALL the information about log and configurations is on vaction and i cant for life of me understand why logging in JVM have to be so hard..
Did i just loose all my configurations?
Do i have to roll back on git?
as a bonus, im pretty sure i've had starter-validation for months in my pom.
Im not aware of any changes in log4j2.xml in ressources (which i do not touch), or have i allowed any changes from intelliJ...
EDIT: errors added as text.
EDIT2: Even reverting last git push didnt do anything..... what on earth can i do?!

Needed to revert back to older commit.
Lesson learned, maybe don't keep "auto import maven changes" on, atleast when adding risky dependencies.

Java log: failed to load slf4j but I'm using log4j2. How to fix?

When I run my jar file, I get the following error:
SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder".
SLF4J: Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder for further details.
The problem is that I'm not using slf4j, I'm using log4j2. It is used by a dependency. Maven correctly includes org.slf4j:slf4j-api as a transitive dependency of a library that I'm using.
How do I get rid of this warning? I do not even want to log problems with this dependency.

I've solved it with this dependency:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
<version>2.11.0</version>
</dependency>
This will add the log4j2 as the implementation of slf4j api. I can even display log events of the dependency if I want.