ch.qos.logback.core.joran.spi.JoranException: Problem parsing XML document. See previously reported errors.
	at ch.qos.logback.core.joran.event.SaxEventRecorder.recordEvents(SaxEventRecorder.java:67)
	at ch.qos.logback.core.joran.GenericConfigurator.doConfigure(GenericConfigurator.java:134)
	at ch.qos.logback.core.joran.GenericConfigurator.doConfigure(GenericConfigurator.java:99)
	at ch.qos.logback.core.joran.GenericConfigurator.doConfigure(GenericConfigurator.java:49)
	at ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextInitializer.configureByResource(ContextInitializer.java:77)
	at ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextInitializer.autoConfig(ContextInitializer.java:152)
	at org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder.init(StaticLoggerBinder.java:85)
	at org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder.<clinit>(StaticLoggerBinder.java:55)
	at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.bind(LoggerFactory.java:141)
	at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.performInitialization(LoggerFactory.java:120)
	at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory(LoggerFactory.java:331)
	at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:283)
	at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:304)
	at com.kingland.independence.Test.main(Test.java:9)
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXException: Stopping after fatal error: File "common.ent" not found.
	at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.reportError(XMLParser.java:1245)
	at org.apache.xerces.readers.DefaultEntityHandler.startReadingFromExternalEntity(DefaultEntityHandler.java:780)
	at org.apache.xerces.readers.DefaultEntityHandler.startReadingFromParameterEntity(DefaultEntityHandler.java:703)
	at org.apache.xerces.readers.DefaultEntityHandler.startReadingFromEntity(DefaultEntityHandler.java:588)
	at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDTDScanner.scanDecls(XMLDTDScanner.java:1498)
	at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDTDScanner.scanDoctypeDecl(XMLDTDScanner.java:1123)
	at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.scanDoctypeDecl(XMLDocumentScanner.java:2145)
	at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.access$0(XMLDocumentScanner.java:2100)
	at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner$PrologDispatcher.dispatch(XMLDocumentScanner.java:831)
	at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.parseSome(XMLDocumentScanner.java:381)
	at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:1098)
	at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:392)
	at ch.qos.logback.core.joran.event.SaxEventRecorder.recordEvents(SaxEventRecorder.java:61)
	... 13 more
17:36:36,538 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Could NOT find resource [logback.groovy]
17:36:36,538 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Found resource [logback-test.xml] at [file:/C:/Development/Hub/Master/Independence/Independence/webApplication/WEB-INF/classes/logback-test.xml]
17:36:36,881 |-ERROR in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.event.SaxEventRecorder@2c54366 - XML_PARSING - Parsing fatal error on line 0 and column 0 org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; systemId: ; lineNumber: 0; columnNumber: 0; File "common.ent" not found.
	at org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: File "common.ent" not found.
	at 	at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.reportError(XMLParser.java:1219)
	at 	at org.apache.xerces.readers.DefaultEntityHandler.startReadingFromExternalEntity(DefaultEntityHandler.java:780)
	at 	at org.apache.xerces.readers.DefaultEntityHandler.startReadingFromParameterEntity(DefaultEntityHandler.java:703)
	at 	at org.apache.xerces.readers.DefaultEntityHandler.startReadingFromEntity(DefaultEntityHandler.java:588)
	at 	at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDTDScanner.scanDecls(XMLDTDScanner.java:1498)
	at 	at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDTDScanner.scanDoctypeDecl(XMLDTDScanner.java:1123)
	at 	at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.scanDoctypeDecl(XMLDocumentScanner.java:2145)
	at 	at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.access$0(XMLDocumentScanner.java:2100)
	at 	at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner$PrologDispatcher.dispatch(XMLDocumentScanner.java:831)
	at 	at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.parseSome(XMLDocumentScanner.java:381)
	at 	at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:1098)
	at 	at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:392)
	at 	at ch.qos.logback.core.joran.event.SaxEventRecorder.recordEvents(SaxEventRecorder.java:61)
	at 	at ch.qos.logback.core.joran.GenericConfigurator.doConfigure(GenericConfigurator.java:134)
	at 	at ch.qos.logback.core.joran.GenericConfigurator.doConfigure(GenericConfigurator.java:99)
	at 	at ch.qos.logback.core.joran.GenericConfigurator.doConfigure(GenericConfigurator.java:49)
	at 	at ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextInitializer.configureByResource(ContextInitializer.java:77)
	at 	at ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextInitializer.autoConfig(ContextInitializer.java:152)
	at 	at org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder.init(StaticLoggerBinder.java:85)
	at 	at org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder.<clinit>(StaticLoggerBinder.java:55)
	at 	at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.bind(LoggerFactory.java:141)
	at 	at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.performInitialization(LoggerFactory.java:120)
	at 	at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory(LoggerFactory.java:331)
	at 	at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:283)
	at 	at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:304)
	at 	at com.kingland.independence.Test.main(Test.java:9)

package com.kingland.independence;

import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Test {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
		DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
		Document doc = builder.parse("C:\\Development\\Hub\\Master\\Independence\\Independence\\webApplication\\WEB-INF\\classes\\logback.xml");
		NodeList nodes = doc.getElementsByTagName("pattern");
		for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++){
			Node node = nodes.item(i);
			System.out.println(node.getFirstChild().getNodeValue());
		}
	}
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE configuration[
<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent"> %common;
]>
<!-- used for BVT/UAT/PROD environment, will not include debug information 
	and print in console -->
<configuration scan="true">
	<conversionRule conversionWord="crlf"
		converterClass="org.owasp.security.logging.mask.CRLFConverter" />
	<include resource="logback-common.xml" />
    <appender name="Console" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">    
	   <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
            <level>ERROR</level>
        </filter>
        <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout">
            <pattern>%d{&LOGGING_DATE_PATTERN; &LOGGING_TIME_PATTERN;}{&LOGGING_TIME_ZONE;} [%thread] [%marker] %-5level %logger{36} throwable{full} - %crlf(%msg) %n</pattern>
        </layout>
    </appender>
	<root level="INFO">
		<appender-ref ref="Console" />
		<appender-ref ref="IndyLogFile" />
	</root>
</configuration>