Author: ggregory
Date: Fri Nov 2 14:55:37 2012
New Revision: 1404984
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1404984&view=rev
Log:
Use the active voice.
Modified:
logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/site/xdoc/manual/layouts.xml
Modified: logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/site/xdoc/manual/layouts.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/site/xdoc/manual/layouts.xml?rev=1404984&r1=1404983&r2=1404984&view=diff
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--- logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/site/xdoc/manual/layouts.xml (original)
+++ logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/site/xdoc/manual/layouts.xml Fri Nov 2
14:55:37 2012
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
<body>
<section name="Layouts">
<p>
- Layouts are used by Appenders to format the LogEvent into a form
that meets the needs of whoever will be
- consuming the log events. In Log4j 1.x and Logback Layouts were
expected to transform an event into a
+ An Appender uses a Layout to format a LogEvent into a form that
meets the needs of whatever will be
+ consuming the log event. In Log4j 1.x and Logback Layouts were
expected to transform an event into a
String. In Log4j 2 Layouts return a byte array. This allows the
result of the Layout to be useful in
- many more types of Appenders. However, this means most Layouts need
to be configured with a
+ many more types of Appenders. However, this means you need to
configure most Layouts with a
<a
href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/nio/charset/Charset.html";>Charset</a>
to
insure the byte array contains correct values.
</p>
