Github user mdvorak commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/110 @garydgregory You are right, there is already `AdditionalField`, i'll rename it. There is however problem with pulling it up to `AbstractStringLayout`, since its used by many layouts where would be problematic (or impossible) to use it. Thats why I chose to implement it directly to JsonLayout.
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