Here is my current use case: I'd like to be able to query getContentType()
on an FILE appender (File, RollingFile, RAF, ...) and get the proper
charset if the layout for that appender defines it.
Gary
On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 3:16 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not all MIME types actually use the encoding parameter. For example,
> "application/json;charset=UTF-8" is technically an invalid MIME type (it's
> supposed to be "application/json", and it's assumed to be UTF-8 because
> that's the only official charset for JSON). Providing the charset
> separately makes semantic sense to me.
>
> On 6 March 2018 at 16:04, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Right. AbstractStringLayout says:
> >
> > @Override
> > public Charset getCharset() {
> > return charset;
> > }
> >
> > /**
> > * @return The default content type for Strings.
> > */
> > @Override
> > public String getContentType() {
> > return "text/plain";
> > }
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 2:52 PM, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > (Away from pc) by “use”, do you mean that the string returned by
> > > getContentType() doesn’t include a charset?
> > >
> > > From memory, I remember the only place this method is used is in the
> > > HtmlAppender. Are there other places?
> > >
> > > (Shameless plug) Every java main() method deserves http://picocli.info
> > >
> > > > On Mar 7, 2018, at 1:37, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > It looks
> > > > like org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.AbstractStringLayout.
> > > getContentType()
> > > > does NOT use its charset.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone foresee a problem with fixing this?
> > > >
> > > > Gary
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
>
