This is a vote to release Log4j 2.11.0, the next version of the Log4j 2 project.
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Note that this release supports SLF4J 1.7.x and SLF4J 1.8.x. Because SLF4J
1.7.x requires implementations to include classes in the org.slf4j.impl package
log4j-sl4j-impl cannot be used as a Java 9 module. Support for SLF4J 1.7.x will
be removed in a future release.
Changes in this version include:
New Features
• LOG4J2-2253: Add API to enable iterating over message parameters
without creating temporary objects. Thanks to Carter Kozak.
• LOG4J2-1883: Added support for precise (micro and nanosecond)
timestamps when running on Java 9. A limited number of precise %d date formats
are supported with PatternLayout. POTENTIAL BREAKING CHANGE: The XML, JSON and
YAML formats have changed: they no longer have the "timeMillis" attribute and
instead have an "Instant" element with "epochSecond" and "nanoOfSecond"
attributes. Thanks to Anthony Maire.
• LOG4J2-2190: Output JSON object for ObjectMessage in JsonLayout.
Thanks to Franz Wong.
• LOG4J2-2191: Made log4j-core a multi-release ("multi-version") jar,
added log4j-core-java9 module.
• LOG4J2-2143: Add missing converters to PatternLayout.
• LOG4J2-2160: Add API
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.lookup.Interpolator.getStrLookupMap().
• LOG4J2-2179: The MongoDB Appender should use a keys and values for a
Log4j MapMessage.
• LOG4J2-2180: Add a MongoDbProvider builder for and deprecate
org.apache.logging.log4j.mongodb.MongoDbProvider.createNoSqlProvider().
• LOG4J2-2181: The JDBC Appender should use keys and values from a
Log4j MapMessage.
• LOG4J2-2185: Add a simple JDBC DriverManager-based ConnectionSource
that uses JDBC's DriverManager#getConnection(String, String, String).
• LOG4J2-2186: Add a JDBC ConnectionSource that provides pooling
through Apache Commons DBCP 2.
• LOG4J2-2187: Add a hook for a Connection Source for a JDBC Appender
to release its resources.
• LOG4J2-2203: Add
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.WatchManager#unwatch(File).
• LOG4J2-2206: Add method
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.WatchManager.reset(File) and reset().
• LOG4J2-2208: Add debug logging to
org.apache.logging.log4j.mongodb.MongoDbConnection.
Fixed Bugs
• LOG4J2-2271: Move module-info.class to META-INF/versions/9 directory.
• LOG4J2-2254: Incorrect automatics module name header was being
included in manifests.
• LOG4J2-2247: NullPointerException would occur when header was
provided to a Layout on RollingRandingAccessFileAppender with
DirectWriteRolloverStrategy.
• LOG4J2-2129: Log4j2 throws NoClassDefFoundError in Java 9 in
java.util.ServiceLoader. Thanks to Blazej Bucko.
• LOG4J2-2158: Fixed bug where ThreadContext map was cleared, resulting
in entries being only available for one log event. Thanks to Björn Kautler.
• LOG4J2-2002: Avoid null attribute values in
DefaultConfigurationBuilder. Thanks to Paul Burrowes.
• LOG4J2-2175: Fix typo in Property Substitution docs. Thanks to
Behrang Saeedzadeh.
• LOG4J2-2163: Allow SortedArrayStringMap to be filtered upon
deserialization. Fix build error in Java 9 when compiling log4j-core test
classes.
• LOG4J2-2157: Don't create exit message in traceExit(R) when logging
is disabled. Thanks to Malte Skoruppa.
• LOG4J2-2123: DefaultMergeStrategy did not merge filters on loggers
correctly. Thanks to Jacob Tolar.
• LOG4J2-2126: Removed compile-time dependency on Java Management APIs
from Log4J API module to improve compatibility with Android Platform which does
not support JMX extensions. Thanks to Oleg Kalnichevski.
• LOG4J2-2270: Strings::join, when called with [null] returns "null"
instead of EMPTY. Thanks to Cyril Martin.
• LOG4J2-2276: ConcurrentModificationException from
org.apache.logging.log4j.status.StatusLogger.<clinit>(StatusLogger.java:71).
Thanks to Sean Baxter.
• LOG4J2-2274: Allow EnvironmentPropertySource to run with a
SecurityManager that rejects environment variable access. Thanks to Sebastien
Lannez.
• LOG4J2-2279: Allow SystemPropertiesPropertySource to run with a
SecurityManager that rejects system property access. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
Changes
• LOG4J2-2273: Documentation fix in manual page for custom
configurations. Thanks to Bruno P. Kinoshita.
• LOG4J2-2252: Reusable LogEvents now pass the original format string
to downstream components like layouts and filters. Thanks to Carter Kozak.
• LOG4J2-2250: The internal status logger timestamp format is now
configurable with system property log4j2.StatusLogger.DateFormat.
• LOG4J2-2236: Removed unnecessary dependency on jcommander since Log4j
uses embedded picocli since 2.9.
• LOG4J2-2146: Update version of maven bundle plugin to 3.4.0. Convert
bundle plugin error to a warning.
• LOG4J2-2215: Reduce compiler warnings in log4j-api.
• LOG4J2-2127: Removed unnecessary threadlocal StringBuilder field from
MdcPatternConverter. Thanks to Carter Kozak.
• LOG4J2-2194: Require Java 9 to compile the log4j-perf module to allow
benchmarking with Java 9 APIs.
• LOG4J2-2193: Update JMH to version 1.19 from 1.1.1.
• LOG4J2-2132: Update ZeroMQ's jeromq from 0.4.2 to 0.4.3.
• LOG4J2-2165: Update Jackson from 2.9.2 to 2.9.3.
• LOG4J2-2184: Update MongoDB driver from 3.0.4 to 3.6.1.
• LOG4J2-2197: Document default property value support. Thanks to
Fabrice Daugan.
• LOG4J2-2198: Update MongoDB dependencies from classic to modern.
• LOG4J2-2204:
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.WatchManager.getWatchers() should
pre-allocate its new Map.
• LOG4J2-2209: Rename existing MongoDb plugin and related artifacts
from MongoDb to MongoDb2.
• LOG4J2-2210: Fix error log message for Script which says ScriptFile
instead. Thanks to Björn Kautler.
• LOG4J2-2212: Unnecessary contention in
CopyOnWriteSortedArrayThreadContextMap. Thanks to Daniel Feist, Gary Gregory.
• LOG4J2-2213: Unnecessary contention in
GarbageFreeSortedArrayThreadContextMap. Thanks to Daniel Feist, Gary Gregory.
• LOG4J2-2214: Unnecessary contention in DefaultThreadContextMap.
Thanks to Daniel Feist, Gary Gregory.
• LOG4J2-2182: NullPointerException at
org.apache.logging.log4j.util.Activator.loadProvider(Activator.java:81) in
log4j 2.10.0. Thanks to liwenxian2017, Gary Gregory.
• LOG4J2-2202: MarkerFilter onMismatch invalid attribute in
.properties. Thanks to Kilian, Gary Gregory.
• LOG4J2-2219: Configuration builder classes should look for
"onMismatch", not "onMisMatch". Thanks to Kilian, Gary Gregory.
• LOG4J2-2205: New module log4j-mongodb3: Remove use of deprecated
MongoDB APIs and code to the Java driver version 3 API. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
• LOG4J2-2188: Split off JPA support into a new module log4j-jpa.
Thanks to Gary Gregory.
• LOG4J2-2229: Update Jackson from 2.9.3 to 2.9.4. Thanks to Gary
Gregory.
• LOG4J2-2243: Cannot see or copy all of certain JAnsi exception
messages on Windows due to NUL characters. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
• LOG4J2-2245: Update Apache Commons Compress from 1.15 to 1.16.1.
Thanks to Gary Gregory.
• LOG4J2-2259: Update MongoDB 3 module from driver 3.6.1 to 3.6.3.
• LOG4J2-2260: [SMTP] Update javax.mail from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1.
• LOG4J2-2264: Update JAnsi from 1.16 to 1.17.
Tag:
a) for a new copy do "git clone
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2.git
<https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2.git>" and then "git
checkout tags/log4j-2.11.0-rc1”
b) for an existing working copy to “git pull” and then “git checkout
tags/log4j-2.11.0-rc1”
Web Site: http://rgoers.github.io/log4j2-site/index.html
<http://rgoers.github.io/log4j2-site/index.html>
Maven Artifacts:
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1032
<https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1032>
Distribution archives: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/logging/log4j/
<https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/logging/log4j/>
You may download all the Maven artifacts by executing:
wget -e robots=off --cut-dirs=7 -nH -r -p -np --no-check-certificate
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1032/org/apache/logging/log4j/
<https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1032/org/apache/logging/log4j/>
Ralph
