When you say NIO2 I am assuming you mean the FileSystem stuff, which is what I 
mentioned earlier?

Ralph

> On Jan 25, 2019, at 12:51 PM, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I'd prefer support of NIO2 over VFS, but I wouldn't be opposed to
> supporting both APIs. The NIO version has the advantage of being in
> java.base for Java 9+.
> 
> I'd also support a new major version of VFS using NIO2, but that's a
> project in itself.
> 
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 09:52, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I’ll look through the code over the weekend and let you know what I think it 
>> would take.
>> 
>> Ralph
>> 
>>> On Jan 25, 2019, at 8:13 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> My server already depends on VFS, so I do not mind the additional dep, but
>>> for Log4j-Core, the dep should obviously be optional. The URL scheme could
>>> be "vfs:" or it might be nicer to say somewhere "resolve using VFS" so you
>>> can just use a VFS URL.
>>> 
>>> Gary
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 8:37 AM Ralph Goers <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I haven’t built direct support for using Commons VFS, but it could. There
>>>> are two parts to solve. For any protocol you want to use you need to
>>>> implement the protocol handler. For HTTP/S that is fairly straightforward
>>>> as we just use a URLConnection. We do need a better abstraction for
>>>> handling URLs though as there are probably 3 places that have similar code
>>>> to deal with HTTP.
>>>> 
>>>> Once you have a protocol handler then you need a Watcher. That should be
>>>> easy to do with any VFS protocol that can tell when a file has changed.
>>>> 
>>>> Ralph
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jan 25, 2019, at 6:16 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Perhaps not for 2.11.2 which I'd rather have sooner than later (RERO):
>>>>> Would any of this work allow me to plug in Apache Commons VFS in order
>>>> for
>>>>> Log4j to get the contents of its configuration?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gary
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 1:08 AM Ralph Goers <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> FYI - I have created a branch and a PR so you can take a look at the
>>>>>> initial changes.
>>>> https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/253/files
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The summary of the changes so far are:
>>>>>> Generalize Watchers so other kinds of Watchers could be implemented. An
>>>>>> Http/Https Watcher was implemented.
>>>>>> Enhance the Log4j Properties support to allow properties specified in
>>>>>> log4j2.system.properties to be added to the Java system properties.
>>>>>> Create a log4j-spring-cloud-client project to provide an enhanced
>>>> version
>>>>>> of Spring Cloud Config's Log4j2 integration to support
>>>> If-Modified-Since.
>>>>>> Added a log4j2.system.properties with a setting to cause Spring to use
>>>> the
>>>>>> enhanced logging system.
>>>>>> Created a log4j-spring-cloud-server project that includes an enhanced
>>>>>> controller using a slightly different URL from the normal controller to
>>>>>> support If-Modified-Since until Spring Cloud incorporates the patches I
>>>>>> submitted. I also plan to enhance this to support notifications from
>>>> Spring
>>>>>> Cloud Config.
>>>>>> Ralph
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Jan 22, 2019, at 10:09 AM, Ralph Goers <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Well…
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have a need for the logging configuration to be cloud-enabled. i.e -
>>>> I
>>>>>> need for the app to be able to refresh the configuration whenever the
>>>>>> logging configuration changes on a Spring Cloud Config server. So I have
>>>>>> modified the FileWatcher mechanism to be more generic and implemented an
>>>>>> HttpWatcher. That seems to be working except it turns out Spring Could
>>>>>> Config doesn’t support If-Modified-Since when accessing a Resource. I
>>>> have
>>>>>> fixed that as a patch to Spring Cloud Config but haven’t finished
>>>> testing
>>>>>> it and then tested the HttpWatcher with it.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I also am probably going to create either a new module or new
>>>>>> sub-project in support of this so that the HttpWatcher doesn’t have to
>>>>>> completely rely on polling and instead use the Spring Cloud Config
>>>>>> notifications to initiate the check for whether the logging
>>>> configuration
>>>>>> has changed. I may also include a version of the updated
>>>> ResourceController
>>>>>> on the assumption that Spring may not accept the change to support
>>>>>> If-Modified-Since.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> In any case, even if I just commit what I have already done it is new
>>>>>> functionality so the release version would be 2.12 instead of 2.11.2.
>>>>>> Although I would prefer to only put new features in the 3.0 branch it
>>>> seems
>>>>>> we are a long way off from being able to release that as it really
>>>> needs a
>>>>>> lot of work.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> So there are a couple of options.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 1. I perform a release of 2.11.2 without any of these changes as soon
>>>> as
>>>>>> I can. This would be followed within a week or two with a 2.12 release
>>>> that
>>>>>> contains the Spring Cloud support.
>>>>>>> 2. I perform the 2.12 release in a week or two when I have finished
>>>>>> testing and documenting everything.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Personally, I would prefer 2 since it saves me a half a days work, but
>>>> I
>>>>>> could understand if the consensus is to go for option 1.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Ralph
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Jan 22, 2019, at 9:25 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi Ralph,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Where are for 2.11.2?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 8:54 AM Ralph Goers <
>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I did not get the release done this last weekend. I was working on
>>>> the
>>>>>> fix
>>>>>>>>> for LOG4J2-1906 and it all works fine on my work MacBook Pro but when
>>>>>> I ran
>>>>>>>>> the build on my personal MacBook Pro (where I perform releases from)
>>>>>> one of
>>>>>>>>> the unit tests failed. I will have to look into that tonight. Once I
>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>> that straightened away I will perform the release.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Ralph
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Nov 20, 2018, at 4:45 PM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I emailed the list about
>>>>>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1246
>>>>>>>>>> and I wonder if this is simple to fix.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 9:23 AM Ralph Goers <
>>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> That is a distinct possibility. I will first look for low hanging
>>>>>>>>> issues I
>>>>>>>>>>> can resolve and then proceed with the release process. I have other
>>>>>>>>> work I
>>>>>>>>>>> want to do but that may be targeted at 3.0 only as they are mostly
>>>>>>>>>>> enhancements.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Ralph
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Nov 20, 2018, at 6:34 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi All:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> There are had been rumors, rumblings, and ruminations of a 2.11.2
>>>>>>>>> release
>>>>>>>>>>>> over the Thanksgiving holidays. Is that a possibility?
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
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