This is a vote to release Log4j 3.0.0-alpha, the first release the Log4j 3.x
series.
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are required.
Changes in this version include:
Added
• Allow plugins to be created through more flexible dependency injection
patterns. (for LOG4J2-1188 by Matt Sicker)
• Allow to force LOG4J2 to use TCCL only. (for LOG4J2-2171 by rmannibucau,
Ralph Goers)
• Allow web lookup to access more information. (for LOG4J2-2523 by Romain
Manni-Bucau, Ralph Goers)
• Allow web lookup of session attributes. (for LOG4J2-2688 by Ralph Goers,
Romain Manni-Bucau)
• Add support for injecting plugin configuration via builder methods. (for
LOG4J2-2700 by Matt Sicker)
• Add scopes API for customizing plugin instance lifecycle. (for
LOG4J2-2852 by Matt Sicker)
• Add qualifier annotations for distinguishing instances of the same type.
(for LOG4J2-2853 by Matt Sicker)
• Create standardized dependency injection API. This is supported in
several plugin categories and other configurable instances previously defined
via system properties. (for LOG4J2-2854 by Matt Sicker)
• Add conditional annotations to support more declarative binding factory
bundle classes. (for LOG4J2-3300 by Matt Sicker)
• Add built-in JSON configuration parser for a useful structured
configuration file format which only requires the java.base module. (for
LOG4J2-3415 by Matt Sicker)
• Add @Ordered annotation to support plugin ordering when two or more
plugins within the same category have the same case-insensitive name. (for
LOG4J2-857 by Matt Sicker)
Changed
• Simplify Maven site phase and align it with the one in 2.x branch. (for
1220 by Volkan Yazıcı)
• Update build to use Java 11 bytecode. (for 480 by Ralph Goers)
• Convert documentation into AsciiDoc format. (for LOG4J2-1802 by Matt
Sicker)
• Rename package core.util.datetime to core.time.internal.format to clarify
these classes are to be considered private. (for LOG4J2-2224 by Remko Popma)
• Move time-related classes from core.util to core.time. Classes considered
private moved to core.time.internal. (for LOG4J2-2225 by Remko Popma)
• Split off Kafka support into a new module log4j-kafka. (for LOG4J2-2227
by Gary Gregory)
• Split off ZeroMq/JeroMq support into a new module log4j-jeromq. (for
LOG4J2-2228 by Gary Gregory)
• Split off SMTP support into a new module log4j-smtp. (for LOG4J2-2230 by
Gary Gregory)
• Split off CSV layout into a new module log4j-csv. (for LOG4J2-2231 by
Gary Gregory)
• Split off JMS support into a new module log4j-jms. (for LOG4J2-2232 by
Gary Gregory)
• Split off JDBC support into a new module log4j-jdbc. (for LOG4J2-2233 by
Gary Gregory)
• Split off Jackson-based layouts into their own modules:
log4j-layout-jackson-json, log4j-layout-jackson-xml and
log4j-layout-jackson-yaml. (for LOG4J2-2237 by Gary Gregory)
• Update builder methods from the "with" prefix to the "set" prefix. (for
LOG4J2-2492 by Gary Gregory)
• Remove deprecated code. (for LOG4J2-2493 by Gary Gregory)
• Fix typo in method MergeStrategy.mergeConfigurations. (for LOG4J2-2617 by
Matt Sicker)
• Separate plugin support to its own module. Plugin annotation processor
will now generate a Java source file compatible with java.util.ServiceLoader
instead of a binary file. (for LOG4J2-2621 by Ralph Goers)
• Rename PluginVisitor and related classes to
ConfigurationInjectionBuilder. (for LOG4J2-2683 by Matt Sicker)
• Locate plugins in modules. (for LOG4J2-2690 by Ralph Goers)
• Split off JNDI support into a new module log4j-jndi. (for LOG4J2-3242 by
Ralph Goers)
• Split off scripting support into a new module log4j-script. (for
LOG4J2-3307 by Ralph Goers)
• Defer loading of StrLookup plugin classes until first usage. (for
LOG4J2-3441 by Matt Sicker)
• Flatten the ThreadContextMap interfaces with default methods. (for
LOG4J2-3626 by Matt Sicker)
• Allow Log4j properties to be provided in JSON files. (for LOG4J2-3658 by
Ralph Goers)
• Unify plugin builders and plugin factories. (for LOG4J2-860 by Matt
Sicker)
• Update Conversant Disruptor from 1.12.15 to 1.12.21. The new version
requires Java 11. (for LOG4J2-2079 by Ralph Goers, Volkan Yazıcı)
Removed
• Remove support for java.io.Serializable in several classes including
Message, Layout, LogEvent, Logger, and ReadOnlyStringMap. (for LOG4J2-3228 by
Matt Sicker)
Fixed
• EnvironmentLookup may throw NPE. (for LOG4J2-2244 by Gary Gregory)
• Move ProcessIdUtil from log4j-api to log4j-core. (for LOG4J2-2279 by Gary
Gregory, Remko Popma)
• FixedDateFormat parses timezone offsets, -8:00 is interpreted as
GMT-8:00. (for LOG4J2-2306 by Carter Kozak)
• RoutingAppender.Builder#setPurgePolicy fluently returns the builder
instance. (for LOG4J2-2545 by Carter Kozak)
• Reduce Log4j 2 initialization time by deferring loading Plugin classes.
(for LOG4J2-2795 by Ralph Goers)
• Fixes incorrect constructor call in LocalizedMessageFactory. (for
LOG4J2-2850 by Volkan Yazıcı, sandeepbarnwal)
• Fix file descriptor leak on Tomcat. (for LOG4J2-3663 by lenoch7, Piotr P.
Karwasz)
Tag:
a) for a new copy do "git clone https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2.git
and then "git checkout tags/log4j-3.0.0-alpha1-rc2” or just "git clone -b
log4j-3.0.0-alpha1-rc2 https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2.git";
b) for an existing working copy to “git pull” and then “git checkout
tags/log4j-3.0.0-alpha1-rc2”
Web Site: https://logging.staged.apache.org/log4j/3.x/index.html.
Maven Artifacts:
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1108/
Distribution archives: 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-1108/org/apache/logging/log4j/
Ralph
