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MDC layout format %X{...} enhancement





------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  2003-09-19 12:16 -------
I just ran into this as well. What has not been reported is that a
NullPointerException is thrown when you put %X in the pattern:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at java.util.Hashtable.get(Hashtable.java:329)
        at org.apache.log4j.MDC.get0(MDC.java:121)
        at org.apache.log4j.MDC.get(MDC.java:75)
        at org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent.getMDC(LoggingEvent.java:221)
        at
org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternParser$MDCPatternConverter.convert(PatternParser.java:455)
        at
org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternConverter.format(PatternConverter.java:56)
        at org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout.format(PatternLayout.java:495)
        at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.subAppend(WriterAppender.java:297)
        at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.append(WriterAppender.java:150)
        at org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton.doAppend(AppenderSkeleton.java:222)
        at
org.apache.log4j.helpers.AppenderAttachableImpl.appendLoopOnAppenders(AppenderAttachableImpl.java:57)
        at org.apache.log4j.Category.callAppenders(Category.java:190)
        at org.apache.log4j.Category.forcedLog(Category.java:375)
        at org.apache.log4j.Category.info(Category.java:678)
        at com.kiala.common.Test.main(Test.java:32)

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