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Nick

On Mar 26, 2013, at 5:31 PM, Ralph Goers wrote:

> Yes, unfortunately.  The unit tests cause lots of exceptions to test error 
> cases and in many cases suppressing the exception messages is difficult.
> 
> Ralph
> 
> On Mar 26, 2013, at 2:36 PM, Nick Williams wrote:
> 
>> When I build using `mvn clean install` and `mvn site`, I get hundreds of 
>> warnings like the one below (though the build is successful). Is this normal?
>> 
>> WARNING: Could not intialize the host network interface on nullbecause of an 
>> error: nick.williams: nick.williams: nodename nor servname provided, or not 
>> known
>> java.net.UnknownHostException: nick.williams: nick.williams: nodename nor 
>> servname provided, or not known
>>      at java.net.InetAddress.getLocalHost(InetAddress.java:1438)
>>      at javax.jmdns.impl.HostInfo.newHostInfo(HostInfo.java:76)
>>      at javax.jmdns.impl.JmDNSImpl.<init>(JmDNSImpl.java:407)
>>      at javax.jmdns.JmDNS.create(JmDNS.java:60)
>>      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
>>      at 
>> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
>>      at 
>> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
>>      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.MulticastDNSAdvertiser.createJmDNSVersion3(MulticastDNSAdvertiser.java:137)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.MulticastDNSAdvertiser.initializeJMDNS(MulticastDNSAdvertiser.java:223)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.MulticastDNSAdvertiser.<clinit>(MulticastDNSAdvertiser.java:35)
>>      at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
>>      at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:188)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginManager.decode(PluginManager.java:229)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginManager.collectPlugins(PluginManager.java:150)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginManager.collectPlugins(PluginManager.java:129)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.pattern.PatternParser.<init>(PatternParser.java:115)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.pattern.PatternParser.<init>(PatternParser.java:101)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.PatternLayout.createPatternParser(PatternLayout.java:171)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.PatternLayout.<init>(PatternLayout.java:109)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.PatternLayout.createLayout(PatternLayout.java:201)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.DefaultConfiguration.<init>(DefaultConfiguration.java:49)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.<init>(LoggerContext.java:54)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.selector.ClassLoaderContextSelector.locateContext(ClassLoaderContextSelector.java:200)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.selector.ClassLoaderContextSelector.getContext(ClassLoaderContextSelector.java:99)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.selector.ClassLoaderContextSelector.getContext(ClassLoaderContextSelector.java:66)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jContextFactory.getContext(Log4jContextFactory.java:76)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jContextFactory.getContext(Log4jContextFactory.java:33)
>>      at org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getContext(LogManager.java:151)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.pattern.RootThrowableTest.setupClass(RootThrowableTest.java:48)
>>      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
>>      at 
>> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
>>      at 
>> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
>>      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
>>      at 
>> org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:44)
>>      at 
>> org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:15)
>>      at 
>> org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:41)
>>      at 
>> org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:27)
>>      at 
>> org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:31)
>>      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:236)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.execute(JUnit4Provider.java:252)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.executeTestSet(JUnit4Provider.java:141)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.invoke(JUnit4Provider.java:112)
>>      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
>>      at 
>> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
>>      at 
>> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
>>      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.maven.surefire.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethodWithArray(ReflectionUtils.java:189)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ProviderFactory$ProviderProxy.invoke(ProviderFactory.java:165)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ProviderFactory.invokeProvider(ProviderFactory.java:85)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.runSuitesInProcess(ForkedBooter.java:115)
>>      at 
>> org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main(ForkedBooter.java:75)
>> Caused by: java.net.UnknownHostException: nick.williams: nodename nor 
>> servname provided, or not known
>>      at java.net.Inet6AddressImpl.lookupAllHostAddr(Native Method)
>>      at java.net.InetAddress$1.lookupAllHostAddr(InetAddress.java:866)
>>      at 
>> java.net.InetAddress.getAddressesFromNameService(InetAddress.java:1258)
>>      at java.net.InetAddress.getLocalHost(InetAddress.java:1434)
>>      ... 51 more
>> 
>> On Mar 26, 2013, at 2:25 PM, Gary Gregory wrote:
>> 
>>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Nick Williams 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Some questions whose answers did not come to me as obvious when I read the 
>>> JavaDoc:
>>> 
>>> - If I have a variable typed Object whose actual runtime type is Message 
>>> and I call Logger#anyLogMethod(Object), will the same thing happen as if I 
>>> called Logger#equivLogMethod(Message)?
>>> 
>>> If you call an Object- or String-typed method, like debug(), then a Message 
>>> is created for the Object or String through 
>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.message.MessageFactory.newMessage(Object). A 
>>> Logger can be configured with different kinds of message factories, the 
>>> default being ParameterizedMessageFactory, which uses the "Hello {} from 
>>> {}" format. If you want to use java.util.Formatter formats, like "Hello %s 
>>> from %s" then use a StringFormatterMessageFactory.
>>> 
>>> Likewise, if I have a variable typed Object whose actual runtime type is 
>>> String and I call Logger#anyLogMethod(Object), will the same thing happen 
>>> as if I called Logger#equivLogMethod(String)?
>>> 
>>> Yes in the sense that both will cause a new Message to be created through 
>>> the message factory.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> - Finally, on the Logger methods that accept Throwable arguments, if I call 
>>> one of those methods but the Throwable argument is null, is the result the 
>>> same as if I had called the equivalent method without the Throwable 
>>> argument? Or will it result in an NPE/IAE?
>>> 
>>> Passing null for a Throwable is a no-op.
>>> 
>>> Gary
>>> 
>>> 
>>> This will affect how I implement the base/abstract logging tag class that 
>>> does most of the work. If my assumptions are correct, the code can be 
>>> pretty simple. If they are not, the code will have to decide which method 
>>> to call, which is a LOT of branching logic.
>>> 
>>> Nick
>>> 
>>> On Mar 25, 2013, at 9:09 PM, Gary Gregory wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Nick Williams 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> I've put it in groupId org.apache.logging.log4j for now. It will be easy 
>>>> to change the groupId later if needed.
>>>> 
>>>> Also, my Java package is org.apache.logging.log4j.taglib, in line with 
>>>> other artifacts I've seen within the project. Let me know if this should 
>>>> be different.
>>>> 
>>>> Finally, a general question. I'm wondering why log4j-web (and, by 
>>>> extension for consistency, log4j-taglib) is compiled against Servlet 2.4 
>>>> (J2EE 4, and so JSP 2.0)? This seems like maybe not the best choice:
>>>> - This was released in November 2003 ... almost 10 years ago.
>>>> - There are no supported versions of Tomcat or GlassFish that don't 
>>>> implement at least Servlet 2.5/Java EE 5.
>>>> - WebSphere 6.1, the last version to only support J2EE 4, goes end-of-life 
>>>> this coming September.
>>>> - WebLogic 9 EXTENDED support ends this coming November. Regular support 
>>>> ended 16 months ago. And WebLogic 10 provides no backward-support for J2EE 
>>>> 4. It's Java EE 5 only.
>>>> 
>>>> Java EE 5 (Servlet 2.5, JSP 2.1) came out 8 years ago (a year after Java 5 
>>>> and a year before Java 6), Java EE 6 (Servlet 3.0, JSP 2.2) 3 1/2 years 
>>>> ago, and Java EE 7 (Servlet 3.1, JSP 2.3) next month. It seems logical and 
>>>> reasonable to me that we wouldn't support anything older than Servlet 2.5 
>>>> (Java EE 5). Also, JSP 2.1 (Java EE 5) has some improvements on the JSP 
>>>> tag library API that would be helpful to have.
>>>> 
>>>> Therefore, I propose the Servlet dependency for log4j-web and log4j-taglib 
>>>> be Servlet 2.5 (Java EE 5), and that the JSP dependency for log4j-taglib 
>>>> be JSP 2.1 (Java EE 5).
>>>> 
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>> 
>>>> +1
>>>> 
>>>> We could depend on Java 6 or 7 and it would be fine with me. All my work 
>>>> projects are on 6 and home on 6 and 7.
>>>> 
>>>> Gary
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Nick
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 25, 2013, at 7:13 PM, Ralph Goers wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Yeah, we may want to create another name at the same level as adapters 
>>>>> and move web there too.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ralph
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 25, 2013, at 3:04 PM, Nick Williams wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Should this new artifact be a member of groupId org.apache.logging.log4j 
>>>>>> or org.apache.logging.log4j.adapters? log4j-web is in adapters (not sure 
>>>>>> that makes sense, but it is). log4j-tablib isn't really an adapter ... 
>>>>>> it's closer to an extension of the API to support JSP tags. That says to 
>>>>>> me "org.apache.logging.log4j." But it's up to y'all.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 25, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Ralph Goers wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> You are on the right track.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Mar 25, 2013, at 7:29 AM, Nick Williams 
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I'm a little new to Maven (5-6 months), but I thought I understood 
>>>>>>>> multi-module projects correctly. I could certainly be confused about 
>>>>>>>> something.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> In /log4j/log4j2/trunk/pom.xml, log4j is a multi-module Maven project:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> <modules>
>>>>>>>> <module>api</module>
>>>>>>>> <module>core</module>
>>>>>>>> <module>log4j12-api</module>
>>>>>>>> <module>slf4j-impl</module>
>>>>>>>> <module>log4j-to-slf4j</module>
>>>>>>>> <module>jcl-bridge</module>
>>>>>>>> <module>flume-ng</module>
>>>>>>>> <module>web</module>
>>>>>>>> <module>samples</module>
>>>>>>>> </modules>
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> So by "module" I mean <module>taglib</module> (which, by extension, is 
>>>>>>>> a new artifact under the same groupId org.apache.logging.log4j). I do 
>>>>>>>> not mean a separate project (new groupId), no.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I definitely agree that it should be a new artifact/module, but I 
>>>>>>>> wanted to make sure nobody had a convincing reason that it should be 
>>>>>>>> part of the log4j-web artifact/module before I started writing.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Mar 25, 2013, at 9:16 AM, Paul Benedict wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> If by module you mean a Maven module (another hierarchy of projects), 
>>>>>>>>> then no. But definitely a new Maven artifact.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Gary Gregory 
>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Nick Williams 
>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Excellent! I figured as much, regarding SVN and patches. I'll get to 
>>>>>>>>> work on it this week.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> One important question before I get started that I think only the 
>>>>>>>>> community should answer: What should its Maven artifact and module 
>>>>>>>>> names be? I'm thinking "log4j-taglib" and "Log4j Tag Library".
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Another possible option would be to simply make this part of the 
>>>>>>>>> log4j-web module instead of making it its own module. I could 
>>>>>>>>> certainly understand going that route. On the one hand, fewer modules 
>>>>>>>>> can sometimes be less confusing. On the other hand, for some users 
>>>>>>>>> (like me) they'll need the functionality of the log4j-taglib module 
>>>>>>>>> but not the log4j-web module, or vice versa. I don't necessarily like 
>>>>>>>>> the idea of putting this in log4j-web, but it might be a discussion 
>>>>>>>>> worth having. Thoughts?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> For me, the fewer modules, the better.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Well Jakarta Log Taglib and SLF4J Taglib are both under Apache 2.0 
>>>>>>>>> License, so there won't be a problem there. Jakarta is an ASF project 
>>>>>>>>> (and it's retired) so I don't believe I'll need permission there. 
>>>>>>>>> I'll get on the SLF4J dev list and inquire for permission. SLF4J says 
>>>>>>>>> it's based on Jakarta Log Taglib. Don't know if that makes a 
>>>>>>>>> difference.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Mar 24, 2013, at 11:51 PM, Ralph Goers wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the interest!  Yes, I think having a tag library would be 
>>>>>>>>>> a great addition.  Since we are still using subversion I'm afraid 
>>>>>>>>>> the only way to do this is for you to create a patch and attach it 
>>>>>>>>>> to a Jira.  Remko has recently done the same. I'd encourage you to 
>>>>>>>>>> create a separate maven subproject and then you could just attach a 
>>>>>>>>>> zip of it.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> There are two basic rules at the ASF. 1) All code must be 
>>>>>>>>>> contributed under the Apache License. You cannot copy code that is 
>>>>>>>>>> under an incompatible license.  2) All code contributions must be 
>>>>>>>>>> voluntary - you cannot contribute code that someone else wrote 
>>>>>>>>>> without their permission.  As a general rule you can copy code from 
>>>>>>>>>> other ASF projects but you would need to get permission from 
>>>>>>>>>> projects hosted elsewhere.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Ralph
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Mar 24, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Nick Williams wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> First, and introduction, since I'm new to this list:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> My name is Nick Williams, I'm a Software Engineer with UL 
>>>>>>>>>>> (Underwriters' Laboratories) and an active member of the Open 
>>>>>>>>>>> Source community. I've contributed to the Tomcat Project (most 
>>>>>>>>>>> recently quite a bit, I've helped with the WebSockets 
>>>>>>>>>>> implementation in Tomcat [1], though only has a contributor, not a 
>>>>>>>>>>> committer) and worked on various other projects. Currently, I'm 
>>>>>>>>>>> working on an improvement on Spring Security's Session Fixation 
>>>>>>>>>>> Protection [2] and a new FasterXML (Mapping Jackson) module to 
>>>>>>>>>>> support JSR310 (Java 8 Date & Time API) data types. I'm also author 
>>>>>>>>>>> of the upcoming Wrox book Professional Java for Web Applications 
>>>>>>>>>>> [3, the first public listing of the book I've seen online yet]. 
>>>>>>>>>>> Now, with that said...
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> The Jakarta Taglibs project used to have a logging tag library [4], 
>>>>>>>>>>> but that project was retired years ago. SLF4J has a tag library 
>>>>>>>>>>> sub-project [5], but it (obviously) uses the SLF4J API. It would be 
>>>>>>>>>>> nice if the new Log4j 2 project had a tag library available when it 
>>>>>>>>>>> releases (hopefully) later this year.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> The tag library is a very simple module. Eight or nine classes and 
>>>>>>>>>>> a TLD are all that are needed. Jakarta Log Taglib and SLF4J Taglib 
>>>>>>>>>>> (both Apache 2.0) have already done much of the hard work for us. I 
>>>>>>>>>>> would be more than happy to spearhead the development effort to get 
>>>>>>>>>>> this done. So, questions:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 1) Is there interest in having this Log4j 2 module? I think it 
>>>>>>>>>>> would be a great addition to the project.
>>>>>>>>>>> 2) What steps do I need to take? I'm used to submitted patches for 
>>>>>>>>>>> Tomcat, but that could be very challenging for an entire module of 
>>>>>>>>>>> the project (as small as that module might be). Still, it's doable.
>>>>>>>>>>> 3) I see no reason not to re-use viable code in Jakarta/SLF4J. In 
>>>>>>>>>>> all my years working in Open Source, I've never actually 
>>>>>>>>>>> ported/forked code like this. What are the "best practices," so not 
>>>>>>>>>>> as to "steal" or offend?
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> [1] 
>>>>>>>>>>> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
>>>>>>>>>>> [2] https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SEC-2135
>>>>>>>>>>> [3] http://109.107.134.101/wbook/bookdet.php?seq=840283
>>>>>>>>>>> [4] http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/log/
>>>>>>>>>>> [5] http://www.slf4j.org/taglib/
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> --
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