Note that you should also be able to do this with a Layout. Ralph
On Sep 2, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> > wrote: > So the output from a ByteBufferMessage is a hex dump of the data? > > Yes, with formatting options. Whether we pin it to hexadecimal or allow a > base to be configured is TBD. I only need hex ATM. > > Wouldn’t it make more sense to have a HexDumpMessage that accepts a byte > buffer or byte array or a string or whatever? > > That's where I am going yes, perhaps my proposed class name was confusing. > ByteDumpMessage would be a more general version of HexDumpMessage. > > Gary > > > Ralph > > On Sep 2, 2014, at 8:23 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All: >> >> On every project I've worked on, at some point, I or someone needs to log of >> byte buffer (usually a byte[] but I am working a new project that uses an >> NIO ByteBuffer too). >> >> We do not have a Log4j ByteBufferMessage, how about adding one? That seems >> quite withing the scope of Log4j >> >> I would expect the following to be parameters: >> >> - group size in bytes (default 8) >> - group count per line (default 4) >> - uppercase vs. lowercase output (default?) >> - base (default 16, should this even be configurable?) >> - group separator (default space " ") >> - char encoding (default UTF-8 or ASCII), if present extends the a line with >> text version of the bytes >> - groups-text separator (default " | ") >> - address-groups separator (default " | ") >> - unprintable char (default .) >> >> >> Example output line (bogus values): >> 00000 | 01234567 a1234567 b1234567 c1234567 | .HELLO... >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Gary >> >> -- >> E-Mail: [email protected] | [email protected] >> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition >> JUnit in Action, Second Edition >> Spring Batch in Action >> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > > > > > -- > E-Mail: [email protected] | [email protected] > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition > JUnit in Action, Second Edition > Spring Batch in Action > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
