I created https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1608
Gary
On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 8:22 AM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh that explains it, thanks for the info!
>
> On 22 September 2016 at 10:21, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com>
> wrote:
>
>> PatternLayout defaults to implicitly add %ex or one of its variations to
>> your pattern if you don’t specify it. To disable exception logging you have
>> to use %noex.
>>
>> Ralph
>>
>> On Sep 22, 2016, at 6:55 AM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I usually don't even include %exception in my pattern layouts for some
>> reason, probably because of the double logging. So I'd go with (1) as well.
>>
>> On 22 September 2016 at 02:59, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> The method
>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.web.appender.ServletAppender.append(LogEvent)
>>> is defined as:
>>>
>>> @Override
>>> public void append(final LogEvent event) {
>>> servletContext.log(((AbstractStringLayout)
>>> getLayout()).toSerializable(event));
>>> }
>>>
>>> Instead of:
>>>
>>> @Override
>>> public void append(final LogEvent event) {
>>> servletContext.log(((AbstractStringLayout)
>>> getLayout()).toSerializable(event)*, event.getThrown()*);
>>> }
>>>
>>> Which does not give the best information we have to the servlet context
>>> logging.
>>>
>>> The tricky part is that to avoid logging the exception twice like in our
>>> test org.apache.logging.log4j.web.ServletAppenderTest. To avoid the
>>> double logging, we could (1) document not using a %exception in the pattern
>>> layout.
>>>
>>> That or (yikes) (2) provide a variation of the toSerializable(event)
>>> like toSerializable(event, false), where the boolean is an ignoreException
>>> parameter. It seems there are plenty of places where exceptions are treated
>>> specially already, this would be another.
>>>
>>> I like (1) better because it is simpler.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Gary
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
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