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> On Oct 6, 2016, at 11:27 PM, Steffen Offermann <steffen.offerm...@aixigo.de> > wrote: > > The "changes report" link on the website still points to v2.6.1! :) > > http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/ > > > On 10/07/2016 07:56 AM, Ralph Goers wrote: >> The Apache Log4j 2 team is pleased to announce the Log4j 2.7 release! >> >> Apache Log4j is a well known framework for logging application behavior. >> Log4j 2 is an upgrade >> to Log4j that provides significant improvements over its predecessor, Log4j >> 1.x, and provides >> many other modern features such as support for Markers, lambda expressions >> for lazy logging, >> property substitution using Lookups, multiple patterns on a PatternLayout >> and asynchronous >> Loggers. Another notable Log4j 2 feature is the ability to be "garbage-free" >> (avoid allocating >> temporary objects) while logging. In addition, Log4j 2 will not lose events >> while reconfiguring. >> >> This release contains several bugfixes and new features. The new features >> include new logging API >> modules for Scala 2.10 and 2.11, and support for various non-blocking queue >> implementations in >> AsyncAppender. Furthermore the ThreadContext map can now be configured to be >> garbage-free, and >> users can now inject context data from other sources than ThreadContext. >> Context data values can >> be any Object, not just Strings. More details on the fixes are itemized >> below. >> >> Note that subsequent to the 2.6 release a minor source incompatibility was >> found due to the >> addition of new methods to the Logger interface. If you have code that does: >> >> logger.error(null, “This is the log message”, throwable); >> >> or similar with any log level you will get a compiler error saying the >> reference is ambiguous. >> To correct this either do: >> >> logger.error(“This is the log message”, throwable); >> >> or >> >> logger.error((Marker) null, “This is the log message”, throwable); >> >> The Log4j 2.7 API, as well as many core components, maintains binary >> compatibility with previous releases. >> >> GA Release 2.7 >> >> Changes in this version include: >> >> New features: >> o LOG4J2-1578: RoutingAppender can be configured with scripts. Add Script >> in a Routes element. >> o LOG4J2-1597: Add a ScriptAppenderSelector to create an Appender specified >> by a Script. >> o LOG4J2-1349: (GC) Added support for garbage-free ThreadContext map. >> Disabled by default, users need to enable this explicitly. >> o LOG4J2-1447: (GC) Changed LogEvent's internal data structure for context >> data to be garbage-free. Added method LogEvent#getContextData(), deprecated >> method #getContextMap(). >> o LOG4J2-1010: Users can now inject context data from other sources than >> ThreadContext. Values can be any Object, not just Strings. Thanks to Mikael >> Ståldal. >> o LOG4J2-1568: Added support for java.util.concurrent.LinkedTransferQueue >> to AsyncAppender. >> o LOG4J2-1430: Added optional support for Conversant DisruptorBlockingQueue >> in AsyncAppender. Thanks to John Cairns. >> o LOG4J2-1439: Added optional support for JCTools MPSC bounded lock-free >> queue in AsyncAppender. Thanks to Anthony Maire. >> o LOG4J2-1558: SocketAppender now supports IO buffering. >> o LOG4J2-1557: Add a Builder for the SocketAppender (deprecates factory >> method). >> o LOG4J2-1609: Add a Builder to ServletAppender and deprecate factory >> method. >> o LOG4J2-1553: AbstractManager now implements AutoCloseable. >> o LOG4J2-1528: Added ability to generate Log4j 2-style XML configuration >> file from ConfigurationBuilder. >> o LOG4J2-1181: Added Logging API for Scala 2.10 and 2.11. >> o LOG4J2-1512: Added options to exclude stack trace from JSON, XML and YAML >> layouts. >> o LOG4J2-1539: Added Core API Configurator.shutdown(LoggerContext, long, >> TimeUnit). >> o LOG4J2-1501: FileAppender is now able to create files on-demand. >> o LOG4J2-1504: RollingFileAppender is now able to create files on-demand. >> o LOG4J2-1471: [PatternLayout] Add an ANSI option to %xThrowable. >> o LOG4J2-1472: org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext now implements >> Closeable. >> o LOG4J2-1458: [PatternLayout] Add an ANSI option to %message. >> o LOG4J2-1505: Create a Builder for the FileAppender plugin to facilitate >> adding attributes in the future. >> o LOG4J2-1507: Allow Builders to be completely generic. >> o LOG4J2-1508: Allow a Builder to subclass another Builder. >> o LOG4J2-1516: Add ThreadContextMap2 interface supporting method >> putAll(Map<String, String>). Thanks to Gary Gregory. >> o LOG4J2-1519: Add ThreadContext.putAll(Map<String, String>). >> o LOG4J2-1520: Add JUnit Rule implementations to manage the thread context. >> o LOG4J2-1547: The Core AbstractConfiguration now tracks its LoggerContext >> and add Configuration.getLoggerContext(). >> o LOG4J2-1540: The Core AbstractManager now tracks its LoggerContext. >> o LOG4J2-1577: Add a Builder to the RoutingAppender and deprecate factory >> method. >> >> Fixed Bugs: >> o LOG4J2-1618: Fixed ClassCastException when using JUL logging during >> shutdown. Thanks to Raman Gupta. >> o LOG4J2-1620: 2.7-rc1: RollingFileAppender immediateFlush default value >> should be true, not false. Thanks to Sascha Scholz. >> o LOG4J2-1611: Improved performance of context data injector for web >> applications to be on par with standalone applications. >> o LOG4J2-1591: Introduced new interface LifeCycle2 with stop(long,TimeUnit) >> method to avoid breaking backwards compatibility with new >> Configurator.shutdown(LoggerContext, long, TimeUnit) API. >> o LOG4J2-1590: Fixed issue with filters extending AbstractFilter that did >> not override methods with unrolled varargs. >> o LOG4J2-1583: Fixed scrambled log messages triggered by nested logging >> from toString() method of a logging parameter object. Thanks to Larry West. >> o LOG4J2-1259: Log4j threads are no longer leaking on Tomcat shutdown. >> Thanks to Misagh Moayyed, Steffen Offermann. >> o LOG4J2-1051: When starting on Google App Engine, Interpolator now >> suppresses the NoClassDefFoundError stack trace for the jvmrunargs lookup. >> Thanks to Lukasz Lenart. >> o LOG4J2-1582: When initializing on platforms where JMX is not available, >> Interpolator component no longer prints stack trace for warning messages. >> o LOG4J2-1581: Unregistering JMX components no longer prints a stack trace >> when the MBean has already been unregistered. >> o LOG4J2-1313: Support Property values to be specified in configuration as >> a value attribute as well as an element. Thanks to Philipp Knobel, Leon >> Finker. >> o LOG4J2-1575: (GC) LoggerConfig now stores configuration properties in a >> List, not a Map to prevent creating temporary Iterator objects. Added method >> LoggerConfig#getPropertyList(), deprecated method #getProperties(). >> o LOG4J2-1457: Fixed class loader deadlock when using async logging and >> extended stack trace pattern. Thanks to Leon Finker. >> o LOG4J2-1563: Fix to prevent Log4j 2.6.2 and higher from losing exceptions >> when a security manager is present. Thanks to Jason Tedor. >> o LOG4J2-1530: Fixed issue where LogEvent.getContextStack() returned null. >> o LOG4J2-1518: Prevent deadlock in Async Loggers when queue is full and >> logged Object's toString() logs another message. Thanks to Leon Finker. >> o LOG4J2-1542: Prevent ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in >> ParameterizedMessage.formatTo for single-char or empty messages. Thanks to >> Rogério Lecarião Leite. >> o LOG4J2-1549: Fixed issue where >> AsyncLoggerContextSelector+PropertiesConfigurationBuilder defaulted to >> includeLocation=true. Thanks to Jason Bedard. >> o LOG4J2-1562: Prevent SocketAppender memory usage from growing unbounded >> if it cannot connect to a server. >> o LOG4J2-1559: Prevent NPE in Level.isInRange. Thanks to Andrey Plotkin. >> o LOG4J2-1511: DynamicThresholdFilter filtered incorrectly when params were >> passed as individual arguments instead of varargs. Thanks to Srikanth >> Surukuntu. >> o LOG4J2-1548: [CronTriggeringPolicy] ConfigurationScheduler scheduled the >> task infinitely after first fire. >> o LOG4J2-1506: Log4j should not unregister JMX MBeans when >> log4j2.disable.jmx property is true. Thanks to Johannes Schleger. >> o LOG4J2-1490: Log4j2 should postpone creating log file until the appender >> actually receives an event. Thanks to Krzysztof Taborski. >> o LOG4J2-1320: Support loading custom plugins from jar files and >> directories whose classpath entries use the "vfs" URL protocol. Thanks to >> Paresh Varke, Pierrick Hymbert. >> o LOG4J2-1541: Fix file handle resource leak in >> XmlConfiguration.XmlConfiguration(ConfigurationSource). >> o LOG4J2-1538: Prevent NPE when dynamically removing filters. Thanks to >> Igor Karpov. >> o LOG4J2-1532: Attributes were not merged properly in composite >> configurations. >> o LOG4J2-1529: Attributes were not merged properly in composite >> configurations. Thanks to Sridevi Narra. >> o LOG4J2-1527: Prevent NPE in RingBufferLogEvent.getFormattedMessage() when >> used in web applications. Thanks to Jose Leon. >> o LOG4J2-905: Added ability to disable (date) lookup completely for >> compatibility with other libraries like Camel. Thanks to Moritz Löser. >> o LOG4J2-1526: Added support for setting StatusLogger destination in >> ConfigurationBuilder. >> o LOG4J2-1448: Allow comma separated agents, host list to be passed to >> FlumeAppender. Thanks to Keith Laban. >> o LOG4J2-1500: Merging configurations failed with an NPE when comparing >> Nodes with different attributes. Thanks to Jose Leon. >> o LOG4J2-1482: Fixed improper header in CsvParameterLayout. Thanks to Sumit >> Singhal. >> o LOG4J2-1199: Documented that JVM Input Arguments Lookup (JMX) is not >> available on Google App Engine. >> o LOG4J2-1438: (GC) Added method getParameter() to ObjectMessage (and >> ReusableObjectMessage). >> o LOG4J2-1488: (GC) Fixed ISO8601 %date conversion pattern with a period >> '.' separator for milliseconds is now garbage free. Thanks to Richard >> Zschech. >> o LOG4J2-1489: (GC) Fixed %date conversion patterns with a timezone >> parameter are now garbage free. Thanks to Richard Zschech. >> o LOG4J2-1279: Prevent NullPointerException in >> FastDateParser$TimeZoneStrategy. Thanks to Tony Baines. >> o LOG4J2-1341: (GC) HighlightConverter and StyleConverter are now GC-free. >> Thanks to Richard Zschech. >> o LOG4J2-1467: [OSGi] Fixed missing import package. Thanks to Ralf, Gary >> Gregory. >> o LOG4J2-351: [OSGi] Fixed wrong Fragment-Host in manifest files. Thanks to >> Roland Weiglhofer. >> o LOG4J2-1313: Properties declared in configuration can now have their >> value either in the element body or in an attribute named "value". Thanks to >> Philipp Knobel. >> o LOG4J2-1235: >> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.routing.IdlePurgePolicy was not >> working correctly. Thanks to Niranjan Rao, Sascha Scholz, Aleksey Zvolinsky. >> o LOG4J2-1502: Fixed issue where CsvParameterLayout and CsvLogEventLayout >> inserted NUL characters if data starts with {, (, [ or " Thanks to Sumit >> Singhal. >> o LOG4J2-1573: Layout is no longer optional. Thanks to Steffen Offermann. >> o LOG4J2-1608: ServletAppender does not provide throwable object to >> ServletContext. >> o LOG4J2-1599: Prevent potential NPE in >> org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterFormatter.formatMessage3(StringBuilder, >> char[], int, Object[], int, int[]). >> o LOG4J2-1600: Prevent potential NPE due to >> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.MarkerPatternSelector.createSelector(PatternMatch[], >> String, boolean, boolean, Configuration). >> o LOG4J2-1601: Prevent potential NPE due to >> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.ScriptPatternSelector.createSelector(AbstractScript, >> PatternMatch[], String, boolean, boolean, Configuration). >> o LOG4J2-1602: Prevent potential NPE in >> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.datetime.FormatCache.MultipartKey.equals(Object) >> when object is null. >> o LOG4J2-1603: Redo hashCode() and equals() methods in >> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.ssl classes. >> o LOG4J2-1610: Add targetNamespace to log4j-config.xsd. GitHub #43. Thanks >> to Shubhankar. >> o LOG4J2-1619: new Log4jLogEvent().toString() throws an NPE. >> >> Changes: >> o LOG4J2-1604: Log4j2 TcpSocketServer in background. Thanks to Colin >> Hillman. >> o LOG4J2-1574: Allow the RollingFileAppender to use default pattern layout. >> o LOG4J2-1556: Custom Log4j threads now extend Log4jThread. >> o LOG4J2-1605: Improve error messages for TcpSocketServer and >> UdpSocketServer. >> o LOG4J2-1458: Updated Jackson from 2.7.5 to 2.8.0. >> o LOG4J2-1494: Updated Jackson from 2.8.0 to 2.8.1. >> o LOG4J2-1569: Updated Jackson from 2.8.1 to 2.8.2. >> o LOG4J2-1598: Updated Jackson from 2.8.2 to 2.8.3. >> o LOG4J2-1495: Updated LMAX Disruptor from 3.3.4 to 3.3.5. >> o LOG4J2-1496: Updated Kafka client from 0.9.1.0 to 0.10.0.0. >> o LOG4J2-1533: Updated Kafka client from 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.0.1. >> o LOG4J2-1487: Updated JMS test from ActiveMQ 5.13.3 to 5.13.4. >> o LOG4J2-1551: Updated JMS test from ActiveMQ 5.13.4 to 5.14.0. >> o LOG4J2-1543: Removed deprecated Core API >> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.Constants.UTF_8. >> o LOG4J2-1544: Removed deprecated Core API >> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.Assert.requireNonNull(T, String). >> o LOG4J2-1545: Removed deprecated Web API >> org.apache.logging.log4j.web.WebLookup.getServletContext(). >> >> >> Apache Log4j 2.7 requires a minimum of Java 7 to build and run. Log4j 2.3 >> was the >> last release that supported Java 6. >> >> Basic compatibility with Log4j 1.x is provided through the log4j-1.2-api >> component, however it >> does not implement some of the very implementation specific classes and >> methods. The package >> names and Maven groupId have been changed to org.apache.logging.log4j to >> avoid any conflicts >> with log4j 1.x. >> >> For complete information on Apache Log4j 2, including instructions on how to >> submit bug >> reports, patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Apache >> Log4j 2 website: >> >> http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/ >> > > > -- > aixigo AG - financial solutions & technology > Karl-Friedrich-Straße 68, 52072 Aachen, Germany > fon: +49 (0)241 559709-65, fax: +49 (0)241 559709-99 > eMail: steffen.offerm...@aixigo.de, web: http://www.aixigo.de > > Amtsgericht Aachen - HRB 8057 > Vorstand: Erich Borsch, Christian Friedrich, Tobias Haustein > Vors. des Aufsichtsrates: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger von Nitzsch > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org
