Yeah, this is kind of an inside-out cosmetic-only feature. We did not like seeing "[]" in log files when events had no markers. So the feature addresses this use case for me and my colleagues at work.
Gary On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 1:53 AM, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> wrote: > To be honest, when I found it worked this way I was a bit surprised and > thought it was an oversight rather than intentional. > I don't have a strong opinion on how it should work, just wanted to > clarify. > > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 5:37 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I can see that it makes sense since no variables feels like the same as >> all variables are empty. The goal is to print out the result of evaluating >> the pattern if and only if all variables in the pattern are not empty. The >> simplest use case is to print [ ]'s around marker names but print nothing >> if there are no markers. There is no point in using %notEmpty if there is >> no variables inside of a %notEmpty. So this edge case makes sense as it is >> (to me). Do you see it otherwise? >> >> Gary >> >> On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 12:25 AM, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Currently, VariablesNotEmptyReplacementConverter will remove the text >>> produced by the nested converters if none of the nested converters is a >>> variable. >>> >>> Is this the intention? >>> >>> >>> (It will also remove the nexted text if any of the converters was a >>> variable that produced non-empty text, this is as expected.) >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition >> <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1617290459/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1617290459&linkCode=as2&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=cadb800f39946ec62ea2b1af9fe6a2b8> >> >> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1617290459> >> JUnit in Action, Second Edition >> <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935182021/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1935182021&linkCode=as2&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=31ecd1f6b6d1eaf8886ac902a24de418%22> >> >> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1935182021> >> Spring Batch in Action >> <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935182951/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1935182951&linkCode=%7B%7BlinkCode%7D%7D&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=%7B%7Blink_id%7D%7D%22%3ESpring+Batch+in+Action> >> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1935182951> >> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >> > > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1617290459/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1617290459&linkCode=as2&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=cadb800f39946ec62ea2b1af9fe6a2b8> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1617290459> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935182021/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1935182021&linkCode=as2&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=31ecd1f6b6d1eaf8886ac902a24de418%22> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1935182021> Spring Batch in Action <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935182951/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1935182951&linkCode=%7B%7BlinkCode%7D%7D&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=%7B%7Blink_id%7D%7D%22%3ESpring+Batch+in+Action> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1935182951> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
