> o LOG4J2-428: Implement a GELF layout. Thanks to Mark Paluch. I guess that was thanks to me as well.
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 5:27 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > The Apache Log4j 2 team is pleased to announce the Log4j 2.1 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 of the improvements available in Logback while fixing some inherent > problems in Logback's > architecture. > > This is the fourth GA release which contains several bugfixes and new > features. There are two > new Maven artifacts in this release: log4j-jul and log4j-iostreams. Both > components are API-based > with optional Core features. > > GA Release 2.1 > > Changes in this version include: > > New features: > o LOG4J2-868: Add ShutdownCallbackRegistry interface for customizable > shutdown callback handling. This is particularly > useful for application servers that wish to integrate with Log4j 2. > o LOG4J2-589: Supported filtering on custom log levels in configuration. > o LOG4J2-856: Documentation: add sections on the JUL Adapter, IO Streams > and NoSQL Appenders to the Maven and Ivy page. > o LOG4J2-848: Add a Java lookup to provide nicely formatted runtime > version information. > o LOG4J2-809: Move reflection utility class to API's private utility > classes. > o LOG4J2-833: Documentation: added Runtime Dependencies link to left > nav-bar on site. > o LOG4J2-816: Documentation: added section on XInclude to user manual > Configuration page. > o LOG4J2-547: Add the Log4j IOStreams component. > o LOG4J2-431: Added Memory-Mapped File Appender. Thanks to Claude Mamo. > o LOG4J2-827: Support use of TypeConverter classes through the standard > Plugin system. > o LOG4J2-825: Add simple validation constraint annotations for the Plugin > system. > o LOG4J2-428: Implement a GELF layout. Thanks to Mark Paluch. > o LOG4J2-608: Add java.util.logging implementation based on log4j-api. > See log4j-jul documentation for more details. > o LOG4J2-793: Add support for custom SLF4J Markers in log4j-slf4j-impl > module. > o LOG4J2-771: Add lookup for application main arguments. > o LOG4J2-787: Add lookup for JVM arguments. > > Fixed Bugs: > o LOG4J2-676: Some typo fixes and enhancements for the site. Thanks to > Stefan Bodewig. > o LOG4J2-866: Documentation: fixed missing closing parenthesis in code > example. Thanks to Gerard Weatherby. > o LOG4J2-862: Fixed classloader issue that prevented Log4j from finding > the implementation when used in a custom Ant task. Thanks to Michael > Sutherland. > o LOG4J2-861: Documentation: fix broken links on left navigation > Extending Log4j Configuration sub-menu. > o LOG4J2-797: Documentation: clarified why log4j-core is a compile time > dependency in Maven and Ivy page. Thanks to Andreas Rytina. > o LOG4J2-855: Documentation: fix broken links on Appenders manual page. > o LOG4J2-807: Prevent NPE when configuration with AsyncLogger/AsyncRoot > is reloaded. > o LOG4J2-678: Documentation: fixed minor issues with Log4j2 web > site/documentation. Thanks to Matt Sicker. > o LOG4J2-843: Migrate JpaHyperSqlAppenderTest JUnit performance test to > log4j-perf. > o LOG4J2-842: Migrate JpaH2AppenderTest JUnit performance test to > log4j-perf. > o LOG4J2-841: Migrate JdbcHyperSqlAppenderTest JUnit performance test to > log4j-perf. > o LOG4J2-840: Migrate JdbcH2AppenderTest JUnit performance test to > log4j-perf. > o LOG4J2-830: Respect external interrupt signal to allow application > shutdown after joining AsyncAppender thread. > o LOG4J2-813: MarkerManager Log4jMarker.hasParents() returns opposite of > correct result. Thanks to David Erichsen, Brandon Barry. > o LOG4J2-785: Documentation: fixed capitalization inconsistency in user > manual example config. > o LOG4J2-829: Fixed issue in RollingFile filePattern: backslashes are > path separators, not escape characters. > o LOG4J2-832: ThrowableProxy fails if a class in logged stack trace > throws java.lang.Error from initializer Thanks to Seth Leger. > o LOG4J2-745: Avoid ConverterKey plugin clashes by using a more > predictable plugin loading infrastructure. > Plugins have been segmented into three parts: class path, > user-specified packages, and OSGi bundles. Thanks to Scott Harrington. > o LOG4J2-798: Fixed plugin scanning redundancy causing massive slowdowns > in certain environments. Thanks to Scott Harrington. > o LOG4J2-753: Reduced CachedClock thread contention. > o LOG4J2-819: Fixed memory leak in Tomcat 6 caused by clock background > threads unintentionally > started by Tomcat after web application stop. Thanks to Gary > Gregory. > o LOG4J2-391: FlumePersistentManager now handles LockConflictExceptions > in Berkeley Db when sending a batch. Thanks to Kamal Bahadur. > o LOG4J2-782: Remove invalid Oracle Maven repository. > o LOG4J2-796: Fixed issue where log4j-to-slf4j did not work correctly > with SLF4J Simple Logger. > o LOG4J2-811: SimpleLogger throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException for an > empty array. Thanks to Yogesh Rao. > o LOG4J2-663: Fix OSGi Import-Package problem with the JMS API. Thanks to > Florian Brunner. > o LOG4J2-783: PatternLayout should use platform character encoding by > default, not UTF-8. Thanks to Minglei Lee. > > Changes: > o LOG4J2-845: Add 2.1.0 to compatible versions in Log4j API ProviderUtil > and update Log4jAPIVersion to 2.1.0 in > core META-INF/log4j-provider.properties. > o LOG4J2-844: Update JMH to 1.1 from 0.7.2. > o LOG4J2-831: Documentation: updated FAQ "which jars" diagrams for JUL > bridge and 2.1 version. > o LOG4J2-780: Update Spring Framework to 3.2.11.RELEASE from > 3.2.8.RELEASE. > o LOG4J2-815: Unify the two JMS appenders into a single appender. > Configurations written for 2.0 will still work in 2.1+. > o LOG4J2-790: Update Jackson to 2.4.2 from 2.4.1 (for XML and JSON > processing). > o LOG4J2-766: Incomplete documentation for JSONLayout. Thanks to Bruno P. > Kinoshita. > o LOG4J2-800: All life cycle implementations should be serializable. > This is still work in progress. > o LOG4J2-801: org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Logger should be serializable. > This is still work in progress. > o LOG4J2-810: Update javax.mail to 1.5.2 from 1.5.0. > o LOG4J2-822: Update org.eclipse.persistence.jpa to 2.5.2 from 2.5.1. > o LOG4J2-867: FlumeAppender: maxDelay not in seconds, but milliseconds. > Add time scale to some settings, for example maxDelayMillis > instead of maxDelay. > The old names are aliased for compatibility. > > > Apache Log4j 2.1 requires a minimum of Java 6 to build and run. 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/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org > > -- Mikael Ståldal Chief Software Architect *Appear* Phone: +46 8 545 91 572 Email: mikael.stal...@appearnetworks.com
