We should make it a common practice to add @since tags on anything that isn’t a 1.0 release.
Ralph > On Jan 16, 2018, at 2:22 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It looks like RollingFileAppender.Builder and RollingFileAppender.newBuilder() > were added for 2.7. > > Gary > > On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 1:31 PM, Mike Wertheim <mike.werth...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I'm working on a system that is composed of over a hundred microservices, >> and many of them are on various older versions of log4j2. >> >> There is an in-house library that many of the microservices share, and the >> library has some logging configuration code, so I'm trying to figure out >> the relationship between that library and the various versions of log4j2. >> >> >> On Jan 16, 2018 12:16 PM, "Gary Gregory" <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> In general, you should be using the current version 2.10.0. Any reason >> you >>> are digging deep into old versions? >>> >>> Also, I've not been very strict about using @since in log4j-core. In >>> log4j-api, we are very careful to do it all "right."" >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 12:41 PM, Mike Wertheim <mike.werth...@gmail.com >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/log4j-core/apidocs/ >>>> org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/RollingFileAppender.html >>>> describes a method called "newBuilder". This method doesn't have a >>> "since" >>>> version, so I would assume that it's supported in all log4j2 versions. >>>> >>>> However, the expression RollingFileAppender.newBuilder() compiles fine >>>> with >>>> version 2.7, but I get "error: cannot find symbol" when I try to >> compile >>> it >>>> with version 2.6. >>>> >>>> Similarly.... According to >>>> https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/log4j-core/apidocs/ >>>> org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/RollingFileAppender. >> Builder.html, >>>> it seems that the 'setConfiguration' method should be available in all >>> 2.x >>>> versions of log4j2. >>>> >>>> However, the expression >>>> RollingFileAppender.newBuilder().setConfiguration(config).build() >>> compiles >>>> fine with version 2.10.0, but I get "error: cannot find symbol" when I >>> try >>>> to compile it with version 2.7. >>>> >>>> In both cases, it seems like the javadoc says that a method exists in >> all >>>> 2.x log4j2 versions, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Are these >>>> methods only available in a subset of log4j2 versions? Is the javadoc >>>> missing the "since version" information for these methods? >>>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org
