JsonTemplateLayout hasn’t been merged to the release-2.x branch but it will be so that it can be included in the 2.14.0 release.
Ralph > On Aug 12, 2020, at 7:47 AM, Carter Kozak <cko...@ckozak.net> wrote: > > Hi Naz, > > Volkan has contributed a fantastic json template layout that I expect will do > what you want, however it has not been released yet. > https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/335 > > This discussion from the mailing list provides several options which may be > relevant to your use case: > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r538bb480c6d92813224b6a207e34210cccebc01e8d1781943d0ce32d%40%3Clog4j-user.logging.apache.org%3E > >> But my custom json layout doesn't write into a file. Do I have to write a >> file appender for that? > > Layout implementations can be configured with any appender, the existing file > based appenders > work with custom layouts. The layout is responsible for converting a LogEvent > into a format (e.g. bytes) that > can be written to an appender (file, socket, standard out, etc) without being > aware of the appenders > implementation details. > > Best, > -ck > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2020, at 09:56, Naz S wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to use JSON layout for a logging format. When I use the default >> JSON Layout, I see that there are some fields which are unnecessary to me >> (for example, loggerFqcn, endOfBatch, etc). >> >> Then I decided to implement a custom JSON layout. But I see that >> JacksonFactory is not visible outside the package. Now I get only necessary >> fields from LogEvent and generate JSON format using JSON generator. Every >> configuration is done by code. But ultimately I want to configure fields in >> log4j2.xml file. Any suggestions? >> >> Also I would like to write logs into a log file. But my custom json layout >> doesn't write into a file. Do I have to write a file appender for that? >> >> Many thanks, >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org
