Re: layout optional?

2015-11-10 Thread Matt Sicker
Usually it's very minimal information like the log message and no metadata. On 10 November 2015 at 09:53, Gary Gregory wrote: > Log4j Appenders usually create a default layout if one is not configured. > > Gary > On Nov 10, 2015 7:22 AM, "Nicholas Duane"

layout optional?

2015-11-10 Thread Nicholas Duane
>From reading the log4j2/log4net docs it appears adding a layout to an appender >is optional. If I don't add a layout to an appender how does the appender >generate the string for the event? Does it simply call toString()/ToString() >on the event object? If that's the case then if we want

Re: layout optional?

2015-11-10 Thread Gary Gregory
Log4j Appenders usually create a default layout if one is not configured. Gary On Nov 10, 2015 7:22 AM, "Nicholas Duane" wrote: > From reading the log4j2/log4net docs it appears adding a layout to an > appender is optional. If I don't add a layout to an appender how does the >

Re: layout optional?

2015-11-10 Thread Gary Gregory
But sometimes it's a little more ;-) See org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.DefaultConfiguration.DEFAULT_PATTERN Gary On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Matt Sicker wrote: > Usually it's very minimal information like the log message and no metadata. > > On 10 November 2015