[logback-dev] MessageFormatter

[Joern Huxhorn]

On 18.01.2010, at 13:39, Ruediger zu Dohna wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Logback has two levels of formatting: One for the complete log entry  
> and one for the log message itself. While it's flexible with the  
> first, it's restrictive with the second, as the MessageFormatter  
> class is right now a static-methods-only singleton. By making it an  
> interface with a default implementation, one could reconfigure a  
> Layout to use a different Formatter with other features.
>
> We'd like to have a message formatter that:
> 1. Appends all arguments that don't have a formatting anchor ("{}").
> 2. Configurably allow special formatting of arguments of some class.
>
> The workaround we are living with now is to use mainly a copy of the  
> current MessageFormatter class.
>
> Before I file an JIRA entry and maybe even provide a patch, I'd like  
> to know what others think.
>

My proposal for a refined slf4j API over at http://bugzilla.slf4j.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31#c69 
  has the ability to use custom-made Message implementations.

Changing the default message format (or making it configurable) of  
Logback, on the other hand, isn't a good idea since the contract of it  
is derived from SLF4J. Any SLF4J implementation must be able to  
support the new formatting.

I'd be happy if you could take a few minutes and check out my proposal.

Thanks,
Joern.

>
> Regards
> Rü
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