[slf4j-dev] [JIRA] (SLF4J-477) Add New Exception for Stack Trace Dumps

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DAVID MOLLITOR created SLF4J-477:
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             Summary: Add New Exception for Stack Trace Dumps
                 Key: SLF4J-477
                 URL: https://jira.qos.ch/browse/SLF4J-477
             Project: SLF4J
          Issue Type: New Feature
         Environment: I have seen many examples where developers want to dump a stack trace to the log system simply to track the execution path of the Thread and not associated with any real issue.
{code:java}
LOG.trace("Stack Trace Dump", new Exception());
{code}
The output is something like:
{code:none}
2019-11-19T08:13:31,392 TRACE [Logger] Class: Stack Trace Dump
java.lang.Exception: null
 at
...
{code}
 

I would like to propose that SLF4J ships with an {{Exception}} class specific to this scenario. A user could easily mistake this as logging as being related to a real error condition instead of its intended informational purpose because it has the word 'Exception' in it and may be interpreted as being related to an erroneous 'null' value.

 
{code:java}
LOG.trace("Stack Trace Dump", new StackTraceDump());

2019-11-19T08:13:31,392 TRACE [Logger] Class: Stack Trace Dump
ch.qos.slf4f.StackTraceDump: Dumping stack trace
 at
...
{code}
            Reporter: DAVID MOLLITOR
            Assignee: SLF4J developers list






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