I have created https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-229 and attached a patch for three new appenders: JDBC, JPA, and NoSQL (with initial MongoDB and Apache CouchDB support).
Nick On Apr 25, 2013, at 2:13 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: > On Apr 25, 2013, at 14:15, Nicholas Williams <nicho...@nicholaswilliams.net> > wrote: > >> That's certainly a possibility. I think a JpaAppender might be overkill for >> some applications, and perhaps the user doesn't want another dependency to >> log to the database. I think a JpaAppender would be supplementary to a >> JdbcAppender, not a replacement for it. > > I agree with that assessment. > Gary >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> >> wrote: >> Rather than a JDBC appender I was hoping for a more generic appender that >> could use JPA or something else. >> >> >> On Apr 25, 2013, at 7:39 AM, Nicholas Williams wrote: >> >> > First, a quick question: do we anticipate the next version to be beta6 or >> > rc1? Just curious. >> > >> > I'm currently working on cleaning up compiler warnings throughout the >> > project and should have that completed soon. >> > >> > I want to go ahead and get the conversation started about database >> > appenders. I'd like to see two appenders: >> > >> > - A JdbcAppender that is capable of logging to any RDBMS for which there >> > is a JDBC driver. >> > - A MongoAppender that is capable of logging to a MongoDB database. >> > >> > The JdbcAppender and MongoAppender would, as far as I can tell, need >> > properties for mapping all of the possible logging event properties to >> > table columns (or Mongo equivalent). I don't really see any other way to >> > accomplish that. We could use layout patterns from the PatternLayout to >> > achieve this: <column name="columnName" pattern="PatternLayout >> > equivalent-pattern" /> >> > >> > I imagine the JdbcAppender having mutually exclusive properties for JDBC >> > URL/username/password, DataSource JNDI URL, and class.staticFactoryMethod >> > for obtaining a DataSource. >> > >> > The MongoAppender would similarly have mutually exclusive properties for >> > connection information and class.statucFactoryMethod for obtaining a Mongo >> > instance. >> > >> > I'd like to take a stab at these after I complete fixing compiler >> > warnings, and wanted to start getting feedback/ideas and also see if >> > anyone has use cases for other NoSQL appenders. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org >> >>
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