For best usability I am wondering if this should be an option, but if it is it should be on by default. Thoughts?
Gary On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 9:37 PM, Ralph Goers > <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com>wrote: > >> It sounds like you want that in the header of the file? That sounds like >> an extension of what PatternLayout currently does. You would just want to >> set the header to include the pattern. Of course, this doesn’t apply to >> Appenders that use some other layout. >> > > Yes in the header. whatever a header means for a text file appender for > example, maybe it is a "comment" like a comment in a property file: # my > format. > > This only needs to apply to "unstructured" layouts, which are all text > based layouts, like the File and Console, I think these all share a > streaming super class/manager. For a database appender and other structured > layouts (XML, JSON, and so on), this does not make sense. > > Gary > > Gary > >> >> Ralph >> >> On May 19, 2014, at 12:47 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I get logs from users that are files, which is nice. >> >> I'd like the log to have a line that shows the conversion pattern used to >> create the log events. >> >> This would let me create a nice color filter in our tools. >> >> Yes, I know users could use some kind of structured appender in addition >> to a log file, but they won't for my convenience... >> >> So I wonder if we could have setting for this? Our tools create the >> config, so we could turn it on no matter what conversion pattern they use. >> >> Gary >> >> -- >> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second >> Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> >> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> >> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> >> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >> >> >> > > > -- > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second > Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> > JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> > Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
