On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 1:00 AM, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yeah pretty much. The type converters will be @Plugins (in the
> TypeConverters category; I've got a string constant), and they'll also have
> a @ConvertType annotation that lists the class(es) it supports converting
> to.
>

Sounds promising, looking forward to seeing your work :-)

Gary


>
> On 3 June 2014 23:52, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> If I understand what Matt is doing the new converters will be annotated
>> with the data type that they support, similar to how the pattern converters
>> are annotated with the pattern tokens used to identify them.
>>
>> Ralph
>>
>> On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:42 PM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> At runtime just for the core or the whole CP? Performance?
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Matt Sicker
>> Date:06/03/2014 23:31 (GMT-05:00)
>> To: Log4J Developers List
>> Subject: Re: svn commit: r1599839 -
>> /logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/plugins/Plugin.java
>>
>>
>> Indeed.
>>
>>
>> On 3 June 2014 19:18, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Similar to why I created @ConverterKeys for pattern converters I guess?
>>> That sounds correct.
>>>
>>> Ralph
>>>
>>> On Jun 3, 2014, at 5:07 PM, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I changed my mind on that and am adding a @ConvertType annotation that
>>> will be scanned at runtime. No changes to @Plugin or the annotation
>>> processor this way, too.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3 June 2014 19:05, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why would you add a class attribute when the annotation is annotating
>>>> the class and you can get it from that?
>>>>
>>>> Ralph
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 3, 2014, at 4:50 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Author: mattsicker
>>>> > Date: Tue Jun  3 23:50:29 2014
>>>> > New Revision: 1599839
>>>> >
>>>> > URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1599839
>>>> > Log:
>>>> > Revert that idea about the default name.
>>>> >
>>>> >  - Going to add an optional Class attribute instead.
>>>> >
>>>> > Modified:
>>>> >
>>>>  
>>>> logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/plugins/Plugin.java
>>>> >
>>>> > Modified:
>>>> logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/plugins/Plugin.java
>>>> > URL:
>>>> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/plugins/Plugin.java?rev=1599839&r1=1599838&r2=1599839&view=diff
>>>> >
>>>> ==============================================================================
>>>> > ---
>>>> logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/plugins/Plugin.java
>>>> (original)
>>>> > +++
>>>> logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/plugins/Plugin.java
>>>> Tue Jun  3 23:50:29 2014
>>>> > @@ -38,10 +38,9 @@ public @interface Plugin {
>>>> >     String EMPTY = Strings.EMPTY;
>>>> >
>>>> >     /**
>>>> > -     * Name of the plugin. If no name is specified, defaults to the
>>>> simple class name of the annotated element.
>>>> > -     * Note that this name is case-insensitive.
>>>> > +     * Name of the plugin. Note that this name is case-insensitive.
>>>> >      */
>>>> > -    String name() default EMPTY;
>>>> > +    String name();
>>>> >
>>>> >     /**
>>>> >      * Category to place the plugin under. Category names are
>>>> case-sensitive.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
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