Ok that's a good idea. The current migration guide does not mention that 
log4j-1.x MDC and NDC 
(https://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/org/apache/log4j/MDC.html) have 
been replaced by log4j2's ThreadContext. 

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> On 2015/05/08, at 14:43, Chathura Priyankara <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Remko,
> 
> Thank you very much for the explanation.
> That was exactly what I needed.
> I think it is better if those information can be included the log4j2 
> documentation in the migrating from log4j 1.2 section because most of the 
> applications are still using log4j 1.2.x and need to convert to log4j2.
> No need to add long descriptions but just adding feature mappings between 
> log4j 1.2 and log4j2 is enough I think.
> 
> Regards,
> Chathura.
> 
>> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Remko Popma <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Thanks for the additional detail. 
>> With log4j-1.x, a custom appender may have been the best solution, but it 
>> sounds like log4j2's built-in features provide all you need. 
>> 
>> If your application calls 
>> ThreadContext.put("serviceId", getServiceId());
>> ThreadContext.put("serviceName", getServiceName());
>> // etc
>> 
>> ...then if you configure this pattern in the ConsoleAppender layout:
>> <PatternLayout pattern="%d %p %m %X{serviceId} %X{serviceName}" />
>> 
>> ...you will see the values that your application put in the ThreadContext 
>> map appear in the logs. 
>> 
>> This does not require a custom appender or custom log events. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On 2015/05/08, at 14:00, Chathura Priyankara <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> Thank you for the replies.
>>> Currently I'm migrating a large application from log4j 1.2.17 to log4j 2.2.
>>> That application has custom console appender which takes logging event and 
>>> create custom logging events with some additional application specific data 
>>> such as service id, service name etc.
>>> Then it uses custom pattern layout to log those information.
>>> Now I want to migrate this scenario to log4j2.
>>> 
>>> Can you please provide a brief guidance on this ?
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> Chathura.
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 4:00 AM, Remko Popma <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> You may not need to write a custom appender. Have you looked at the 
>>>> ThreadContext map? Your application threads can put key-value pairs in 
>>>> that map, and following that, all log events generated by that thread will 
>>>> carry those key-value pairs. You can output the values with the %X pattern 
>>>> in your pattern layout. 
>>>> 
>>>> Remko
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On 2015/05/07, at 22:14, Chathura Priyankara <[email protected]> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Beharooz,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I want to log some application specific data such as domain, userid etc 
>>>>> using custom console appender.
>>>>> Is this possible ?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Behrooz Nobakht <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> What is the customization that you wanna apply?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Behrooz
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 1:26 PM, Chathura Priyankara 
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi devs,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I want to create a custom console appender for log4j2 but I cannot find 
>>>>>>> any resource or sample about this. The only resource [1] is not enough 
>>>>>>> for this.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> [1] https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/extending.html#Appenders
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Can anyone provide me a sample for this ? (both configuration and 
>>>>>>> custom appender)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Any help is appreciated.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>> Chathura Priyankara,
>>>>>>> Faculty of Information Technology,
>>>>>>> University of Moratuwa.
>>>>>>> Blog  : www.codeoncloud.blogspot.com
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> -- Behrooz Nobakht
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Chathura Priyankara,
>>>>> Faculty of Information Technology,
>>>>> University of Moratuwa.
>>>>> Blog  : www.codeoncloud.blogspot.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Chathura Priyankara,
>>> Faculty of Information Technology,
>>> University of Moratuwa.
>>> Blog  : www.codeoncloud.blogspot.com
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Chathura Priyankara,
> Faculty of Information Technology,
> University of Moratuwa.
> Blog  : www.codeoncloud.blogspot.com

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