Thanks Matt, good stuff! Quick question: why are the loggers in the configuration prefixed with a line containing a hyphen '-', while Appenders are not? PS did you try the config to make sure it works?
Sent from my iPhone > On 17 Nov 2016, at 5:24, mattsic...@apache.org wrote: > > Repository: logging-log4j2 > Updated Branches: > refs/heads/master 0a9e99f93 -> 220aeb7ef > > > [LOG4J2-1379] Add documentation on YAML format > > > Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/repo > Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/commit/220aeb7e > Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/tree/220aeb7e > Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/diff/220aeb7e > > Branch: refs/heads/master > Commit: 220aeb7ef45de5b73a1b4511e9425e407ad73683 > Parents: 0a9e99f > Author: Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> > Authored: Wed Nov 16 14:24:29 2016 -0600 > Committer: Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> > Committed: Wed Nov 16 14:24:29 2016 -0600 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > src/changes/changes.xml | 3 ++ > src/site/site.xml | 1 + > src/site/xdoc/manual/configuration.xml.vm | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 70 insertions(+) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/blob/220aeb7e/src/changes/changes.xml > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml > index 10ee145..b9e12e3 100644 > --- a/src/changes/changes.xml > +++ b/src/changes/changes.xml > @@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ > <action issue="LOG4J2-1700" dev="ggregory" type="update"> > Update Jansi from 1.13 to 1.14. > </action> > + <action issue="LOG4J2-1379" dev="mattsicker" type="add"> > + Add documentation regarding YAML configuration format. > + </action> > <action issue="LOG4J2-1681" dev="rpopma" type="add"> > Changed visibility of indexed getter methods in SortedArrayStringMap > from package-protected to public. > </action> > > http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/blob/220aeb7e/src/site/site.xml > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > diff --git a/src/site/site.xml b/src/site/site.xml > index 3c63ef2..b69d3a1 100644 > --- a/src/site/site.xml > +++ b/src/site/site.xml > @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ > <item name="Configuration Syntax" > href="/manual/configuration.html#ConfigurationSyntax" /> > <item name="XML Syntax" href="/manual/configuration.html#XML"/> > <item name="JSON Syntax" href="/manual/configuration.html#JSON"/> > + <item name="YAML Syntax" href="/manual/configuration.html#YAML"/> > <item name="Properties Syntax" > href="/manual/configuration.html#Properties"/> > <item name="Configuring Loggers" > href="/manual/configuration.html#Loggers"/> > <item name="Configuring Appenders" > href="/manual/configuration.html#Appenders"/> > > http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/blob/220aeb7e/src/site/xdoc/manual/configuration.xml.vm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/manual/configuration.xml.vm > b/src/site/xdoc/manual/configuration.xml.vm > index 2117dd2..05522c1 100644 > --- a/src/site/xdoc/manual/configuration.xml.vm > +++ b/src/site/xdoc/manual/configuration.xml.vm > @@ -695,6 +695,72 @@ public class Bar { > <version>${jackson2Version}</version> > </dependency> > ]]></pre> > + <a name="YAML"/> > + <h4>Configuration with YAML</h4> > + <p> > + Log4j also supports using YAML for configuration files. The > structure follows the same pattern as both the > + XML and YAML configuration formats. For example: > + </p> > + <pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[ > +Configuration: > + status: warn > + name: YAMLConfigTest > + properties: > + property: > + name: filename > + value: target/test-yaml.log > + thresholdFilter: > + level: debug > + appenders: > + Console: > + name: STDOUT > + PatternLayout: > + Pattern: "%m%n" > + File: > + name: File > + fileName: ${dollar}{filename} > + bufferedIO: false > + PatternLayout: > + Pattern: "%d %p %C{1.} [%t] %m%n" > + List: > + name: List > + Filters: > + ThresholdFilter: > + level: error > + > + Loggers: > + logger: > + - > + name: org.apache.logging.log4j.test1 > + level: debug > + additivity: false > + ThreadContextMapFilter: > + KeyValuePair: > + key: test > + value: 123 > + AppenderRef: > + ref: STDOUT > + - > + name: org.apache.logging.log4j.test2 > + level: debug > + additivity: false > + AppenderRef: > + ref: File > + Root: > + level: error > + AppenderRef: > + ref: STDOUT > + ]]></pre> > + <p> > + In order to use YAML configuration files, the Jackson YAML data > format must be included: > + </p> > + <pre class="prettyprint linenums"><![CDATA[ > +<dependency> > + <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId> > + <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId> > + <version>${jackson2Version}</version> > +</dependency> > + ]]></pre> > <a name="Loggers"/> > <h4>Configuring loggers</h4> > <p> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org