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Joubin Jabbari commented on LOG4J2-2665:
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Are you calling out my "description" as something thats not allowed by java? 
lol. I get it. The 

{color:#FF0000}org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Logger{color} class that provides 
an implementation for {color:#FF0000}AbstractLogger{color}  has many overloaded 
methods for doing the logger.info. My intent by putting "description" was to 
avoid confusion. 

 

So, excuse the shortcut, sir, here is the example:
{code:java}
public void info(Message msg, Description desc) { ... }
 {code}
Please note that '...' is not Java compliant code and serve the basis for an 
example. 

 
{code:java}
public interface Description extends Serializable {
...
String getHash();
String getDescription()
...
}{code}
 

> Incident Response Improvement for Log4J
> ---------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: LOG4J2-2665
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2665
>             Project: Log4j 2
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: API
>    Affects Versions: 2.12.0
>            Reporter: Joubin Jabbari
>            Priority: Major
>
> Issue:
> Logging something to a file only solves half of the problem. The log needs to 
> readable and distinguishable by auditors and responders. 
> This is a proposal to add a optional feature for the instantiation and 
> compile process of the logger. 
>  
>  # Allow for a description parameter for each log statement. 
>  # When the description is filled out, log events that correspond to that 
> description are given a hash number that match the hash of the description 
>  # The descriptions of said log are extracted and paired with their hash into 
> a "log description file" during the compile process
> Example:
> Previous Logging Method
> {code:java}
> logger.info(user.id + " was able to login")
> {code}
> Proposed change
> {code:java}
> logger.info(user.id + " was able to login", description="This log event 
> appears right after every user logs in"){code}
> Log File example
> Previous:
> {code:java}
> user132 was able to login
> {code}
> Proposed:
> {code:java}
> c58868be25f925102364ba7cf15b4fbcca5d3f11: user132 was able to login
> {code}
> Proposed log file description file generated during compile time:
> {code:java}
> c58868be25f925102364ba7cf15b4fbcca5d3f11: This log event appears right after 
> every user logs in{code}
>  
>  
>  



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