https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/pull/941
We've identified the problem and done work on fixing it.
Gj
On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:03 AM Pete Whelpton <peedee...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry, typo:
>
> 5) Navigate to your Classes node -> <default package>, open
> module-info.java and add the following line:
> requires org.apache.logging.log4j.core;
>
> should say:
>
> 5) Navigate to your Classes node -> <default package>, open
> module-info.java and add the following line:
> requires *org.apache.logging.log4j*;
>
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 8:52 AM Pete Whelpton <peedee...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Emma,
>>
>> Yes, I think there is something awry with the log4j-api-2.11.1.jar. To
>> get it working just using ModulePath, I first:
>>
>> 1) Opened the log4j-api-2.11.1.jar file in Archive Manager
>>
>> 2) Copied the module-info.class file from /META-INF/versions/9/ folder to
>> the root of the archive
>>
>> After both the api and core jars are (re)added to your module path, you
>> can use "requires org.apache.logging.log4j;" in your own module-info
>> file. Netbeans will find this in code completion. :)
>>
>> What I believe happens during classloading is first the release specific
>> location is checked, and if not it falls back to the default (root)
>> location. Loading via ModulePath requires a compiled module-info in the
>> "base" folder of the classes.
>> In the case of the log4j-api-2.11.1.jar file, the release specific
>> location (/META-INF/versions/9/) contains only only one class -
>> presumably the one and only class with Java9 specific code.
>>
>> However, when class loading falls back to the root to find the other
>> classes, there is no module-info there, which is why I believe it fails.
>>
>> As to whether best practice would be to have the whole
>> org.apache.logging.log4j under /META-INF/versions/9/, or to have a
>> module-info in the root as I did, I don't know enough to tell you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Full steps below to create the project and reference the clases, if you
>> need them:
>>
>> 1) Netbeans -> File -> New Project -> Java Modular Project call it
>> "Log4j2TestCasePDW" and platform JDK10
>>
>> 2) Right click Project node -> New -> Module and call it
>> "Log4j2TestCase".
>>
>> 3) Right click Project node -> Properties -> Libraries and the click
>> "Browse" next to the library folder.
>> Accept the defaults to create a /lib folder and to copy libraries
>> to the folder
>>
>> 4) Still in the Libraries properties, using the ellipsis (...) next to
>> ModulePath, choose "Add JAR/Folder" and add the following two .jar files
>> (making sure "copy to library folder" is checked:
>> log4j-api-2.11.1.jar
>> log4j-core-2.11.1.jar
>>
>> N.B. For any Netbeans devs reading, there seems to be a bit of a minor
>> bug in NB here - if you highlight both and try and add them both at the
>> same time, one JAR will go in ModulePath and one in ClassPath.
>>
>> 5) Navigate to your Classes node -> <default package>, open
>> module-info.java and add the following line:
>> requires org.apache.logging.log4j.core;
>>
>> N.B. If you press ctrl-space to bring up code completion after typing
>> "requires", you will see the modules you can import. the
>> "org.apache.logging.log4j"
>>
>> 6) Copy your test package and .java file under the Classes node
>>
>> 7) Right click -> Run on your Log4j2TestCase.java file
>>
>>
>> You will get a console output similar to:
>>
>> "02:20:00.367 [main] ERROR log4j2testcase.Log4j2TestCase -
>> *** Log4j2 error message"
>>
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>>
>> P
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 12:51 PM Emma Atkinson <emma.atkins...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> To recreate the test case and Netbeans set up.
>>>
>>> - I created a Java Application using the new project function. I
>>> set it up to run on JDK 10.
>>>
>>>
>>> - I added a module-info.java file using a RMB on Project Navigator >
>>> Log4j2TestCase > Source Packages > New > Java Module Info...
>>>
>>>
>>> - I created a Library entry (named Apache Log4j2 2.11) that refers
>>> to the log4j-api-2.11.1.jar via Tools > Libraries pressing New Library...
>>> button. I only added the one jar, no javadoc, no sources.
>>>
>>>
>>> - Using a RMB on the Project Navigator > Log4j2TestCase > Libraries
>>> > Add Library... I added the Library entry named Apache Log4j2 2.11.
>>>
>>>
>>> - Using a RMB on the Project Navigator > Log4j2TestCase > Libraries
>>> > Add JAR/Folder ... I added a separate reference to log4j-api-2.11.1.jar
>>> and log4j-core-2.11.1.jar. Netbeans put the log4j-core-2.11.1.jar on the
>>> modulepath and added a line to my module-info.java.
>>>
>>>
>>> - RMB on Project Navigator > Log4j2TestCase selected Properties >
>>> Libraries. I moved the reference to the jar files down into the
>>> classpath.
>>>
>>>
>>> - I edited the module-info.java file to delete the automatically
>>> added line
>>> * requires *org.apache.logging.log4j.core*;*
>>>
>>>
>>> - I added two import statements to the Log4j2TestCase.java
>>> (containing the main entry point)
>>> * import* org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
>>> * import* org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
>>>
>>> As it stands Log4j will not find its configuration XML file so it will
>>> say that it is using default setting which means it output errors and above
>>> and suppresses messages that are warnings, info and debug.
>>>
>>> - I created an object called LOGGER.
>>>
>>>
>>> - I created a LOGGER.error("some text "); so that it would output to
>>> the console under default settings if it ran.
>>>
>>> But first we need to build the application.
>>>
>>> - Select the module-info.java file and using a RMB menu option to
>>> Compile File. The ant build script will run and eventually output an
>>> error
>>> message saying that it cannot find the module log4j.api.
>>>
>>> I hope this is comprehensive enough.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
