Instead of extending the plugin classes, you can create your own plugins. PatternConverters are relatively trivial plugins, so I wouldn't worry too much about code duplication.
I could be missing a feature, though. On Thu, 16 May 2019 at 09:32, Gaurav <gaurav9...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I want to hide the message in the throwable. > > What I've tried - > 1. Create a custom layout by extending AbstractStringLayout. > 2. Create a pattern parser. > 3. Create a pattern converter by extending ThrowablePatternConverter. > > Is there a simpler way to do this? > > In log4j1.2, it was simple to just extend the classes, but the classes in > log4j2 are final. > > Please assist. -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>