Did you include the @ConverterKeys annotation on your converters? You
shouldn't need to make a new layout I think.
On Wed, 22 May 2019 at 06:18, Gaurav <gaurav9...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 2019/05/16 14:59:56, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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>
> > Hi,
> I've created -
> 1.A custom pattern converter plugin extending LogEventPatternConverter
> 2.A custom layout plugin extending AbstractStringLayout.
> 3.A custom pattern parser similar to "PatternParser" class in log4j2.
>
> But, as, I am dealing with throwables and cannot modify log4j2 jar, I need to
> plug the custom pattern converter instance in my parser class.
>
> if (alwaysWriteExceptions && !handlesThrowable) {
> final LogEventPatternConverter pc =
> TestPatternConverter.newInstance();
> list.add(new PatternFormatter(pc, FormattingInfo.getDefault()));
> }
>
> But, at the startup, it is throwing the following exception -
>
> Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: com.test.TestPatternParser cannot be
> cast to org.apache.logging.log4j.core.pattern.PatternParser
> at
> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.PatternLayout.createPatternParser(PatternLayout.java:244)
> at
> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.PatternLayout$SerializerBuilder.build(PatternLayout.java:375)
> ... 32 more
>
> Please assist.
--
Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
