Are you still considering contributing this? Ralph
> On Jan 8, 2020, at 2:42 PM, Volkan Yazıcı <volkan.yaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 10:48 PM Volkan Yazıcı <volkan.yaz...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> In its current form, LogstashLayout can (almost) very well render the >> GELF layout[1]. There are only two shortcomings: 1) epoch seconds with >> fraction and 2) using PatternLayout while rendering messages. But no >> worries, I will address them[2,3] in a couple of days. > > I have finally released log4j2-logstash-layout v1.0.0[1], which > includes GELF layout[2]. Exposing epoch seconds of type double in the > JSON template variables as efficiently as Log4j 2.0 GelfLayout turned > out to be a tougher cookie than I was anticipating. But I can't > complain, thanks to the feature, I've stepped into the Jackson hall of > fame[3,4]. For those interested in, LogstashLayout is *still* the > fastest JSON layout and I've updated the benchmark[5] accordingly. > > In my next adventure, I will see if I can beat PatternLayout with a > generic template engine, e.g., Rocker[6]. If that experiment turns out > to be positive, I will extend it with JsonLayout. > > [1] > https://github.com/vy/log4j2-logstash-layout/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#2020-01-08-v100 > [2] https://github.com/vy/log4j2-logstash-layout#predefined-templates > [3] https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/pull/589 > [4] https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/pull/590 > [5] https://github.com/vy/log4j2-logstash-layout#performance > [6] https://github.com/fizzed/rocker >
