carterkozak commented on a change in pull request #284: LOG4J2-2639 - Allow logging calls to be constructed using a builder pattern URL: https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/284#discussion_r296490390
########## File path: log4j-api/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/internal/LogBuilder.java ########## @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +/* + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with + * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. + * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache license, Version 2.0 + * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with + * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + * See the license for the specific language governing permissions and + * limitations under the license. + */ +package org.apache.logging.log4j.internal; + +import org.apache.logging.log4j.Marker; +import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.Message; + +/** + * Class Description goes here. + */ +public interface LogBuilder { + + public static final LogBuilder INSTANCE = new LogBuilder() {}; Review comment: I think this would be easier to follow if this was named something along the lines of `NOP`, `LogBuilder.INSTANCE` sounds a lot like the DefaultLogBuilder. Should these be default methods? While it's nice to avoid causing breaks when we add new methods, it's unfortunate that we will be potentially throwing data away. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services
