[jira] [Created] (LOG4J2-836) Binary Logging Appender

[Abhishek Sharma (JIRA)]

Abhishek Sharma created LOG4J2-836:
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Summary: Binary Logging Appender
Key: LOG4J2-836
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-836
Project: Log4j 2
Issue Type: Wish
Components: Appenders
Affects Versions: 2.2
Reporter: Abhishek Sharma
Fix For: 2.2


Many of the projects requires to have logging in the binary format for certain scenarios. There should be a functionality for writing logs in binary format and if users need to consult binary log file then some read utility for it.

There are some implementation for it like: (https://code.google.com/p/mfz-binlog/). and it will be great if we can have it log4j.



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[Remko Popma (JIRA)]

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Remko Popma commented on LOG4J2-836:
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Thank you for your interest in log4j2. Binary logging is a topic I'm also interested in and I expect to be adding features in this area in the near future.

I'm linking this ticket to a related ticket, LOG4J2-506.

Post by Abhishek Sharma (JIRA)
Binary Logging Appender
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Key: LOG4J2-836
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-836
Project: Log4j 2
Issue Type: Wish
Components: Appenders
Affects Versions: 2.2
Reporter: Abhishek Sharma
Fix For: 2.2
Many of the projects requires to have logging in the binary format for certain scenarios. There should be a functionality for writing logs in binary format and if users need to consult binary log file then some read utility for it.
There are some implementation for it like: (https://code.google.com/p/mfz-binlog/). and it will be great if we can have it log4j.

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[Ralph Goers (JIRA)]

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Ralph Goers commented on LOG4J2-836:
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One of the reasons Log4j 2 uses OutputStreams instead of Writers is to allow for binary streams on any Appender. But every stream needs some kind of output format. These are handled through Layouts. Log4j 2 already supports some formats that, while not strictly binary, are similar to it such as the SerializedLayout or the recently added GelfLayout which supports gzipped compressed JSON.

If you have a specific binary protocol you would like to have supported you should create a Jira issue for that and possibly provide the code for it.

Post by Abhishek Sharma (JIRA)
Binary Logging Appender
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Key: LOG4J2-836
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-836
Project: Log4j 2
Issue Type: Wish
Components: Appenders
Affects Versions: 2.2
Reporter: Abhishek Sharma
Fix For: 2.2
Many of the projects requires to have logging in the binary format for certain scenarios. There should be a functionality for writing logs in binary format and if users need to consult binary log file then some read utility for it.
There are some implementation for it like: (https://code.google.com/p/mfz-binlog/). and it will be great if we can have it log4j.

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[Abhishek Sharma (JIRA)]

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Abhishek Sharma commented on LOG4J2-836:
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Thanks [~***@dslextreme.com] for the reply.

These days, in Apache Kafka project I am working on one of the issue which requires logging in Binary. Kafka right now is having dependency on log4j 1.2.17.
I have implemented custom appender extending AppenderSkelton class and writing data using DataOutputStream. I am not sure about protocol on which DataOutputStream implementation works. Will take a look on this.

One question I want to ask more, is there any utility in log4j 2 for reading this binary data back?

Post by Abhishek Sharma (JIRA)
Binary Logging Appender
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Key: LOG4J2-836
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-836
Project: Log4j 2
Issue Type: Wish
Components: Appenders
Affects Versions: 2.2
Reporter: Abhishek Sharma
Fix For: 2.2
Many of the projects requires to have logging in the binary format for certain scenarios. There should be a functionality for writing logs in binary format and if users need to consult binary log file then some read utility for it.
There are some implementation for it like: (https://code.google.com/p/mfz-binlog/). and it will be great if we can have it log4j.

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Ralph Goers commented on LOG4J2-836:
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Log4j 2 has some "receivers" for sockets, JMS and I'm not sure what else. But again, the format of the data matters as it has to be converted back into a Log4j LogEvent.

Post by Abhishek Sharma (JIRA)
Binary Logging Appender
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Key: LOG4J2-836
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-836
Project: Log4j 2
Issue Type: Wish
Components: Appenders
Affects Versions: 2.2
Reporter: Abhishek Sharma
Fix For: 2.2
Many of the projects requires to have logging in the binary format for certain scenarios. There should be a functionality for writing logs in binary format and if users need to consult binary log file then some read utility for it.
There are some implementation for it like: (https://code.google.com/p/mfz-binlog/). and it will be great if we can have it log4j.

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