Ralph Goers hat die Freigabe von Apache Log4j 2.1 bekanntgegeben: https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201410.mbox/%3CBC551B1B-6257-4DB1-B640-0858A400FC68@apache.org%3E.
Neuerungen sind unter anderem:
o LOG4J2-868: Add ShutdownCallbackRegistry interface for customizable shutdown callback handling.
This is particularly
useful for application servers that wish to integrate with Log4j 2.
o LOG4J2-589: Supported filtering on custom log levels in configuration.
o LOG4J2-856: Documentation: add sections on the JUL Adapter, IO Streams and NoSQL Appenders
to the Maven and Ivy page.
o LOG4J2-848: Add a Java lookup to provide nicely formatted runtime version information.
o LOG4J2-809: Move reflection utility class to API's private utility classes.
o LOG4J2-833: Documentation: added Runtime Dependencies link to left nav-bar on site.
o LOG4J2-816: Documentation: added section on XInclude to user manual Configuration page.
o LOG4J2-547: Add the Log4j IOStreams component.
o LOG4J2-431: Added Memory-Mapped File Appender. Thanks to Claude Mamo.
o LOG4J2-827: Support use of TypeConverter classes through the standard Plugin system.
o LOG4J2-825: Add simple validation constraint annotations for the Plugin system.
o LOG4J2-428: Implement a GELF layout. Thanks to Mark Paluch.
o LOG4J2-608: Add java.util.logging implementation based on log4j-api. See log4j-jul documentation
for more details.
o LOG4J2-793: Add support for custom SLF4J Markers in log4j-slf4j-impl module.
o LOG4J2-771: Add lookup for application main arguments.
o LOG4J2-787: Add lookup for JVM arguments.