Any plans to switch to Log4J 2.X ?

[atchijov-vgw]

Please forgive me if this was discussed at length before (and point me to these discussions).

It looks like event latest greatest of Wildfly (10.0.0 CR4) still using 1.x version of log4j. Am I correct? Is there are any plans to move to 2.x any time soon? If not, I am curious what are the reasons why Wildfly stick with older version.

You comments would be highly appreciated.

Cheers,

  Andrei

[jaysensharma]

You should be able to use your own version of log4j as part of your application. Please see:   How To - WildFly 10 - Project Documentation Editor

How do I use my own version of log4j?

If you need/want to include your version of log4j then you need to do the following two steps.

1. Disable the adding of the logging dependencies to all your deployments with the add-logging-api-dependencies attribute and disable the use-deployment-logging-config attributeOR exclude the logging subsystem in a jboss-deployment-structure.xml.
2. Then need to include a log4j library in your deployment.

This only works for logging in your deployment. Server logs will continue to use the logging subsystem configuration.

[atchijov-vgw]

Jay thanks for quick answer, but I am afraid this would not solve the problem completely. Correct me if I am wrong, but this would not allow me to control logging via Wildfly Web Management interface. Am I wrong?