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Posted to commits@logging.apache.org by ma...@apache.org on 2014/09/06 06:58:52 UTC

[19/29] git commit: Rename log4j-mom to log4j-jms.

Rename log4j-mom to log4j-jms.


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/commit/89304e88
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/tree/89304e88
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/diff/89304e88

Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: 89304e886075dffefd53ca5430d98ee4994fe2e3
Parents: e1db6e2
Author: Matt Sicker <bo...@gmail.com>
Authored: Sat Aug 30 17:18:04 2014 -0500
Committer: Matt Sicker <bo...@gmail.com>
Committed: Sat Aug 30 17:18:04 2014 -0500

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 log4j-jms/pom.xml                               |  69 ++++++
 .../log4j/mom/jms/appender/JmsAppender.java     | 195 +++++++++++++++
 .../mom/jms/appender/JmsQueueAppender.java      | 113 +++++++++
 .../mom/jms/appender/JmsTopicAppender.java      | 114 +++++++++
 .../log4j/mom/jms/appender/package-info.java    |  20 ++
 .../mom/jms/manager/AbstractJmsManager.java     | 156 ++++++++++++
 .../log4j/mom/jms/manager/JmsManager.java       | 169 +++++++++++++
 .../log4j/mom/jms/manager/JmsQueueManager.java  | 237 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../log4j/mom/jms/manager/JmsTopicManager.java  | 237 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../log4j/mom/jms/manager/JndiManager.java      | 125 ++++++++++
 .../mom/jms/receiver/AbstractJmsReceiver.java   |  83 +++++++
 .../mom/jms/receiver/JmsQueueReceiver.java      | 107 +++++++++
 .../mom/jms/receiver/JmsTopicReceiver.java      | 105 ++++++++
 .../log4j/mom/jms/receiver/package-info.java    |  25 ++
 .../log4j/mom/jms/appender/JmsAppenderIT.java   | 126 ++++++++++
 .../log4j/mom/jms/appender/JmsAppenderTest.java |  79 +++++++
 .../mom/jms/appender/JmsQueueAppenderTest.java  |  85 +++++++
 .../mom/jms/appender/JmsQueueFailoverTest.java  | 122 ++++++++++
 .../log4j/mom/jms/appender/JmsQueueTest.java    | 147 ++++++++++++
 .../mom/jms/appender/JmsTopicFailoverTest.java  | 121 ++++++++++
 .../log4j/mom/jms/appender/JmsTopicTest.java    | 147 ++++++++++++
 .../src/test/resources/JmsAppenderTest.xml      |  32 +++
 .../test/resources/log4j-jmsqueue-failover.xml  |  52 ++++
 log4j-jms/src/test/resources/log4j-jmsqueue.xml |  30 +++
 .../test/resources/log4j-jmstopic-failover.xml  |  52 ++++
 log4j-mom/pom.xml                               |  73 ------
 .../log4j/mom/jms/appender/JmsAppender.java     | 195 ---------------
 .../mom/jms/appender/JmsQueueAppender.java      | 113 ---------
 .../mom/jms/appender/JmsTopicAppender.java      | 114 ---------
 .../log4j/mom/jms/appender/package-info.java    |  20 --
 .../mom/jms/manager/AbstractJmsManager.java     | 156 ------------
 .../log4j/mom/jms/manager/JmsManager.java       | 169 -------------
 .../log4j/mom/jms/manager/JmsQueueManager.java  | 237 -------------------
 .../log4j/mom/jms/manager/JmsTopicManager.java  | 237 -------------------
 .../log4j/mom/jms/manager/JndiManager.java      | 125 ----------
 .../mom/jms/receiver/AbstractJmsReceiver.java   |  83 -------
 .../mom/jms/receiver/JmsQueueReceiver.java      | 107 ---------
 .../mom/jms/receiver/JmsTopicReceiver.java      | 105 --------
 .../log4j/mom/jms/receiver/package-info.java    |  25 --
 .../log4j/mom/jms/appender/JmsAppenderIT.java   | 126 ----------
 .../log4j/mom/jms/appender/JmsAppenderTest.java |  79 -------
 .../mom/jms/appender/JmsQueueAppenderTest.java  |  85 -------
 .../mom/jms/appender/JmsQueueFailoverTest.java  | 122 ----------
 .../log4j/mom/jms/appender/JmsQueueTest.java    | 147 ------------
 .../mom/jms/appender/JmsTopicFailoverTest.java  | 121 ----------
 .../log4j/mom/jms/appender/JmsTopicTest.java    | 147 ------------
 .../src/test/resources/JmsAppenderTest.xml      |  32 ---
 .../test/resources/log4j-jmsqueue-failover.xml  |  52 ----
 log4j-mom/src/test/resources/log4j-jmsqueue.xml |  30 ---
 .../test/resources/log4j-jmstopic-failover.xml  |  52 ----
 pom.xml                                         |   7 +-
 51 files changed, 2749 insertions(+), 2758 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/blob/89304e88/log4j-jms/pom.xml
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diff --git a/log4j-jms/pom.xml b/log4j-jms/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+    <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <artifactId>log4j-jms</artifactId>
+  <name>Log4j 2 JMS Plugins</name>
+  <description>JMS appender plugins for Log4j 2</description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.jms</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jboss-jms-api_1.1_spec</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- tests -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockejb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockejb</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- integration tests -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+      <artifactId>activemq-broker</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/blob/89304e88/log4j-jms/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/mom/jms/appender/JmsAppender.java
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diff --git a/log4j-jms/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/mom/jms/appender/JmsAppender.java b/log4j-jms/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/mom/jms/appender/JmsAppender.java
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+/*
+ * 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.mom.jms.appender;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import javax.jms.JMSException;
+import javax.jms.Message;
+import javax.jms.MessageProducer;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Filter;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Layout;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractAppender;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AppenderLoggingException;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.Plugin;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginBuilderAttribute;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginBuilderFactory;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginElement;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.SerializedLayout;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.mom.jms.manager.JmsManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.mom.jms.manager.JndiManager;
+
+/**
+ * Generic JMS appender plugin for both queues and topics.
+ */
+@Plugin(name = "JMS", category = "Core", elementType = "appender", printObject = true)
+// TODO: use @PluginAliases to make the separated plugins work through this one
+public class JmsAppender extends AbstractAppender {
+
+    private final JmsManager manager;
+    private final MessageProducer producer;
+
+    protected JmsAppender(final String name, final Filter filter, final Layout<? extends Serializable> layout,
+                        final boolean ignoreExceptions, final JmsManager manager)
+        throws JMSException {
+        super(name, filter, layout, ignoreExceptions);
+        this.manager = manager;
+        this.producer = this.manager.createMessageProducer();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void append(LogEvent event) {
+        try {
+            final Message message = this.manager.createMessage(getLayout().toSerializable(event));
+            message.setJMSTimestamp(event.getTimeMillis());
+            this.producer.send(message);
+        } catch (JMSException e) {
+            throw new AppenderLoggingException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @PluginBuilderFactory
+    public static Builder newBuilder() {
+        return new Builder();
+    }
+
+    public static class Builder implements org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.Builder<JmsAppender> {
+
+        @PluginBuilderAttribute
+        private String name;
+
+        @PluginBuilderAttribute
+        private String factoryName;
+
+        @PluginBuilderAttribute
+        private String providerUrl;
+
+        @PluginBuilderAttribute
+        private String urlPkgPrefixes;
+
+        @PluginBuilderAttribute
+        private String securityPrincipalName;
+
+        @PluginBuilderAttribute(sensitive = true)
+        private String securityCredentials;
+
+        @PluginBuilderAttribute
+        private String factoryBindingName;
+
+        @PluginBuilderAttribute
+        private String destinationBindingName;
+
+        @PluginBuilderAttribute
+        private String username;
+
+        @PluginBuilderAttribute(sensitive = true)
+        private String password;
+
+        @PluginElement("Layout")
+        private Layout<? extends Serializable> layout = SerializedLayout.createLayout();
+
+        @PluginElement("Filter")
+        private Filter filter;
+
+        @PluginBuilderAttribute
+        private boolean ignoreExceptions = true;
+
+        private Builder() {
+        }
+
+        public Builder setName(final String name) {
+            this.name = name;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder setFactoryName(final String factoryName) {
+            this.factoryName = factoryName;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder setProviderUrl(final String providerUrl) {
+            this.providerUrl = providerUrl;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder setUrlPkgPrefixes(final String urlPkgPrefixes) {
+            this.urlPkgPrefixes = urlPkgPrefixes;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder setSecurityPrincipalName(final String securityPrincipalName) {
+            this.securityPrincipalName = securityPrincipalName;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder setSecurityCredentials(final String securityCredentials) {
+            this.securityCredentials = securityCredentials;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder setFactoryBindingName(final String factoryBindingName) {
+            this.factoryBindingName = factoryBindingName;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder setDestinationBindingName(final String destinationBindingName) {
+            this.destinationBindingName = destinationBindingName;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder setUsername(final String username) {
+            this.username = username;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder setPassword(final String password) {
+            this.password = password;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder setLayout(final Layout<? extends Serializable> layout) {
+            this.layout = layout;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder setFilter(final Filter filter) {
+            this.filter = filter;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder setIgnoreExceptions(final boolean ignoreExceptions) {
+            this.ignoreExceptions = ignoreExceptions;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public JmsAppender build() {
+            final JndiManager jndiManager = JndiManager.getJndiManager(factoryName, providerUrl, urlPkgPrefixes,
+                securityPrincipalName, securityCredentials, null);
+            final JmsManager jmsManager = JmsManager.getJmsManager(name, jndiManager, factoryBindingName,
+                destinationBindingName, username, password);
+            try {
+                return new JmsAppender(name, filter, layout, ignoreExceptions, jmsManager);
+            } catch (final JMSException e) {
+                LOGGER.error("Error creating JmsAppender [{}].", name, e);
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/blob/89304e88/log4j-jms/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/mom/jms/appender/JmsQueueAppender.java
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+/*
+ * 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.mom.jms.appender;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Filter;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Layout;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractAppender;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AppenderLoggingException;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.Plugin;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginAttribute;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginElement;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginFactory;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.SerializedLayout;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.mom.jms.manager.JmsQueueManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.Booleans;
+
+/**
+ * Appender to write to a JMS Queue.
+ */
+@Plugin(name = "JMSQueue", category = "Core", elementType = "appender", printObject = true)
+public final class JmsQueueAppender extends AbstractAppender {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private final JmsQueueManager manager;
+
+    private JmsQueueAppender(final String name, final Filter filter, final Layout<? extends Serializable> layout,
+                             final JmsQueueManager manager, final boolean ignoreExceptions) {
+        super(name, filter, layout, ignoreExceptions);
+        this.manager = manager;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Actual writing occurs here.
+     * 
+     * @param event The LogEvent.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void append(final LogEvent event) {
+        try {
+            manager.send(getLayout().toSerializable(event));
+        } catch (final Exception ex) {
+            throw new AppenderLoggingException(ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a JmsQueueAppender.
+     * @param name The name of the Appender.
+     * @param factoryName The fully qualified class name of the InitialContextFactory.
+     * @param providerURL The URL of the provider to use.
+     * @param urlPkgPrefixes A colon-separated list of package prefixes for the class name of the factory class that
+     * will create a URL context factory
+     * @param securityPrincipalName The name of the identity of the Principal.
+     * @param securityCredentials The security credentials of the Principal.
+     * @param factoryBindingName The name to locate in the Context that provides the QueueConnectionFactory.
+     * @param queueBindingName The name to use to locate the Queue.
+     * @param userName The user ID to use to create the Queue Connection.
+     * @param password The password to use to create the Queue Connection.
+     * @param layout The layout to use (defaults to SerializedLayout).
+     * @param filter The Filter or null.
+     * @param ignore If {@code "true"} (default) exceptions encountered when appending events are logged; otherwise
+     *               they are propagated to the caller.
+     * @return The JmsQueueAppender.
+     */
+    @PluginFactory
+    public static JmsQueueAppender createAppender(
+            @PluginAttribute("name") final String name,
+            @PluginAttribute("factoryName") final String factoryName,
+            @PluginAttribute("providerURL") final String providerURL,
+            @PluginAttribute("urlPkgPrefixes") final String urlPkgPrefixes,
+            @PluginAttribute("securityPrincipalName") final String securityPrincipalName,
+            @PluginAttribute("securityCredentials") final String securityCredentials,
+            @PluginAttribute("factoryBindingName") final String factoryBindingName,
+            @PluginAttribute("queueBindingName") final String queueBindingName,
+            @PluginAttribute("userName") final String userName,
+            @PluginAttribute("password") final String password,
+            @PluginElement("Layout") Layout<? extends Serializable> layout,
+            @PluginElement("Filter") final Filter filter,
+            @PluginAttribute("ignoreExceptions") final String ignore) {
+        if (name == null) {
+            LOGGER.error("No name provided for JmsQueueAppender");
+            return null;
+        }
+        final boolean ignoreExceptions = Booleans.parseBoolean(ignore, true);
+        final JmsQueueManager manager = JmsQueueManager.getJmsQueueManager(factoryName, providerURL, urlPkgPrefixes,
+            securityPrincipalName, securityCredentials, factoryBindingName, queueBindingName, userName, password);
+        if (manager == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (layout == null) {
+            layout = SerializedLayout.createLayout();
+        }
+        return new JmsQueueAppender(name, filter, layout, manager, ignoreExceptions);
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * 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.mom.jms.appender;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Filter;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Layout;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractAppender;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AppenderLoggingException;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.Plugin;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginAttribute;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginElement;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginFactory;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.SerializedLayout;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.mom.jms.manager.JmsTopicManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.Booleans;
+
+/**
+ * Appender to write to a JMS Topic.
+ */
+@Plugin(name = "JMSTopic", category = "Core", elementType = "appender", printObject = true)
+public final class JmsTopicAppender extends AbstractAppender {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private final JmsTopicManager manager;
+
+    private JmsTopicAppender(final String name, final Filter filter, final Layout<? extends Serializable> layout,
+                             final JmsTopicManager manager, final boolean ignoreExceptions) {
+        super(name, filter, layout, ignoreExceptions);
+        this.manager = manager;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Actual writing occurs here.
+     * <p/>
+     * @param event The LogEvent.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void append(final LogEvent event) {
+        try {
+            manager.send(getLayout().toSerializable(event));
+        } catch (final Exception ex) {
+            throw new AppenderLoggingException(ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a JmsTopicAppender.
+     * @param name The name of the Appender.
+     * @param factoryName The fully qualified class name of the InitialContextFactory.
+     * @param providerURL The URL of the provider to use.
+     * @param urlPkgPrefixes A colon-separated list of package prefixes for the class name of the factory class that
+     * will create a URL context factory
+     * @param securityPrincipalName The name of the identity of the Principal.
+     * @param securityCredentials The security credentials of the Principal.
+     * @param factoryBindingName The name to locate in the Context that provides the TopicConnectionFactory.
+     * @param topicBindingName The name to use to locate the Topic.
+     * @param userName The userid to use to create the Topic Connection.
+     * @param password The password to use to create the Topic Connection.
+     * @param layout The layout to use (defaults to SerializedLayout).
+     * @param filter The Filter or null.
+     * @param ignore If {@code "true"} (default) exceptions encountered when appending events are logged; otherwise
+     *               they are propagated to the caller.
+     * @return The JmsTopicAppender.
+     */
+    @PluginFactory
+    public static JmsTopicAppender createAppender(
+            @PluginAttribute("name") final String name,
+            @PluginAttribute("factoryName") final String factoryName,
+            @PluginAttribute("providerURL") final String providerURL,
+            @PluginAttribute("urlPkgPrefixes") final String urlPkgPrefixes,
+            @PluginAttribute("securityPrincipalName") final String securityPrincipalName,
+            @PluginAttribute("securityCredentials") final String securityCredentials,
+            @PluginAttribute("factoryBindingName") final String factoryBindingName,
+            @PluginAttribute("topicBindingName") final String topicBindingName,
+            @PluginAttribute("userName") final String userName,
+            @PluginAttribute("password") final String password,
+            @PluginElement("Layout") Layout<? extends Serializable> layout,
+            @PluginElement("Filter") final Filter filter,
+            @PluginAttribute("ignoreExceptions") final String ignore) {
+
+        if (name == null) {
+            LOGGER.error("No name provided for JmsQueueAppender");
+            return null;
+        }
+        final boolean ignoreExceptions = Booleans.parseBoolean(ignore, true);
+        final JmsTopicManager manager = JmsTopicManager.getJmsTopicManager(factoryName, providerURL, urlPkgPrefixes,
+            securityPrincipalName, securityCredentials, factoryBindingName, topicBindingName, userName, password);
+        if (manager == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (layout == null) {
+            layout = SerializedLayout.createLayout();
+        }
+        return new JmsTopicAppender(name, filter, layout, manager, ignoreExceptions);
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+/**
+ * Appender classes for using JMS. These are directly configured through your log4j2 configuration file.
+ */
+package org.apache.logging.log4j.mom.jms.appender;
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+/*
+ * 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.mom.jms.manager;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import javax.jms.JMSException;
+import javax.jms.Message;
+import javax.jms.MessageProducer;
+import javax.jms.ObjectMessage;
+import javax.jms.Session;
+import javax.jms.TextMessage;
+import javax.naming.Context;
+import javax.naming.InitialContext;
+import javax.naming.NameNotFoundException;
+import javax.naming.NamingException;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractManager;
+
+/**
+ * Base Class for Managers of JMS connections.
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractJmsManager extends AbstractManager {
+
+    /**
+     * The Constructor.
+     * @param name The name of the Appender.
+     */
+    public AbstractJmsManager(final String name) {
+        super(name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create the InitialContext.
+     * @param factoryName The fully qualified class name of the InitialContextFactory.
+     * @param providerURL The URL of the provider to use.
+     * @param urlPkgPrefixes A colon-separated list of package prefixes for the class name of the factory class that
+     * will create a URL context factory
+     * @param securityPrincipalName The name of the identity of the Principal.
+     * @param securityCredentials The security credentials of the Principal.
+     * @return the InitialContext.
+     * @throws NamingException if a naming error occurs.
+     */
+    protected static Context createContext(final String factoryName, final String providerURL,
+                                           final String urlPkgPrefixes, final String securityPrincipalName,
+                                           final String securityCredentials)
+        throws NamingException {
+
+        final Properties props = getEnvironment(factoryName, providerURL, urlPkgPrefixes, securityPrincipalName,
+                                          securityCredentials);
+        return new InitialContext(props);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Looks up the name in the context.
+     * @param ctx The Context.
+     * @param name The name to locate.
+     * @return The object to be located.
+     * @throws NamingException If an error occurs locating the name.
+     */
+    protected static Object lookup(final Context ctx, final String name) throws NamingException {
+        try {
+            return ctx.lookup(name);
+        } catch (final NameNotFoundException e) {
+            LOGGER.warn("Could not find name [{}].", name);
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets up the properties to pass to the InitialContext.
+     * @param factoryName The fully qualified class name of the InitialContextFactory.
+     * @param providerURL The URL of the provider to use.
+     * @param urlPkgPrefixes A colon-separated list of package prefixes for the class name of the factory class that
+     * will create a URL context factory
+     * @param securityPrincipalName The name of the identity of the Principal.
+     * @param securityCredentials The security credentials of the Principal.
+     * @return The Properties.
+     * @see javax.naming.Context
+     */
+    protected static Properties getEnvironment(final String factoryName, final String providerURL,
+                                               final String urlPkgPrefixes, final String securityPrincipalName,
+                                               final String securityCredentials) {
+        final Properties props = new Properties();
+        if (factoryName != null) {
+            props.setProperty(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, factoryName);
+            if (providerURL != null) {
+                props.setProperty(Context.PROVIDER_URL, providerURL);
+            } else {
+                LOGGER.warn("The InitialContext factory name has been provided without a ProviderURL. " +
+                    "This is likely to cause problems");
+            }
+            if (urlPkgPrefixes != null) {
+                props.setProperty(Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES, urlPkgPrefixes);
+            }
+            if (securityPrincipalName != null) {
+                props.setProperty(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, securityPrincipalName);
+                if (securityCredentials != null) {
+                    props.setProperty(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, securityCredentials);
+                } else {
+                    LOGGER.warn("SecurityPrincipalName has been set without SecurityCredentials. " +
+                        "This is likely to cause problems.");
+                }
+            }
+            return props;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Send the message.
+     * @param object The Object to sent.
+     * @throws Exception if an error occurs.
+     */
+    public abstract void send(Serializable object) throws Exception;
+
+    /**
+     * Send the Object.
+     * @param object The Object to send.
+     * @param session The Session.
+     * @param producer The MessageProducer.
+     * @throws Exception if an error occurs.
+     */
+    public synchronized void send(final Serializable object, final Session session, final MessageProducer producer)
+        throws Exception {
+        try {
+            Message msg;
+            if (object instanceof String) {
+                msg = session.createTextMessage();
+                ((TextMessage) msg).setText((String) object);
+            } else {
+                msg = session.createObjectMessage();
+                ((ObjectMessage) msg).setObject(object);
+            }
+            producer.send(msg);
+        } catch (final JMSException ex) {
+            LOGGER.error("Could not publish message via JMS {}", getName());
+            throw ex;
+        }
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * 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.mom.jms.manager;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import javax.jms.Connection;
+import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
+import javax.jms.Destination;
+import javax.jms.JMSException;
+import javax.jms.Message;
+import javax.jms.MessageConsumer;
+import javax.jms.MessageProducer;
+import javax.jms.Session;
+import javax.naming.NamingException;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.ManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.status.StatusLogger;
+
+/**
+ * JMS connection and session manager. Can be used to access MessageProducer, MessageConsumer, and Message objects
+ * involving a configured ConnectionFactory and Destination.
+ */
+public class JmsManager extends AbstractManager {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = StatusLogger.getLogger();
+
+    private static final JmsManagerFactory FACTORY = new JmsManagerFactory();
+
+    private final JndiManager jndiManager;
+    private final Connection connection;
+    private final Session session;
+    private final Destination destination;
+
+    private JmsManager(final String name, final JndiManager jndiManager, final String connectionFactoryName,
+                       final String destinationName, final String username, final String password)
+        throws NamingException, JMSException {
+        super(name);
+        this.jndiManager = jndiManager;
+        final ConnectionFactory connectionFactory = this.jndiManager.lookup(connectionFactoryName);
+        if (username != null && password != null) {
+            this.connection = connectionFactory.createConnection(username, password);
+        } else {
+            this.connection = connectionFactory.createConnection();
+        }
+        this.session = this.connection.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+        this.destination = this.jndiManager.lookup(destinationName);
+        this.connection.start();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a JmsManager using the specified configuration parameters.
+     *
+     * @param name                  The name to use for this JmsManager.
+     * @param jndiManager           The JndiManager to look up JMS information through.
+     * @param connectionFactoryName The binding name for the {@link javax.jms.ConnectionFactory}.
+     * @param destinationName       The binding name for the {@link javax.jms.Destination}.
+     * @param username              The username to connect with or {@code null} for no authentication.
+     * @param password              The password to use with the given username or {@code null} for no authentication.
+     * @return The JmsManager as configured.
+     */
+    public static JmsManager getJmsManager(final String name, final JndiManager jndiManager,
+                                           final String connectionFactoryName, final String destinationName,
+                                           final String username, final String password) {
+        final JmsConfiguration configuration = new JmsConfiguration(jndiManager, connectionFactoryName, destinationName,
+            username, password);
+        return FACTORY.createManager(name, configuration);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a MessageConsumer on this Destination using the current Session.
+     *
+     * @return A MessageConsumer on this Destination.
+     * @throws JMSException
+     */
+    public MessageConsumer createMessageConsumer() throws JMSException {
+        return this.session.createConsumer(this.destination);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a MessageProducer on this Destination using the current Session.
+     *
+     * @return A MessageProducer on this Destination.
+     * @throws JMSException
+     */
+    public MessageProducer createMessageProducer() throws JMSException {
+        return this.session.createProducer(this.destination);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a TextMessage or ObjectMessage from a Serializable object. For instance, when using a text-based
+     * {@link org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Layout} such as {@link org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.PatternLayout},
+     * the {@link org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent} message will be serialized to a String. When using a
+     * layout such as {@link org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.SerializedLayout}, the LogEvent message will be
+     * serialized as a Java object.
+     *
+     * @param object The LogEvent or String message to wrap.
+     * @return A new JMS message containing the provided object.
+     * @throws JMSException
+     */
+    public Message createMessage(final Serializable object) throws JMSException {
+        if (object instanceof String) {
+            return this.session.createTextMessage((String) object);
+        } else {
+            return this.session.createObjectMessage(object);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void releaseSub() {
+        try {
+            this.session.close();
+        } catch (final JMSException ignored) {
+        }
+        try {
+            this.connection.close();
+        } catch (final JMSException ignored) {
+        }
+        this.jndiManager.release();
+    }
+
+    private static class JmsConfiguration {
+        private final JndiManager jndiManager;
+        private final String connectionFactoryName;
+        private final String destinationName;
+        private final String username;
+        private final String password;
+
+        private JmsConfiguration(JndiManager jndiManager, String connectionFactoryName, String destinationName,
+                                 String username, String password) {
+            this.jndiManager = jndiManager;
+            this.connectionFactoryName = connectionFactoryName;
+            this.destinationName = destinationName;
+            this.username = username;
+            this.password = password;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class JmsManagerFactory implements ManagerFactory<JmsManager, JmsConfiguration> {
+
+        @Override
+        public JmsManager createManager(String name, JmsConfiguration data) {
+            try {
+                return new JmsManager(name, data.jndiManager, data.connectionFactoryName, data.destinationName,
+                    data.username, data.password);
+            } catch (final Exception e) {
+                LOGGER.error("Error creating JmsManager using ConnectionFactory [{}] and Destination [{}].",
+                    data.connectionFactoryName, data.destinationName, e);
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}

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+/*
+ * 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.mom.jms.manager;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import javax.jms.JMSException;
+import javax.jms.Queue;
+import javax.jms.QueueConnection;
+import javax.jms.QueueConnectionFactory;
+import javax.jms.QueueSender;
+import javax.jms.QueueSession;
+import javax.jms.Session;
+import javax.naming.Context;
+import javax.naming.NamingException;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.ManagerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Manager for a JMS Queue.
+ */
+public class JmsQueueManager extends AbstractJmsManager {
+
+    private static final JMSQueueManagerFactory FACTORY = new JMSQueueManagerFactory();
+
+    private QueueInfo info;
+    private final String factoryBindingName;
+    private final String queueBindingName;
+    private final String userName;
+    private final String password;
+    private final Context context;
+
+    /**
+     * The Constructor.
+     * @param name The unique name of the connection.
+     * @param context The context.
+     * @param factoryBindingName The factory binding name.
+     * @param queueBindingName The queue binding name.
+     * @param userName The user name.
+     * @param password The credentials for the user.
+     * @param info The Queue connection info.
+     */
+    protected JmsQueueManager(final String name, final Context context, final String factoryBindingName,
+                              final String queueBindingName, final String userName, final String password,
+                              final QueueInfo info) {
+        super(name);
+        this.context = context;
+        this.factoryBindingName = factoryBindingName;
+        this.queueBindingName = queueBindingName;
+        this.userName = userName;
+        this.password = password;
+        this.info = info;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Obtain a JmsQueueManager.
+     * @param factoryName The fully qualified class name of the InitialContextFactory.
+     * @param providerURL The URL of the provider to use.
+     * @param urlPkgPrefixes A colon-separated list of package prefixes for the class name of the factory class that
+     * will create a URL context factory
+     * @param securityPrincipalName The name of the identity of the Principal.
+     * @param securityCredentials The security credentials of the Principal.
+     * @param factoryBindingName The name to locate in the Context that provides the QueueConnectionFactory.
+     * @param queueBindingName The name to use to locate the Queue.
+     * @param userName The userid to use to create the Queue Connection.
+     * @param password The password to use to create the Queue Connection.
+     * @return The JmsQueueManager.
+     */
+    public static JmsQueueManager getJmsQueueManager(final String factoryName, final String providerURL,
+                                                     final String urlPkgPrefixes, final String securityPrincipalName,
+                                                     final String securityCredentials, final String factoryBindingName,
+                                                     final String queueBindingName, final String userName,
+                                                     final String password) {
+
+        if (factoryBindingName == null) {
+            LOGGER.error("No factory name provided for JmsQueueManager");
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (queueBindingName == null) {
+            LOGGER.error("No topic name provided for JmsQueueManager");
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        final String name = "JMSQueue:" + factoryBindingName + '.' + queueBindingName;
+        return getManager(name, FACTORY, new FactoryData(factoryName, providerURL, urlPkgPrefixes,
+            securityPrincipalName, securityCredentials, factoryBindingName, queueBindingName, userName, password));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void send(final Serializable object) throws Exception {
+        if (info == null) {
+            info = connect(context, factoryBindingName, queueBindingName, userName, password, false);
+        }
+        try {
+            super.send(object, info.session, info.sender);
+        } catch (final Exception ex) {
+            cleanup(true);
+            throw ex;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void releaseSub() {
+        if (info != null) {
+            cleanup(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void cleanup(final boolean quiet) {
+        try {
+            info.session.close();
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            if (!quiet) {
+                LOGGER.error("Error closing session for " + getName(), e);
+            }
+        }
+        try {
+            info.conn.close();
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            if (!quiet) {
+                LOGGER.error("Error closing connection for " + getName(), e);
+            }
+        }
+        info = null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Data for the factory.
+     */
+    private static class FactoryData {
+        private final String factoryName;
+        private final String providerURL;
+        private final String urlPkgPrefixes;
+        private final String securityPrincipalName;
+        private final String securityCredentials;
+        private final String factoryBindingName;
+        private final String queueBindingName;
+        private final String userName;
+        private final String password;
+
+        public FactoryData(final String factoryName, final String providerURL, final String urlPkgPrefixes,
+                           final String securityPrincipalName, final String securityCredentials,
+                           final String factoryBindingName, final String queueBindingName, final String userName,
+                           final String password) {
+            this.factoryName = factoryName;
+            this.providerURL = providerURL;
+            this.urlPkgPrefixes = urlPkgPrefixes;
+            this.securityPrincipalName = securityPrincipalName;
+            this.securityCredentials = securityCredentials;
+            this.factoryBindingName = factoryBindingName;
+            this.queueBindingName = queueBindingName;
+            this.userName = userName;
+            this.password = password;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static QueueInfo connect(final Context context, final String factoryBindingName,
+                                     final String queueBindingName, final String userName, final String password,
+                                     final boolean suppress) throws Exception {
+        try {
+            final QueueConnectionFactory factory = (QueueConnectionFactory) lookup(context, factoryBindingName);
+            QueueConnection conn;
+            if (userName != null) {
+                conn = factory.createQueueConnection(userName, password);
+            } else {
+                conn = factory.createQueueConnection();
+            }
+            final QueueSession sess = conn.createQueueSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+            final Queue queue = (Queue) lookup(context, queueBindingName);
+            final QueueSender sender = sess.createSender(queue);
+            conn.start();
+            return new QueueInfo(conn, sess, sender);
+        } catch (final NamingException ex) {
+            LOGGER.warn("Unable to locate connection factory " + factoryBindingName, ex);
+            if (!suppress) {
+                throw ex;
+            }
+        } catch (final JMSException ex) {
+            LOGGER.warn("Unable to create connection to queue " + queueBindingName, ex);
+            if (!suppress) {
+                throw ex;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /** Queue connection information */
+    private static class QueueInfo {
+        private final QueueConnection conn;
+        private final QueueSession session;
+        private final QueueSender sender;
+
+        public QueueInfo(final QueueConnection conn, final QueueSession session, final QueueSender sender) {
+            this.conn = conn;
+            this.session = session;
+            this.sender = sender;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Factory to create the JmsQueueManager.
+     */
+    private static class JMSQueueManagerFactory implements ManagerFactory<JmsQueueManager, FactoryData> {
+
+        @Override
+        public JmsQueueManager createManager(final String name, final FactoryData data) {
+            try {
+                final Context ctx = createContext(data.factoryName, data.providerURL, data.urlPkgPrefixes,
+                                            data.securityPrincipalName, data.securityCredentials);
+                final QueueInfo info = connect(ctx, data.factoryBindingName, data.queueBindingName, data.userName,
+                    data.password, true);
+                return new JmsQueueManager(name, ctx, data.factoryBindingName, data.queueBindingName,
+                    data.userName, data.password, info);
+            } catch (final NamingException ex) {
+                LOGGER.error("Unable to locate resource", ex);
+            } catch (final Exception ex) {
+                LOGGER.error("Unable to connect", ex);
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * 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.mom.jms.manager;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import javax.jms.JMSException;
+import javax.jms.Session;
+import javax.jms.Topic;
+import javax.jms.TopicConnection;
+import javax.jms.TopicConnectionFactory;
+import javax.jms.TopicPublisher;
+import javax.jms.TopicSession;
+import javax.naming.Context;
+import javax.naming.NamingException;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.ManagerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Manager for JMS Topic connections.
+ */
+public class JmsTopicManager extends AbstractJmsManager {
+
+    private static final JMSTopicManagerFactory FACTORY = new JMSTopicManagerFactory();
+
+    private TopicInfo info;
+    private final String factoryBindingName;
+    private final String topicBindingName;
+    private final String userName;
+    private final String password;
+    private final Context context;
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     * @param name The unique name of the connection.
+     * @param context The context.
+     * @param factoryBindingName The factory binding name.
+     * @param topicBindingName The queue binding name.
+     * @param userName The user name.
+     * @param password The credentials for the user.
+     * @param info The Queue connection info.
+     */
+    protected JmsTopicManager(final String name, final Context context, final String factoryBindingName,
+                              final String topicBindingName, final String userName, final String password,
+                              final TopicInfo info) {
+        super(name);
+        this.context = context;
+        this.factoryBindingName = factoryBindingName;
+        this.topicBindingName = topicBindingName;
+        this.userName = userName;
+        this.password = password;
+        this.info = info;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Obtain a JSMTopicManager.
+     * @param factoryName The fully qualified class name of the InitialContextFactory.
+     * @param providerURL The URL of the provider to use.
+     * @param urlPkgPrefixes A colon-separated list of package prefixes for the class name of the factory class that
+     * will create a URL context factory
+     * @param securityPrincipalName The name of the identity of the Principal.
+     * @param securityCredentials The security credentials of the Principal.
+     * @param factoryBindingName The name to locate in the Context that provides the TopicConnectionFactory.
+     * @param topicBindingName The name to use to locate the Topic.
+     * @param userName The userid to use to create the Topic Connection.
+     * @param password The password to use to create the Topic Connection.
+     * @return A JmsTopicManager.
+     */
+    public static JmsTopicManager getJmsTopicManager(final String factoryName, final String providerURL,
+                                                     final String urlPkgPrefixes, final String securityPrincipalName,
+                                                     final String securityCredentials, final String factoryBindingName,
+                                                     final String topicBindingName, final String userName,
+                                                     final String password) {
+
+        if (factoryBindingName == null) {
+            LOGGER.error("No factory name provided for JmsTopicManager");
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (topicBindingName == null) {
+            LOGGER.error("No topic name provided for JmsTopicManager");
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        final String name = "JMSTopic:" + factoryBindingName + '.' + topicBindingName;
+        return getManager(name, FACTORY, new FactoryData(factoryName, providerURL, urlPkgPrefixes,
+            securityPrincipalName, securityCredentials, factoryBindingName, topicBindingName, userName, password));
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void send(final Serializable object) throws Exception {
+        if (info == null) {
+            info = connect(context, factoryBindingName, topicBindingName, userName, password, false);
+        }
+        try {
+            super.send(object, info.session, info.publisher);
+        } catch (final Exception ex) {
+            cleanup(true);
+            throw ex;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void releaseSub() {
+        if (info != null) {
+            cleanup(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void cleanup(final boolean quiet) {
+        try {
+            info.session.close();
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            if (!quiet) {
+                LOGGER.error("Error closing session for " + getName(), e);
+            }
+        }
+        try {
+            info.conn.close();
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            if (!quiet) {
+                LOGGER.error("Error closing connection for " + getName(), e);
+            }
+        }
+        info = null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Data for the factory.
+     */
+    private static class FactoryData {
+        private final String factoryName;
+        private final String providerURL;
+        private final String urlPkgPrefixes;
+        private final String securityPrincipalName;
+        private final String securityCredentials;
+        private final String factoryBindingName;
+        private final String topicBindingName;
+        private final String userName;
+        private final String password;
+
+        public FactoryData(final String factoryName, final String providerURL, final String urlPkgPrefixes,
+                           final String securityPrincipalName, final String securityCredentials,
+                           final String factoryBindingName, final String topicBindingName,
+                           final String userName, final String password) {
+            this.factoryName = factoryName;
+            this.providerURL = providerURL;
+            this.urlPkgPrefixes = urlPkgPrefixes;
+            this.securityPrincipalName = securityPrincipalName;
+            this.securityCredentials = securityCredentials;
+            this.factoryBindingName = factoryBindingName;
+            this.topicBindingName = topicBindingName;
+            this.userName = userName;
+            this.password = password;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static TopicInfo connect(final Context context, final String factoryBindingName,
+                                     final String queueBindingName, final String userName, final String password,
+                                     final boolean suppress) throws Exception {
+        try {
+            final TopicConnectionFactory factory = (TopicConnectionFactory) lookup(context, factoryBindingName);
+            TopicConnection conn;
+            if (userName != null) {
+                conn = factory.createTopicConnection(userName, password);
+            } else {
+                conn = factory.createTopicConnection();
+            }
+            final TopicSession sess = conn.createTopicSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+            final Topic topic = (Topic) lookup(context, queueBindingName);
+            final TopicPublisher publisher = sess.createPublisher(topic);
+            conn.start();
+            return new TopicInfo(conn, sess, publisher);
+        } catch (final NamingException ex) {
+            LOGGER.warn("Unable to locate connection factory " + factoryBindingName, ex);
+            if (!suppress) {
+                throw ex;
+            }
+        } catch (final JMSException ex) {
+            LOGGER.warn("Unable to create connection to queue " + queueBindingName, ex);
+            if (!suppress) {
+                throw ex;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /** Topic connection information */
+    private static class TopicInfo {
+        private final TopicConnection conn;
+        private final TopicSession session;
+        private final TopicPublisher publisher;
+
+        public TopicInfo(final TopicConnection conn, final TopicSession session, final TopicPublisher publisher) {
+            this.conn = conn;
+            this.session = session;
+            this.publisher = publisher;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Factory to create the JmsQueueManager.
+     */
+    private static class JMSTopicManagerFactory implements ManagerFactory<JmsTopicManager, FactoryData> {
+
+        @Override
+        public JmsTopicManager createManager(final String name, final FactoryData data) {
+            try {
+                final Context ctx = createContext(data.factoryName, data.providerURL, data.urlPkgPrefixes,
+                    data.securityPrincipalName, data.securityCredentials);
+                final TopicInfo info = connect(ctx, data.factoryBindingName, data.topicBindingName, data.userName,
+                    data.password, true);
+                return new JmsTopicManager(name, ctx, data.factoryBindingName, data.topicBindingName,
+                    data.userName, data.password, info);
+            } catch (final NamingException ex) {
+                LOGGER.error("Unable to locate resource", ex);
+            } catch (final Exception ex) {
+                LOGGER.error("Unable to connect", ex);
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * 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.mom.jms.manager;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+import javax.naming.Context;
+import javax.naming.InitialContext;
+import javax.naming.NamingException;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.ManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.Closer;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.status.StatusLogger;
+
+/**
+ * JNDI context manager. Mainly useful for finding JMS objects and configuring the InitialContext.
+ */
+public class JndiManager extends AbstractManager {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = StatusLogger.getLogger();
+
+    private static final JndiManagerFactory FACTORY = new JndiManagerFactory();
+
+    private final Context context;
+
+    private JndiManager(String name, Context context) {
+        super(name);
+        this.context = context;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a JndiManager with the provided configuration information.
+     *
+     * @param initialContextFactoryName Fully qualified class name of an implementation of
+     *                                  {@link javax.naming.spi.InitialContextFactory}.
+     * @param providerURL               The provider URL to use for the JNDI connection (specific to the above factory).
+     * @param urlPkgPrefixes            A colon-separated list of package prefixes for the class name of the factory
+     *                                  class that will create a URL context factory
+     * @param securityPrincipal         The name of the identity of the Principal.
+     * @param securityCredentials       The security credentials of the Principal.
+     * @param additionalProperties      Any additional JNDI environment properties to set or {@code null} for none.
+     * @return the JndiManager for the provided parameters.
+     */
+    public static JndiManager getJndiManager(final String initialContextFactoryName,
+                                             final String providerURL,
+                                             final String urlPkgPrefixes,
+                                             final String securityPrincipal,
+                                             final String securityCredentials,
+                                             final Properties additionalProperties) {
+        final String name = JndiManager.class.getName() + '@' + JndiManager.class.hashCode();
+        if (initialContextFactoryName == null) {
+            return getManager(name, FACTORY, null);
+        }
+        final Properties properties = new Properties();
+        properties.setProperty(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, initialContextFactoryName);
+        if (providerURL != null) {
+            properties.setProperty(Context.PROVIDER_URL, providerURL);
+        } else {
+            LOGGER.warn("The JNDI InitialContextFactory class name [{}] was provided, but there was no associated " +
+                "provider URL. This is likely to cause problems.", initialContextFactoryName);
+        }
+        if (urlPkgPrefixes != null) {
+            properties.setProperty(Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES, urlPkgPrefixes);
+        }
+        if (securityPrincipal != null) {
+            properties.setProperty(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, securityPrincipal);
+            if (securityCredentials != null) {
+                properties.setProperty(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, securityCredentials);
+            } else {
+                LOGGER.warn("A security principal [{}] was provided, but with no corresponding security credentials.",
+                    securityPrincipal);
+            }
+        }
+        if (additionalProperties != null) {
+            properties.putAll(additionalProperties);
+        }
+        return getManager(name, FACTORY, properties);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void releaseSub() {
+        Closer.closeSilently(this.context);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Looks up a named object through this JNDI context.
+     *
+     * @param name name of the object to look up.
+     * @param <T>  the type of the object.
+     * @return the named object if it could be located.
+     * @throws NamingException
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public <T> T lookup(final String name) throws NamingException {
+        return (T) this.context.lookup(name);
+    }
+
+    private static class JndiManagerFactory implements ManagerFactory<JndiManager, Properties> {
+
+        @Override
+        public JndiManager createManager(String name, Properties data) {
+            try {
+                return new JndiManager(name, new InitialContext(data));
+            } catch (final NamingException e) {
+                LOGGER.error("Error creating JNDI InitialContext.", e);
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * 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.mom.jms.receiver;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import javax.jms.JMSException;
+import javax.jms.ObjectMessage;
+import javax.naming.Context;
+import javax.naming.NameNotFoundException;
+import javax.naming.NamingException;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEventListener;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract base class for receiving LogEvents over JMS. This class expects all messages to be serialized log events.
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractJmsReceiver extends LogEventListener implements javax.jms.MessageListener {
+
+    /**
+     * Logger to capture diagnostics.
+     */
+    protected Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(this.getClass().getName());
+
+    /**
+     * Listener that receives the event.
+     * @param message The received message.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void onMessage(final javax.jms.Message message) {
+        try {
+            if (message instanceof ObjectMessage) {
+                final ObjectMessage objectMessage = (ObjectMessage) message;
+                final Serializable object = objectMessage.getObject();
+                if (object instanceof LogEvent) {
+                    log((LogEvent) object);
+                } else {
+                    logger.warn("Received message is of type " + object.getClass().getName() + ", was expecting LogEvent.");
+                }
+            } else {
+                logger.warn("Received message is of type " + message.getJMSType()
+                    + ", was expecting ObjectMessage.");
+            }
+        } catch (final JMSException jmse) {
+            logger.error("Exception thrown while processing incoming message.",
+                jmse);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Looks up an object from the Context.
+     * @param ctx The Context.
+     * @param name The name of the object to locate.
+     * @return The object.
+     * @throws NamingException if an error occurs.
+     */
+    protected Object lookup(final Context ctx, final String name) throws NamingException {
+        try {
+            return ctx.lookup(name);
+        } catch (final NameNotFoundException e) {
+            logger.error("Could not find name [" + name + "].");
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+
+}

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+/*
+ * 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.mom.jms.receiver;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
+import javax.jms.JMSException;
+import javax.jms.Queue;
+import javax.jms.QueueConnection;
+import javax.jms.QueueConnectionFactory;
+import javax.jms.QueueReceiver;
+import javax.jms.QueueSession;
+import javax.jms.Session;
+import javax.naming.Context;
+import javax.naming.InitialContext;
+import javax.naming.NamingException;
+
+/**
+ * Receives Log Events over a JMS Queue. This implementation expects that all messages will
+ * contain a serialized LogEvent.
+ */
+public class JmsQueueReceiver extends AbstractJmsReceiver {
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     * @param qcfBindingName The QueueConnectionFactory binding name.
+     * @param queueBindingName The Queue binding name.
+     * @param username The userid to connect to the queue.
+     * @param password The password to connect to the queue.
+     */
+    public JmsQueueReceiver(final String qcfBindingName, final String queueBindingName, final String username,
+                            final String password) {
+
+        try {
+            final Context ctx = new InitialContext();
+            QueueConnectionFactory queueConnectionFactory;
+            queueConnectionFactory = (QueueConnectionFactory) lookup(ctx, qcfBindingName);
+            final QueueConnection queueConnection = queueConnectionFactory.createQueueConnection(username, password);
+            queueConnection.start();
+            final QueueSession queueSession = queueConnection.createQueueSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+            final Queue queue = (Queue) ctx.lookup(queueBindingName);
+            final QueueReceiver queueReceiver = queueSession.createReceiver(queue);
+            queueReceiver.setMessageListener(this);
+        } catch (final JMSException e) {
+            logger.error("Could not read JMS message.", e);
+        } catch (final NamingException e) {
+            logger.error("Could not read JMS message.", e);
+        } catch (final RuntimeException e) {
+            logger.error("Could not read JMS message.", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Main startup for the receiver.
+     * @param args The command line arguments.
+     * @throws Exception if an error occurs.
+     */
+    public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
+        if (args.length != 4) {
+            usage("Wrong number of arguments.");
+        }
+
+        final String qcfBindingName = args[0];
+        final String queueBindingName = args[1];
+        final String username = args[2];
+        final String password = args[3];
+
+        new JmsQueueReceiver(qcfBindingName, queueBindingName, username, password);
+
+        final Charset enc = Charset.defaultCharset();
+        final BufferedReader stdin = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in, enc));
+        // Loop until the word "exit" is typed
+        System.out.println("Type \"exit\" to quit JmsQueueReceiver.");
+        while (true) {
+            final String line = stdin.readLine();
+            if (line == null || line.equalsIgnoreCase("exit")) {
+                System.out.println("Exiting. Kill the application if it does not exit "
+                    + "due to daemon threads.");
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private static void usage(final String msg) {
+        System.err.println(msg);
+        System.err.println("Usage: java " + JmsQueueReceiver.class.getName()
+            + " QueueConnectionFactoryBindingName QueueBindingName username password");
+        System.exit(1);
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * 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.mom.jms.receiver;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
+import javax.jms.JMSException;
+import javax.jms.Session;
+import javax.jms.Topic;
+import javax.jms.TopicConnection;
+import javax.jms.TopicConnectionFactory;
+import javax.jms.TopicSession;
+import javax.jms.TopicSubscriber;
+import javax.naming.Context;
+import javax.naming.InitialContext;
+import javax.naming.NamingException;
+
+/**
+ * Receives Topic messages that contain LogEvents. This implementation expects that all messages
+ * are serialized log events.
+ */
+public class JmsTopicReceiver extends AbstractJmsReceiver {
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     * @param tcfBindingName The TopicConnectionFactory binding name.
+     * @param topicBindingName The Topic binding name.
+     * @param username The userid to connect to the topic.
+     * @param password The password to connect to the topic.
+     */
+    public JmsTopicReceiver(final String tcfBindingName, final String topicBindingName, final String username,
+                            final String password) {
+        try {
+            final Context ctx = new InitialContext();
+            TopicConnectionFactory topicConnectionFactory;
+            topicConnectionFactory = (TopicConnectionFactory) lookup(ctx, tcfBindingName);
+            final TopicConnection topicConnection = topicConnectionFactory.createTopicConnection(username, password);
+            topicConnection.start();
+            final TopicSession topicSession = topicConnection.createTopicSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+            final Topic topic = (Topic) ctx.lookup(topicBindingName);
+            final TopicSubscriber topicSubscriber = topicSession.createSubscriber(topic);
+            topicSubscriber.setMessageListener(this);
+        } catch (final JMSException e) {
+            logger.error("Could not read JMS message.", e);
+        } catch (final NamingException e) {
+            logger.error("Could not read JMS message.", e);
+        } catch (final RuntimeException e) {
+            logger.error("Could not read JMS message.", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Main startup for the receiver.
+     * @param args The command line arguments.
+     * @throws Exception if an error occurs.
+     */
+    public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
+        if (args.length != 4) {
+            usage("Wrong number of arguments.");
+        }
+
+        final String tcfBindingName = args[0];
+        final String topicBindingName = args[1];
+        final String username = args[2];
+        final String password = args[3];
+
+        new JmsTopicReceiver(tcfBindingName, topicBindingName, username, password);
+
+        final Charset enc = Charset.defaultCharset();
+        final BufferedReader stdin = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in, enc));
+        // Loop until the word "exit" is typed
+        System.out.println("Type \"exit\" to quit JmsTopicReceiver.");
+        while (true) {
+            final String line = stdin.readLine();
+            if (line == null || line.equalsIgnoreCase("exit")) {
+                System.out.println("Exiting. Kill the application if it does not exit "
+                    + "due to daemon threads.");
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void usage(final String msg) {
+        System.err.println(msg);
+        System.err.println("Usage: java " + JmsTopicReceiver.class.getName()
+            + " TopicConnectionFactoryBindingName TopicBindingName username password");
+        System.exit(1);
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+/**
+ * Supporting network code for JMS appenders.
+ * <p/>
+ * Note that you can use JmsQueueReceiver or JmsTopicReceiver as executable main classes to receive log events over
+ * JMS (sent via the appropriate JMS appender) that can be subsequently logged according to the configuration given to
+ * the running process. Of course, use of these classes as standalone executables are entirely optional and can
+ * be used directly in your application (e.g., through your Spring {@code beans.xml} configuration).
+ */
+package org.apache.logging.log4j.mom.jms.receiver;
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