[jira] [Created] (LOG4J2-2621) Create log4j-plugins module and use ServiceLoader to load plugins

["Ralph Goers (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Ralph Goers created LOG4J2-2621:
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             Summary: Create log4j-plugins module and use ServiceLoader to load plugins
                 Key: LOG4J2-2621
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2621
             Project: Log4j 2
          Issue Type: Task
          Components: Plugins
    Affects Versions: 3.0.0
            Reporter: Ralph Goers
            Assignee: Ralph Goers


As part of splitting log4j 2 into smaller components it is clear that the plugin system, and especially the annotation processor, could be split into a separate module. Also, to be more compliant with the Java module system it might be beneficial to generate a Class file with all the plugin information instead of the data file currently being generated.

Moving the plugins to a separate module is going to impact anyone who has created a Log4j 2 plugin as the package for the plugin annotations must change.



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