[jira] Created: (LOG4NET-262) Redesigning Syslog in Log4net

["Antonio Anzivino (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Redesigning Syslog in Log4net
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                 Key: LOG4NET-262
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-262
             Project: Log4net
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: Appenders
    Affects Versions: 1.2.10
         Environment: All
            Reporter: Antonio Anzivino
            Priority: Minor


Hello,
I just want to sugges to apply the following modifications to Log4net (apply also to Log4j):

*Create a SyslogLayout layout class that formats messages into Syslog format (both RFC3164 and RFC5424). Currently you have to search for a good PatternLayout that matches RFC specifications. Even if that could be, ultimately, inheriting from PatternLayout and setting a constant pattern... At least we have a valid layout in a class
*RemoteSyslogAppender currently prepends the PriVal field to the regular message formatted accordingly with the pattern. SimpleLayout might not work properly. Suggesting to make RemoteSyslogAppender work only with properly implemented SyslogLayout[s] for both the RFCs

Having a Syslog layout, especially for RFC5424 which is not only recent, but supports a full UTC timestamp complete with year (unsupported by RFC3164) is very useful when performing long-term log analysis and allows to store messages in Syslog format into files, almost like syslog-ng daemon does with /var/log/messages.

I'm currently working on an open source logging framework (Logbus-ng) that does only log collection and broadcasting and *that we want to make fully compatible with Log4xxx*: our team has already implemented a fully working formatter for Syslog RFC5424 messages. If you need code, we can share it.
I personally plan to implement these two features as classes external to Log4net, but I would like to suggest the Log4net dev team to do so before us because I feel the utility of such a work for the community.

Thank you.

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