[jira] [Commented] (LOG4J2-1537) Experience of a newbie to logging

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

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Ralph Goers commented on LOG4J2-1537:
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Please see http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/runtime-dependencies.html. YAML support requires Jackson as an additional dependency.

http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/configuration.html#AutomaticConfiguration should be modified to mention that extra dependencies are required for JSON and YAML. Also, I don't see any YAML configuration examples on the Configuration page.

> Experience of a newbie to logging
> ---------------------------------
>
>                 Key: LOG4J2-1537
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1537
>             Project: Log4j 2
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>         Environment: idea 2016, maven
>            Reporter: d
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: feedback
>
> Not sure if this is the right place for general feedback but here goes:
> I wanted to learn to use loggers, googling told me log4j2 was popular so I had a go with it. I feel the documentation is extremely lacking / poorly organized for a first timer - I've used java for a few years but never loggers. 
> One problem that completely stopped me getting anywhere - I cannot get log4j2 to access the configuration file. I can access the classpath and properties file myself fine but log4j refuses to find it. I'm using the latest intellij idea with maven. Here is some more info: http://pastebin.com/7Nix7zME
> I think for now I will abandon trying to use log4j, it doesn't feel logger-newbie friendly :(



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