[jira] [Commented] (LOG4J2-201) Having 'type' and 'elementType' on plugin is confusing

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

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Ralph Goers commented on LOG4J2-201:
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I agree that they are confusing.  I would suggest "group". "category" would be OK too.
                
> Having 'type' and 'elementType' on plugin is confusing
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: LOG4J2-201
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-201
>             Project: Log4j 2
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Scott Deboy
>
> Type isn't a very descriptive name for a plugin attribute, and elementType isn't much better.  The two of them together lead to confusion.
> Are there better names we can use?
> The list of 'types' include core, converter, fileconverter (slightly confusing), configurationfactory, lookup and keyprovider...
> The list of 'elementTypes' is larger, and includes appender, layout, advertiser, etc...
> It would be great if we could find another name for one of these..preferably 'type'...how about...category??

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