[HIVE-26309] Remove Log4jConfig junit extension in favor LoggerContextSource

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.0-alpha-1
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0-alpha-2
• Component/s: Testing Infrastructure
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Target Version/s: 4.0.0-alpha-2
• Assignee: Stamatis Zampetakis
• Reporter: Stamatis Zampetakis
• Created: 09/Jun/22 16:41
• Updated: 16/Nov/22 13:50
• Resolved: 15/Jun/22 13:33

Description

The Log4JConfig JUnit extension was introduced by HIVE-24588 in order to facilitate running tests with a specific log4j2 configuration.

However, there is a very similar and seemingly more powerful JUnit extension in the official LOG4J2 release/repo, i.e., LoggerContextSource. 

The goal of this JIRA is to remove code related to Log4jConfig from Hive repo and replace its usages with LoggerContextSource. By doing this we reduce the maintenance overhead for the Hive community and reduce the dependencies to log4j-core.

Issue Links

• relates to: HIVE-24588 Run tests using specific log4j2 configuration conveniently
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3356