[LOG4J2-114] StructuredDataMessage is incorrectly validating value length instead of key length

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0-beta2
• Fix Version/s: 2.0-beta4
• Component/s: API
• Assignee: Ralph Goers
• Reporter: Arkin Yetis
• Created: 12/Nov/12 23:13
• Updated: 13/Nov/12 16:37
• Resolved: 13/Nov/12 05:05

Description

During execution of method SLF4JLogger.log, the following exception is thrown during creation of the StructuredMessage with a key longer than 32 characters.

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Structured data values are limited to 32 characters. key: memo value: This is a very long test memo to demonstrate the issue

The validation should be on key length and not the value length.