[LOG4J2-1237] Make PatternLayout header and footer accept a pattern

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.6
• Component/s: Layouts
• Assignee: Gary D. Gregory
• Reporter: Mike Calmus
• Created: 30/Dec/15 18:42
• Updated: 04/Jan/16 06:18
• Resolved: 04/Jan/16 06:14

Description

When a layout (I used PatternLayout) is configured with a header the header is written at the top of the file. However, the first log entry is on the same line immediately after the header rather than on its own line:

header firstlogentry

It would be better to have the first log entry be on a separate line:

header
firstlogentry