[LOG4J2-1372] XMLLayout indents, but not the first child tag (<Event>)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.5
• Fix Version/s: 2.6
• Component/s: Layouts
• Assignee: Gary D. Gregory
• Reporter: Kamal Mettananda
• Created: 20/Apr/16 12:42
• Updated: 20/Apr/16 18:32
• Resolved: 20/Apr/16 16:19

Description

I am using log4j 2.5 to print the logs via XMLLayout. I have set compact="true", hence the new line and indents of sub tags work correctly. However I have noticed that the first child tag is not indented correctly.

Following is such a sample where <Events> and <Event> are at the same indent level (0 indent).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Events xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.0/events">
<Event xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.0/events" timeMillis="1460974404123" thread="main" level="INFO" loggerName="com.foo.Bar" endOfBatch="true" loggerFqcn="org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.AbstractLogger" threadId="11" threadPriority="5">
  <Message>First Msg tag must be in level 2 after correct indentation</Message>
</Event>

<Event xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.0/events" timeMillis="1460974404133" thread="main" level="INFO" loggerName="com.foo.Bar" endOfBatch="true" loggerFqcn="org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.AbstractLogger" threadId="11" threadPriority="5">
  <Message>Second Msg tag must also be in level 2 after correct indentation</Message>
</Event>

</Events>