[LOG4J2-1431] Simplify log4j system property naming scheme

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.10.0
• Epic Link: Log4j2 ergonomics
• Assignee: Matt Sicker
• Reporter: Matt Sicker
• Created: 16/Jun/16 01:58
• Updated: 14/Oct/17 17:20
• Resolved: 14/Oct/17 17:20

Description

As I wonder how to prefix yet another configurable system property, I noticed we have five families of configuration name prefixes:

log4j.*
log4j2.*
Log4j*
org.apache.logging.log4j.*
<no prefix>

What I'd like to do is strip out all those prefixes and allow any of them, but change the documentation to use only a single consistent prefix. This would also make it simpler when writing the properties into a log4j2.component.properties file as you could omit all the prefixes as they won't clash with other libraries.

Issue Links

• is related to: LOG4J2-1812 Improve error message when log4j 2 configuration file not found