[LOG4J2-2702] Unify @Plugin, @PluginFactory, and @PluginBuilderFactory annotations

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: Plugins
• Epic Link: Plugin Ergonomics
• Assignee: Matt Sicker
• Reporter: Matt Sicker
• Created: 06/Oct/19 23:18
• Updated: 07/Mar/20 17:17
• Resolved: 07/Mar/20 17:17

Description

In the 2.0 plugin API, there turned out to be a few redundant annotations involved with plugins. For 3.0, this can be simplified as follows:

• @PluginBuilderFactory can be combined with @PluginFactory
• @PluginBuilderAttribute can be combined with @PluginAttribute
• @Plugin and @PluginFactory can be combined somehow (declaring class?)

Issue Links

• is superceded by: LOG4J2-2803 Create standardized scopes and dependency injection API