[LOG4J2-275] The send method in FlumeAvroManager quietly loses messages on a failed rpcClient connection

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0-beta6
• Fix Version/s: 2.0-beta8
• Component/s: Flume Appender
• Assignee: Ralph Goers
• Reporter: Jinder Aujla
• Created: 07/Jun/13 18:37
• Updated: 10/Jun/13 17:38
• Resolved: 08/Jun/13 22:08

Description

In the FlumeAvroManager in the send method, the code looks like this:

@Override
public synchronized void send(final Event event) {
if (rpcClient == null)

{ rpcClient = connect(agents, retries, connectTimeout, requestTimeout); }

if (rpcClient != null) {
try

{ rpcClient.append(event); }

catch (final Exception ex) {.........

if the rpcClient is null and the connect fails the rpcClient is still null and the method returns losing the event. I think this is a bug.

Thanks