[LOG4J2-3441] Defer loading of StrLookup plugin classes until first use

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0
• Component/s: Lookups, Pattern Converters, Plugins
• Assignee: Matt Sicker
• Reporter: Matt Sicker
• Created: 22/Mar/22 22:33
• Updated: 13/May/22 20:27
• Resolved: 13/May/22 20:27

Description

StrLookup plugins are eagerly loaded at startup. At this point, these are a fairly large number of classes! If these plugins could be lazily loaded similar to how Core category plugins aren't loaded until first used in a configuration, that should shave off some startup time.

Issue Links

• is a child of: LOG4J2-2795 Make LogManager/LoggerContext creation time reasonable