[LOG4J2-347] Name the AsyncThread

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0-beta8
• Fix Version/s: 2.0-beta9
• Component/s: Appenders
• Assignee: Remko Popma
• Reporter: David Phillips
• Created: 14/Aug/13 00:56
• Updated: 14/Aug/13 01:50
• Resolved: 14/Aug/13 01:50

Description

In the org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AsyncAppender constructor, could you call (Thread.)setName("AsyncAppender-" + ((AbstractAppender.)getName()); so that the thread name in a debugger/profiler has a descriptive name?