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  1. Log4j 2
  2. LOG4J2-783

PatternLayout's default charset should not be UTF-8

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    • Bug
    • Status: Resolved
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 2.0.1, 2.0.2
    • 2.1
    • Core
    • Win8(Simplified Chinese), Tomcat 7

    Description

      According to log4j2's manual about PatternLayout's charset attribute, if the attribute is not specified, the default system Charset will be used.

      But in my environemnt (Win8 Simplified Chinese + Tomcat 7), if the attribute is not specified, the Chinese words cannot display properly in console. If I add charset="UTF-8" to <Console>'s <PatternLayout> element, the error still exists. But if I modify it to charset="GBK", the problem can be resolved.

      So I think, The default charset is UTF-8, not the default system Charset as the manual announced. I got the source file, and found it in PatternLayout's Builder inner class:

      private Charset charset = Charsets.UTF_8;

      I modify it to:

      private Charset charset = Charset.defaultCharset();

      and remove the charset attribute in XML's <PatternLayout> element, the Chinese words can display properly as expected.

      So, I think it may be a bug and reported it here.

      Thanks!

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              rpopma Remko Popma
              Minglei.Lee Minglei Lee
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