[LOG4J2-81] PatternLayout appender not respecting format modifiers

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0-alpha2
• Fix Version/s: 2.0-beta1
• Component/s: Layouts

Environment

not applicable

• Assignee: Ralph Goers
• Reporter: Bob G
• Created: 07/Sep/12 18:31
• Updated: 09/Sep/12 05:45
• Resolved: 09/Sep/12 05:45

Description

Example pattern:
[%d

{yyyyMMdd HH:mm:ss,SSS}

] %-5p [%-25.25c

{1}:%-4L] - %m%n

Text output is:
[20120907 14:18:36,875] INFO [XXXXXX...
[20120907 14:18:36,875] INFO [XXXXXX...
[20120907 14:18:36,965] ERROR [XXXXX...

NOTE that "INFO" and "ERROR" are not left justified for 5 spaces (%-5p)


The logger name ([%-25.25c{1}

) is not left justified or padded when there are less then 25 characters

The line number is not left justified or padded either (%-4L)