[LOG4J2-858] Improve PluginManager to filter plugins by class

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0
• Component/s: Plugins
• Epic Link: Plugin Ergonomics
• Assignee: Matt Sicker
• Reporter: Matt Sicker
• Created: 25/Sep/14 02:06
• Updated: 02/Dec/23 00:13
• Resolved: 02/Dec/23 00:13

Description

If I could construct, for instance, new PluginManager<Appender>() instead of the usual way via category, then I could group plugins within the same category or separate categories more easily along with providing better type safety. This would reduce a lot of the "unchecked" warning suppression, plus it would make things a bit neater.

Issue Links

• is fixed by: LOG4J2-2803 Create standardized scopes and dependency injection API