[LOG4J2-97] The Log4j 1.x compatibility bridge does not implement enough of Log4j

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0-beta2
• Fix Version/s: 2.0-beta3
• Component/s: Log4j 1.2 bridge
• Assignee: Ralph Goers
• Reporter: Ralph Goers
• Created: 12/Oct/12 07:26
• Updated: 14/Oct/12 22:30
• Resolved: 14/Oct/12 22:30

Description

When running an application the following stack trace was encountered.

catching java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.log4j.Logger.addAppender(Lorg/apache/log4j/Appender;)V
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.Log4JLogChute.initAppender(Log4JLogChute.java:127) ~[velocity-1.7.jar:1.7]
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.Log4JLogChute.init(Log4JLogChute.java:85) ~[velocity-1.7.jar:1.7]
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.LogManager.createLogChute(LogManager.java:157) ~[velocity-1.7.jar:1.7]
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.LogManager.updateLog(LogManager.java:269) ~[velocity-1.7.jar:1.7]
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.initializeLog(RuntimeInstance.java:871) ~[velocity-1.7.jar:1.7]
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.init(RuntimeInstance.java:262) ~[velocity-1.7.jar:1.7]
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeSingleton.init(RuntimeSingleton.java:112) ~[velocity-1.7.jar:1.7]
at org.apache.velocity.app.Velocity.init(Velocity.java:74) ~[velocity-1.7.jar:1.7]

To be useful the compatibility bridge must provide some sort of support for these kinds of usages.