Deprecated API

Contents

• Deprecated Fields
• Deprecated Methods
• Deprecated Constructors

Deprecated Fields

Field and Description
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.Constants.UTF_8 Use StandardCharsets.UTF_8. Will be removed in 2.5.

Deprecated Methods

Method and Description
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.ConsoleAppender.createAppender(Layout, Filter, String, String, String, String) Use ConsoleAppender.createAppender(Layout, Filter, Target, String, boolean, boolean, boolean).
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.SocketAppender.createAppender(String, String, String, SslConfiguration, int, String, String, String, String, String, Layout, Filter, String, Configuration) Deprecated in 2.5; use SocketAppender.createAppender(String, int, Protocol, SslConfiguration, int, int, boolean, String, boolean, boolean, Layout, Filter, boolean, Configuration) .
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jLogEvent.createEvent(String, Marker, String, Level, Message, Throwable, ThrowableProxy, Map, ThreadContext.ContextStack, String, StackTraceElement, long) use Log4jLogEvent.Builder instead. This method will be removed in an upcoming release.
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig.createLogger(String, Level, String, String, AppenderRef[], Property[], Configuration, Filter) Use LoggerConfig.createLogger(boolean, Level, String, String, AppenderRef[], Property[], Configuration, Filter)
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.TextEncoderHelper.encodeText(CharsetEncoder, CharBuffer, ByteBufferDestination)
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.filter.CompositeFilter.getFilters() Use CompositeFilter.getFiltersArray()
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.MimeMessageBuilder.getMimeMessage() Use MimeMessageBuilder.build().
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.util.PluginManager.main(String[]) Use PluginProcessor instead. To do so, simply include log4j-core in your dependencies and make sure annotation processing is not disabled. By default, supported Java compilers will automatically use that plugin processor provided log4j-core is on the classpath.
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.Assert.requireNonNull(T, String) Will be removed in 2.5.
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.lookup.MapLookup.setMainArguments(String...) As of 2.4, use MainMapLookup.setMainArguments(String[])

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor and Description
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.AbstractLayout(byte[], byte[]) Use AbstractLayout.AbstractLayout(Configuration, byte[], byte[])
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.FileManager(String, OutputStream, boolean, boolean, String, Layout, int, boolean)
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jLogEvent(long) use Log4jLogEvent.Builder instead. This constructor will be removed in an upcoming release.
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jLogEvent(String, Marker, String, Level, Message, Throwable) use Log4jLogEvent.Builder instead. This constructor will be removed in an upcoming release.
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jLogEvent(String, Marker, String, Level, Message, Throwable, Map, ThreadContext.ContextStack, String, StackTraceElement, long) use Log4jLogEvent.Builder instead. This constructor will be removed in an upcoming release.
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager(String, String, OutputStream, boolean, long, long, TriggeringPolicy, RolloverStrategy, String, Layout, int, boolean)