Maarten Bosteels wrote:
interface LayoutAware extends Appender; interface EncoderAware extends Appender;
I don't understand. In my opinion LayoutAware and EncoderAware should be standalone interface with just a getter and a setter, and not extend Appender.
Yes, obviously.
All appenders that need a layout should implement LayoutAware. They can implement the interface themselves or - when its practical - inherit from LayoutAwareAppenderBase
Agreed.
Why would you tie LayoutAware to the Appender interface.
You could tie the two interfaces by mistake. :-)
PS: Not yet sure whether the encode method should return a byte[] or a java.nio.ByteBuffer, I think the latter is easier to use.
That would would be an option to consider.
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