I'm using a custom LayoutWrappingEncoder to colorize and selectively timestamp my log file entries. This encoder is configured via the <encoder> element in my logback XML file. My question is, with a custom encoder, is there a way I can specify a <layout> element in my <encoder> element and use the built in layout patterns?

I've tried:

<encoder class="com.bar.foo.CustomLayoutWrappingEncoder">

<layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout">

[level] - %logger{15}: %message%n x%Ex{full}

</layout>

</encoder>

But I'm seeing the following error in the console when testing that:

13:06:58,318 |-ERROR in ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout("null") - Empty or null pattern.

Am I doing this correctly?

Thanks,

--adam