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= 2.0-beta3 (2012-11-11)


[#release-notes-2-0-beta3-added]
=== Added

* Added PropertiesRewritePolicy and ability to define properties on a Logger. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-28[LOG4J2-28])
* Added ability to configure from an InputSource. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-55[LOG4J2-55])

[#release-notes-2-0-beta3-changed]
=== Changed

* Created combined jar to combine API and Core contents for users who only want the Log4j implementation.
* Add ability to customize the names of the Levels in the LevelPatternConverter. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-105[LOG4J2-105])
* Added font and fontSize parameters to HTMLLayout. Replace newlines in message with br tag. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-29[LOG4J2-29])
* Add ThreadContext.push(String format, Object... args) (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-85[LOG4J2-85])
* Build pdf of user's guide. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-87[LOG4J2-87])

[#release-notes-2-0-beta3-fixed]
=== Fixed

* Avoid NPE when duplicate LoggerContextFactorys are present. Allow factories to specify a weight to allow real implementations to outrank test implementations. Provide a simple default LoggerContextFactory.
* A NullPointerException would occur if no format value was passed to the SyslogAppender. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-101[LOG4J2-101])
* The Facility value was being improperly calculated. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-102[LOG4J2-102])
* The LogEvent was wrapping a ThrowableProxy with another ThrowableProxy when deserializing. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-103[LOG4J2-103])
* Convert LogManager binding to use "regular" java properties instead of XML properties to work around a bug in Oracle's xmlparserv2 jar. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-104[LOG4J2-104])
* PatternParser was not properly handling adjacent nested options (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-107[LOG4J2-107])
* Fix NullPointerException in ClassLoaderContextSelector when no class is returned from the SecurityManager. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-108[LOG4J2-108])
* Interpolator was not stripping Lookup key separator when trying to locate the default value for a variable. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-94[LOG4J2-94])
* Add support for loading plugins inside the OSGi bundle. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-95[LOG4J2-95])
* Added several missing classes and methods for Log4j 1.x compatibility. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-97[LOG4J2-97])
* MapRewritePolicy had an extra call to putAll that caused updates to behave like adds. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-99[LOG4J2-99])
* Log4j 1.2 Category.forcedLog was wrapping the message with an ObjectMessage even if the parameter was an ObjectMessage.
