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= 2.0-beta7 (2013-06-01)


[#release-notes-2-0-beta7-added]
=== Added

* Break up core into multiple osgi jars. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-10[LOG4J2-10])
* New JDBC, JPA, and NoSQL database Appenders. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-229[LOG4J2-229])
* Provide configuration information (location, content type, content if possible) via a registered Advertiser. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-251[LOG4J2-251])

[#release-notes-2-0-beta7-changed]
=== Changed

* Improve ThreadContext performance with copy-on-write map and stack. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-154[LOG4J2-154])
* Allow custom LogEventFactories. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-243[LOG4J2-243])
* Allow context parameters in Log4jContextListener to include properties. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-249[LOG4J2-249])
* Add support for interceptors in the embedded Flume Appender. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-262[LOG4J2-262])
* Method name changes in interface org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.ThreadContextMap: getContext() to getCopy(), get() to getImmutableMapOrNull().

[#release-notes-2-0-beta7-fixed]
=== Fixed

* Remove LoggerContext when LoggerContext is stopped. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-223[LOG4J2-223])
* UDP now sends one event per packet. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-228[LOG4J2-228])
* StringFormattedMessage and MessageFormatMessage now will accept a Throwable as their last argument and pass it on. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-242[LOG4J2-242])
* Rewrite Appender was ignoring filters on referenced appenders. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-244[LOG4J2-244])
* Avoid EmptyStack exception if getCallerClass and SecurityManager are not available. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-245[LOG4J2-245])
* Data buffer is reset in finally clause. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-246[LOG4J2-246])
* SocketServer.isActive should be volatile because it is accessed from different threads. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-247[LOG4J2-247])
* Mark OutputStream in OutputStreamManager as volatile. Mark header and footer as final. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-254[LOG4J2-254])
* Multi-byte character strings are now assumed to be in the platform default encoding, not UTF-8. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-255[LOG4J2-255])
* XML layout ignores charset for the XML processing instruction's encoding attribute. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-257[LOG4J2-257])
* HTML layout does not output meta element for charset. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-258[LOG4J2-258])
* HTML layout does not specify charset in content type. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-259[LOG4J2-259])
* XML layout does not specify charset in content type. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-260[LOG4J2-260])
* Add missing "not" to error message. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-261[LOG4J2-261])
* Do not allow a charset on RFC5424Layout - use UTF-8. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-263[LOG4J2-263])
* Add guid to FlumeEvent headers for non-Map Messages. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-268[LOG4J2-268])
* Use transaction when batch size is 1. (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-269[LOG4J2-269])
