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MDC Log4j for Activiti Delegate Classes

spark2 — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:39:54 GMT

We are using Log4j MDC for adding custom key-value pairs to be logged so that we can track each request in multi-threaded environment. For each web request we log request id (System nano sec + random number). When application calls activiti workflow which in turn calls JavaDelegate, this MDC keys ar

Re: MDC Log4j for Activiti Delegate Classes

trademak — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:05:26 GMT

We added MDC support starting from Activiti 5.13.
Did you look at the user guide?

http://activiti.org/userguide/index.html#MDC

Re: MDC Log4j for Activiti Delegate Classes

spark2 — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:16:12 GMT

Currently we are using 5.12 and can upgrade in production only if absolutely necessary.
To confirm,
1) To enable MDC support we need to upgrade to 5.13 or higher version?
2) It supports custom MDC (we have request id, user name, etc) and not just listed in user guide.

Thanks!

Re: MDC Log4j for Activiti Delegate Classes

jbarrez — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:44:48 GMT

1) yes

2) i don't believe so