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<pre><span class="sourceLineNo">001</span>/*<a name="line.1"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">002</span> * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more<a name="line.2"></a>
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<span class="sourceLineNo">017</span>package org.apache.logging.log4j.message;<a name="line.17"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">018</span><a name="line.18"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">019</span>import java.lang.annotation.Documented;<a name="line.19"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">020</span>import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;<a name="line.20"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">021</span>import java.lang.annotation.Retention;<a name="line.21"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">022</span>import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;<a name="line.22"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">023</span>import java.lang.annotation.Target;<a name="line.23"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">024</span><a name="line.24"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">025</span>/**<a name="line.25"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">026</span> * Annotation that signals to asynchronous logging components that messages of this type can safely be passed to<a name="line.26"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">027</span> * a background thread without calling {@link Message#getFormattedMessage()} first.<a name="line.27"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">028</span> * &lt;p&gt;<a name="line.28"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">029</span> * Generally, logging mutable objects asynchronously always has the risk that the object is modified between the time<a name="line.29"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">030</span> * the logger is called and the time the log message is formatted and written to disk. Strictly speaking it is the<a name="line.30"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">031</span> * responsibility of the application to ensure that mutable objects are not modified after they have been logged,<a name="line.31"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">032</span> * but this is not always possible.<a name="line.32"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">033</span> * &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<a name="line.33"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">034</span> * Log4j prevents the above race condition as follows:<a name="line.34"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">035</span> * &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;<a name="line.35"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">036</span> * &lt;li&gt;If the Message implements {@link ReusableMessage}, asynchronous logging components in the Log4j implementation<a name="line.36"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">037</span> * will copy the message content (formatted message, parameters) onto the queue rather than passing the<a name="line.37"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">038</span> * {@code Message} instance itself. This ensures that the formatted message will not change<a name="line.38"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">039</span> * when the mutable object is modified.<a name="line.39"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">040</span> * &lt;/li&gt;<a name="line.40"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">041</span> * &lt;li&gt;If the Message is annotated with {@link AsynchronouslyFormattable}, it can be passed to another thread as is.&lt;/li&gt;<a name="line.41"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">042</span> * &lt;li&gt;Otherwise, asynchronous logging components in the Log4j implementation will call<a name="line.42"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">043</span> * {@link Message#getFormattedMessage()} before passing the Message object to another thread.<a name="line.43"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">044</span> * This gives the Message implementation class a chance to create a formatted message String with the current value<a name="line.44"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">045</span> * of the mutable object. The intention is that the Message implementation caches this formatted message and returns<a name="line.45"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">046</span> * it on subsequent calls.<a name="line.46"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">047</span> * (See &lt;a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-763"&gt;LOG4J2-763&lt;/a&gt;.)<a name="line.47"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">048</span> * &lt;/li&gt;<a name="line.48"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">049</span> * &lt;/ol&gt;<a name="line.49"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">050</span> *<a name="line.50"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">051</span> * @see Message<a name="line.51"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">052</span> * @see ReusableMessage<a name="line.52"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">053</span> * @see &lt;a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-763"&gt;LOG4J2-763&lt;/a&gt;<a name="line.53"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">054</span> * @since 2.8<a name="line.54"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">055</span> */<a name="line.55"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">056</span>@Documented // This annotation is part of the public API of annotated elements.<a name="line.56"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">057</span>@Target(ElementType.TYPE) // Only applies to types.<a name="line.57"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">058</span>@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) //Needs to be reflectively discoverable runtime.<a name="line.58"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">059</span>public @interface AsynchronouslyFormattable {<a name="line.59"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">060</span>}<a name="line.60"></a>
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