Add getConfiguration method for multiple URIs

log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/ConfigurationFactoryTest.java

@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -36,12 +39,14 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Logger;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.ConsoleAppender;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.composite.CompositeConfiguration;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.filter.ThreadContextMapFilter;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.test.junit.LoggerContextSource;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.test.junit.TempLoggingDir;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.util.Strings;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
 class ConfigurationFactoryTest {
 
@@ -130,4 +135,58 @@ void properties(final LoggerContext context) throws IOException {
         final Path logFile = loggingPath.resolve("test-properties.log");
         checkFileLogger(context, logFile);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetConfigurationWithNullUris() {
+        final ConfigurationFactory factory = Mockito.spy(ConfigurationFactory.getInstance());
+        try (final LoggerContext context = new LoggerContext("test")) {
+            factory.getConfiguration(context, "test", (List<URI>) null);
+            Mockito.verify(factory).getConfiguration(Mockito.same(context), Mockito.eq("test"), (URI) Mockito.isNull());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetConfigurationWithEmptyUris() {
+        final ConfigurationFactory factory = Mockito.spy(ConfigurationFactory.getInstance());
+        try (final LoggerContext context = new LoggerContext("test")) {
+            factory.getConfiguration(context, "test", Collections.emptyList());
+            Mockito.verify(factory).getConfiguration(Mockito.same(context), Mockito.eq("test"), (URI) Mockito.isNull());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetConfigurationWithNullInList() {
+        final ConfigurationFactory factory = Mockito.spy(ConfigurationFactory.getInstance());
+        try (final LoggerContext context = new LoggerContext("test")) {
+            final List<URI> listWithNull = Collections.singletonList(null);
+            factory.getConfiguration(context, "test", listWithNull);
+            Mockito.verify(factory).getConfiguration(Mockito.same(context), Mockito.eq("test"), (URI) Mockito.isNull());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetConfigurationWithSingleUri() throws Exception {
+        final ConfigurationFactory factory = Mockito.spy(ConfigurationFactory.getInstance());
+        try (final LoggerContext context = new LoggerContext("test")) {
+            final URI configLocation =
+                    getClass().getResource("/log4j-test1.xml").toURI();
+            factory.getConfiguration(context, "test", Collections.singletonList(configLocation));
+            Mockito.verify(factory)
+                    .getConfiguration(Mockito.same(context), Mockito.eq("test"), Mockito.eq(configLocation));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetConfigurationWithMultipleUris() throws Exception {
+        final ConfigurationFactory factory = ConfigurationFactory.getInstance();
+        try (final LoggerContext context = new LoggerContext("test")) {
+            final URI configLocation1 =
+                    getClass().getResource("/log4j-test1.xml").toURI();
+            final URI configLocation2 =
+                    getClass().getResource("/log4j-xinclude.xml").toURI();
+            final List<URI> configLocations = Arrays.asList(configLocation1, configLocation2);
+            final Configuration config = factory.getConfiguration(context, "test", configLocations);
+            assertInstanceOf(CompositeConfiguration.class, config);
+        }
+    }
 }

log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/builder/CustomConfigurationFactory.java

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static Configuration addTestFixtures(final String name, final ConfigurationBuild
 
     @Override
     public Configuration getConfiguration(final LoggerContext loggerContext, final ConfigurationSource source) {
-        return getConfiguration(loggerContext, source.toString(), null);
+        return getConfiguration(loggerContext, source.toString(), (URI) null);
     }
 
     @Override

log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/ConfigurationFactory.java

@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext;
@@ -333,6 +335,71 @@ public Configuration getConfiguration(
         return getConfiguration(loggerContext, name, configLocation);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@return a {@link Configuration} created using provided configuration location {@link URI}s}
+     * If the provided list of {@code URI}s is null or empty, {@code getConfiguration(loggerContext, name, (URI) null)} will be returned.
+     *
+     * @param loggerContext a logger context, may be null
+     * @param name a configuration name, may be null
+     * @param configLocations configuration location {@code URI}s, may be null or empty
+     * @throws ConfigurationException if configuration could not be created
+     *
+     * @since 2.26.0
+     */
+    public Configuration getConfiguration(
+            final LoggerContext loggerContext, final String name, final List<URI> configLocations) {
+
+        // Sanitize URIs
+        final List<URI> distinctConfigLocations = configLocations == null
+                ? Collections.emptyList()
+                : configLocations.stream().filter(Objects::nonNull).distinct().collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        // Short-circuit if provided URIs are null or empty
+        if (distinctConfigLocations.isEmpty()) {
+            final Configuration config = getConfiguration(loggerContext, name, (URI) null);
+            if (config == null) {
+                throw new ConfigurationException("Configuration could not be created");
+            }
+            return config;
+        }
+
+        // Short-circuit if there is only a single URI
+        if (distinctConfigLocations.size() == 1) {
+            final URI configLocation = distinctConfigLocations.get(0);
+            final Configuration config = getConfiguration(loggerContext, name, configLocation);
+            if (config == null) {
+                final String message =
+                        String.format("Configuration could not be created from location: `%s`", configLocation);
+                throw new ConfigurationException(message);
+            }
+            return config;
+        }
+
+        // Create individual configurations
+        final List<AbstractConfiguration> configs = distinctConfigLocations.stream()
+                .map(configLocation -> {
+                    final Configuration config = getConfiguration(loggerContext, name, configLocation);
+                    if (config == null) {
+                        final String message =
+                                String.format("Configuration could not be created from location: `%s`", configLocation);
+                        throw new ConfigurationException(message);
+                    }
+                    if (!(config instanceof AbstractConfiguration)) {
+                        final String message = String.format(
+                                "Configuration created from location `%s` was expected to be of type `%s`, found: `%s`",
+                                configLocation,
+                                AbstractConfiguration.class.getCanonicalName(),
+                                config.getClass().getCanonicalName());
+                        throw new ConfigurationException(message);
+                    }
+                    return (AbstractConfiguration) config;
+                })
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        // Combine created configurations
+        return new CompositeConfiguration(configs);
+    }
+
     static boolean isClassLoaderUri(final URI uri) {
         if (uri == null) {
             return false;

log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/json/package-info.java

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * Classes and interfaces supporting configuration of Log4j 2 with JSON.
  */
 @Export
-@Version("2.20.1")
+@Version("2.26.0")
 package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.json;
 
 import org.osgi.annotation.bundle.Export;

log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/properties/package-info.java

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * Configuration using Properties files.
  */
 @Export
-@Version("2.20.1")
+@Version("2.26.0")
 package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.properties;
 
 import org.osgi.annotation.bundle.Export;

log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/xml/package-info.java

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * Classes and interfaces supporting configuration of Log4j 2 with XML.
  */
 @Export
-@Version("2.20.2")
+@Version("2.26.0")
 package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.xml;
 
 import org.osgi.annotation.bundle.Export;

log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/yaml/package-info.java

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * Classes and interfaces supporting configuration of Log4j 2 with YAML.
  */
 @Export
-@Version("2.20.1")
+@Version("2.26.0")
 package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.yaml;
 
 import org.osgi.annotation.bundle.Export;

src/changelog/.2.x.x/add_getConfiguration_method_for_mulitiple_URIs.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<entry xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="
+           https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns
+           https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
+  type="added">
+  <issue id="3775" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/3775"/>
+  <issue id="3921" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3921"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">
+    Add a new `ConfigurationFactory::getConfiguration` method accepting multiple `URI`s
+  </description>
+</entry>