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Serialize MDC under top level (#67)
Makes it easier to set ECS fields via MDC. Previously, you'd have to configure topLevelLabels for each ECS field added via MDC. Now, if you want to have a field nested under labels, you have to explicitly prefix it with `labels.`.
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‎README.md

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|[`error.message`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs/current/ecs-error.html)|[`Throwable#getMessage()`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Throwable.html#getMessage())|
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|[`error.stack_trace`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs/current/ecs-error.html)|[`Throwable#getStackTrace()`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Throwable.html#getStackTrace())|
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|[`process.thread.name`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs/current/ecs-process.html)|[`LogEvent#getThreadName()`](https://logging.apache.org/log4j/log4j-2.3/log4j-core/apidocs/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/LogEvent.html#getThreadName()) |
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|[`labels`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs/current/ecs-base.html)|[`LogEvent#getContextMap()`](https://logging.apache.org/log4j/log4j-2.3/log4j-core/apidocs/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/LogEvent.html#getContextMap())|
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|Each MDC entry is a top-level field <a href="#note1" id="note1ref"><sup>1</sup></a>|[`LogEvent#getContextMap()`](https://logging.apache.org/log4j/log4j-2.3/log4j-core/apidocs/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/LogEvent.html#getContextMap())|
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|[`tags`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs/current/ecs-base.html)|[`LogEvent#getContextStack()`](https://logging.apache.org/log4j/log4j-2.3/log4j-core/apidocs/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/LogEvent.html#getContextStack())|
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<a id="note1" href="#note1ref"><sup>1</sup></a> It's recommended to use existing [ECS fields](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs/current/ecs-field-reference.html) for MDC values.
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If there is no appropriate ECS field,
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consider prefixing your fields with `labels.`, as in `labels.foo`, for simple key/value pairs.
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For nested structures consider prefixing with `custom.` to make sure you won't get conflicts if ECS later adds the same fields but with a different mapping.
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## Getting Started
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### Step 1: Configure application logging

‎ecs-logging-core/src/main/java/co/elastic/logging/EcsJsonSerializer.java

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import java.io.PrintWriter;
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import java.io.Writer;
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import java.util.Arrays;
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import java.util.List;
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import java.util.Map;
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import java.util.Set;
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public class EcsJsonSerializer {
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public static final List<String> DEFAULT_TOP_LEVEL_LABELS = Arrays.asList("trace.id", "transaction.id", "span.id", "error.id", "service.name");
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private static final TimestampSerializer TIMESTAMP_SERIALIZER = new TimestampSerializer();
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private static final ThreadLocal<StringBuilder> messageStringBuilder = new ThreadLocal<StringBuilder>();
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private static final String NEW_LINE = System.getProperty("line.separator");
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builder.append("},");
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}
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public static void serializeLabels(StringBuilder builder, Map<String, ?> labels, Set<String> topLevelLabels) {
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if (!labels.isEmpty()) {
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for (Map.Entry<String, ?> entry : labels.entrySet()) {
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public static void serializeMDC(StringBuilder builder, Map<String, ?> properties) {
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if (!properties.isEmpty()) {
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for (Map.Entry<String, ?> entry : properties.entrySet()) {
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builder.append('\"');
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String key = entry.getKey();
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if (!topLevelLabels.contains(key)) {
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builder.append("labels.");
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}
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JsonUtils.quoteAsString(key, builder);
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builder.append("\":\"");
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JsonUtils.quoteAsString(toNullSafeString(String.valueOf(entry.getValue())), builder);

‎ecs-logging-core/src/test/java/co/elastic/logging/AbstractEcsLoggingTest.java

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void testThreadContext() throws Exception {
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putMdc("foo", "bar");
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debug("test");
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assertThat(getLastLogLine().get("labels.foo").textValue()).isEqualTo("bar");
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assertThat(getLastLogLine().get("foo").textValue()).isEqualTo("bar");
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}
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@Test
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@Test
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void testTopLevelLabels() throws Exception {
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void testMdc() throws Exception {
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putMdc("transaction.id", "0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c80319c");
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putMdc("span.id", "foo");
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putMdc("foo", "bar");
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debug("test");
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assertThat(getLastLogLine().get("labels.transaction.id")).isNull();
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assertThat(getLastLogLine().get("transaction.id").textValue()).isEqualTo("0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c80319c");
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assertThat(getLastLogLine().get("span.id").textValue()).isEqualTo("foo");
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}
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@Test
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void testCustomTopLevelLabels() throws Exception {
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putMdc("top_level", "foo");
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debug("test");
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assertThat(getLastLogLine().get("labels.top_level")).isNull();
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assertThat(getLastLogLine().get("top_level").textValue()).isEqualTo("foo");
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assertThat(getLastLogLine().get("foo").textValue()).isEqualTo("bar");
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}
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@Test

‎log4j-ecs-layout/src/main/java/co/elastic/logging/log4j/EcsLayout.java

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import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;
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import java.util.Set;
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public class EcsLayout extends Layout {
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private boolean stackTraceAsArray = false;
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private String serviceName;
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private Set<String> topLevelLabels = new HashSet<String>(EcsJsonSerializer.DEFAULT_TOP_LEVEL_LABELS);
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private boolean includeOrigin;
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private String eventDataset;
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EcsJsonSerializer.serializeEventDataset(builder, eventDataset);
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EcsJsonSerializer.serializeThreadName(builder, event.getThreadName());
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EcsJsonSerializer.serializeLoggerName(builder, event.getLoggerName());
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EcsJsonSerializer.serializeLabels(builder, event.getProperties(), topLevelLabels);
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EcsJsonSerializer.serializeMDC(builder, event.getProperties());
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EcsJsonSerializer.serializeTag(builder, event.getNDC());
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if (includeOrigin) {
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LocationInfo locationInformation = event.getLocationInformation();
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public void addTopLevelLabel(String topLevelLabel) {
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this.topLevelLabels.add(topLevelLabel);
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}
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public void setEventDataset(String eventDataset) {
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this.eventDataset = eventDataset;
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}

‎log4j-ecs-layout/src/test/java/co/elastic/logging/log4j/Log4jEcsLayoutTest.java

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ecsLayout.setServiceName("test");
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ecsLayout.setIncludeOrigin(true);
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ecsLayout.addTopLevelLabel("top_level");
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ecsLayout.setEventDataset("testdataset.log");
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ecsLayout.activateOptions();
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appender.setLayout(ecsLayout);

‎log4j2-ecs-layout/README.md

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|serviceName |String | |Sets the `service.name` field so you can filter your logs by a particular service |
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|eventDataset |String |`${serviceName}.log`|Sets the `event.dataset` field used by the machine learning job of the Logs app to look for anomalies in the log rate. |
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|topLevelLabels |String |`trace.id, transaction.id, span.id, error.id, service.name`|Usually, MDC keys are nested under [`labels`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs/current/ecs-base.html). You can specify a comma-separated list of properties which should be on the top level. |
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|includeMarkers |boolean|`false`|Log [Markers](https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.0/manual/markers.html) as [`tags`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs/current/ecs-base.html) |
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|stackTraceAsArray|boolean|`false`|Serializes the [`error.stack_trace`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs/current/ecs-error.html) as a JSON array where each element is in a new line to improve readability. Note that this requires a slightly more complex [Filebeat configuration](../README.md#when-stacktraceasarray-is-enabled).|
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|includeOrigin |boolean|`false`|If `true`, adds the [`log.origin.file.name`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs/current/ecs-log.html), [`log.origin.file.line`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs/current/ecs-log.html) and [`log.origin.function`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs/current/ecs-log.html) fields. Note that you also have to set `includeLocation="true"` on your loggers and appenders if you are using the async ones. |

‎log4j2-ecs-layout/src/main/java/co/elastic/logging/log4j2/EcsLayout.java

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