[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (LOGTOOL-47) Add custom stringifier option

Add custom stringifier option ----------------------------- Key: LOGTOOL-47 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/LOGTOOL-47 Project: Log Tool Issue Type: Feature Request Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Reporter: David Lloyd Assignee: James Perkins Sometimes the default toString is no good for formatting an argument. We could introduce an interface into jboss-logging: {code} public interface Stringifier { String toString(Object object); } {code} Then we could introduce the following annotation: {code} @Retention(SOURCE) @Target(PARAMETER) public @interface FormatWith { Class<? extends Stringifier> value(); } {code} Parameters so annotated will be formatted using an instance (singleton, pre-instantiated with the logger instance) of the stringifier. Because of the method call overhead, such methods would require an explicit level check in the generated code.