Programmatically create composite filter to define multiple filters in log4j 2

Question

To define more than one filter for an element in log4j (version 2) a composite filter is required (according to the documentation). I can not figure out how to create/add such a filter element when using programmatic configuration:

    import java.io.IOException;
    import java.net.URI;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Filter;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.ConsoleAppender;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configuration;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.ConfigurationFactory;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.ConfigurationSource;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.builder.api.AppenderComponentBuilder;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.builder.api.AppenderRefComponentBuilder;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.builder.api.CompositeFilterComponentBuilder;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.builder.api.ConfigurationBuilder;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.builder.api.FilterComponentBuilder;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.builder.api.KeyValuePairComponentBuilder;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.builder.api.LayoutComponentBuilder;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.builder.api.LoggerComponentBuilder;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.builder.api.RootLoggerComponentBuilder;
    import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.builder.impl.BuiltConfiguration;

    public class ConfigurationFactory_Demo {
        
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            ConfigurationFactory configurationFactory = new ConfigurationFactoryClass();
            ConfigurationFactory.setConfigurationFactory(configurationFactory);
            Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger("com.logger");
            logger.info( String.format("Logging Event"));
        }
        
        public static class ConfigurationFactoryClass extends ConfigurationFactory {
            @Override
            public Configuration getConfiguration(final LoggerContext loggerContext, final ConfigurationSource source) {
                return getConfiguration(loggerContext, source.toString(), null);
            }
            @Override
            public Configuration getConfiguration(final LoggerContext loggerContext, final String name, final URI configLocation) {
                ConfigurationBuilder builder = newConfigurationBuilder();
                return createConfiguration(name, builder);
            }
            @Override
            protected String[] getSupportedTypes() {
                return new String[] {"*"};
            }
            
            Configuration createConfiguration(final String configurationName, ConfigurationBuilder configuration) {
                configuration.setConfigurationName(configurationName);
                configuration.setStatusLevel(Level.INFO);
                
                // Create appender:
                AppenderComponentBuilder appenderComponent = configuration.newAppender("stdout", "CONSOLE");
                appenderComponent.addAttribute("target", ConsoleAppender.Target.SYSTEM_OUT);
                LayoutComponentBuilder layoutComponent = configuration.newLayout("PatternLayout");
                layoutComponent.addAttribute("pattern", "%msg%n");
                appenderComponent.add(layoutComponent);                         // adding layout to appender
                configuration.add(appenderComponent);                            // adding appender to configuration 
                
                // Create root logger:
                RootLoggerComponentBuilder rootLoggerComponent = configuration.newRootLogger(Level.ERROR);
                rootLoggerComponent.add(configuration.newAppenderRef("stdout"));
                configuration.add(rootLoggerComponent);                            // adding logger to configuration

                // Create logger:
                LoggerComponentBuilder loggerComponent = configuration.newLogger("com.logger", Level.TRACE); 
                loggerComponent.addAttribute("additivity", false);
                AppenderRefComponentBuilder appenderRefComponent = configuration.newAppenderRef("stdout");
                appenderRefComponent.addAttribute("level", "TRACE");
                
                // Create filter 'Marker':
                FilterComponentBuilder filterComponent_marker = configuration.newFilter("MarkerFilter", Filter.Result.ACCEPT, Filter.Result.NEUTRAL);
                filterComponent_marker.addAttribute("marker", "MarkerTag"); 
                // Create filter 'Thread Context Map:
                FilterComponentBuilder filterComponent_threadContextMap;
                filterComponent_threadContextMap = configuration.newFilter("ThreadContextMapFilter", Filter.Result.ACCEPT, Filter.Result.DENY);
                KeyValuePairComponentBuilder keyValuePairComponent;
                keyValuePairComponent = configuration.newKeyValuePair("key", "value");
                filterComponent_threadContextMap.addComponent(keyValuePairComponent);

                boolean useCompositeFilter = false;
                if (useCompositeFilter) {
                    CompositeFilterComponentBuilder filterComponent_composite = null;    // HOW TO INITIALIZE 'CompositeFilterComponentBuilder' ? 
                    filterComponent_composite.add(filterComponent_marker);
                    filterComponent_composite.add(filterComponent_threadContextMap);
                    // appenderRefComponent.add(filterComponent_composite);                // HOW TO ADD 'CompositeFilterComponentBuilder' to appender-reference ?
                } else {
                    appenderRefComponent.add(filterComponent_marker);                    // adding filter directly to appender-reference
                    appenderRefComponent.add(filterComponent_threadContextMap);            // adding second filter directly to appender-reference (NOT ALLOWED)
                }
                
                loggerComponent.add(appenderRefComponent);                                // adding appender-reference to logger 
                configuration.add(loggerComponent);                                        // adding logger to configuration
                
                try { configuration.writeXmlConfiguration(System.out); } catch (IOException e) {}
                
                BuiltConfiguration buildConfiguration = configuration.build();
                return buildConfiguration;
            }
        }
    }

This Java code results in the configuration below. It generates the error "AppenderRef has no parameter that matches element ThreadContextMapFilter".

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Configuration name="18b4aac2" status="INFO">
  <Appenders>
    <CONSOLE name="stdout" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
      <PatternLayout pattern="%msg%n"/>
    </CONSOLE>
  </Appenders>
  <Loggers>
    <Root level="ERROR">
      <AppenderRef ref="stdout"/>
    </Root>
    <Logger name="com.logger" level="TRACE" additivity="false">
      <AppenderRef ref="stdout" level="TRACE">
        <MarkerFilter onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="NEUTRAL" marker="MarkerTag"/>
        <ThreadContextMapFilter onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY">
          <KeyValuePair key="key" value="value"/>
        </ThreadContextMapFilter>
      </AppenderRef>
    </Logger>
  </Loggers>
</Configuration>

The correct configuration should be:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Configuration name="18b4aac2" status="INFO">
  <Appenders>
    <CONSOLE name="stdout" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
      <PatternLayout pattern="%msg%n"/>
    </CONSOLE>
  </Appenders>
  <Loggers>
    <Root level="ERROR">
      <AppenderRef ref="stdout"/>
    </Root>
    <Logger name="com.logger" level="TRACE" additivity="false">
      <AppenderRef ref="stdout" level="TRACE">
        <Filters>
          <MarkerFilter onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="NEUTRAL" marker="MarkerTag"/>
          <ThreadContextMapFilter onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY">
            <KeyValuePair key="key" value="value"/>
        </Filters>
        </ThreadContextMapFilter>
      </AppenderRef>
    </Logger>
  </Loggers>
</Configuration>

How is it possible to programmatically define a composite filter in this case?

Answer 1

You can instantiate a CompositeFilter using the ConfigurationBuilder.newComponent() method:

appenderRefComponent.addComponent(
    configuration.newComponent("filters")
        .addComponent(filterComponent_marker)
        .addComponent(filterComponent_threadContextMap)
);