tracker issue : CF-3864180

Problem Description:

The Log4J pattern doesn't use text qualifiers when logging an entry without an application name.  This has caused an issue for me when ColdFusion log files are parsed by 3rd-Party Log4J software.  (Many Log4J samples I've seen also don't separate the date & time into separate columns.)

Steps to Reproduce:

View your application.log file.  The default configuration in neo-logging.xml is:
"%p","%t",%d{"MM/dd/yy","HH:mm:ss"},%a,"%m%x"%n


Actual Result:

"Severity","ThreadID","Date","Time","Application","Message"
"Information","http-bio-8500-exec-7","07/08/14","18:49:50",,"D:\ColdFusion11\cfusion\logs\application.log initialized"
"Information","http-bio-8500-exec-7","07/08/14","18:49:50",,"Session rotated successfully."
"Information","http-bio-8500-exec-7","07/08/14","18:49:50","CFADMIN","Invalid login for Default User"

Expected Result:

"Severity","ThreadID","Date","Time","Application","Message"
"Information","http-bio-8500-exec-7","07/08/14","18:49:50","","D:\ColdFusion11\cfusion\logs\application.log initialized"
"Information","http-bio-8500-exec-7","07/08/14","18:49:50","","Session rotated successfully."
"Information","http-bio-8500-exec-7","07/08/14","18:49:50","CFADMIN","Invalid login for Default User"

Any Workarounds:

Unsure. Not sure if this is a Log4J or ColdFusion issue.  I'm not sure if changing default log settings (ie, additional consolidating date & time) would cause problems with other ColdFusion services (monitoring, etc.)

----------------------------- Additional Watson Details -----------------------------

Watson Bug ID:	3864180

External Customer Info:
External Company:  
External Customer Name: Jamo
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External Test Config: My Hardware and Environment details:



ColdFusion 8 through 11 all log empty application name values like this.

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