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package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.pattern;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configuration;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.OptionConverter;


/**
 * Formats a string literal.
 */
public final class LiteralPatternConverter extends LogEventPatternConverter implements ArrayPatternConverter {
    
    /**
     * String literal.
     */
    private final String literal;

    private final Configuration config;

    private final boolean substitute;

    /**
     * Create a new instance.
     *
     * @param config The Configuration.
     * @param literal string literal.
     * @param convertBackslashes if {@code true}, backslash characters are treated as escape characters and character
     *            sequences like "\" followed by "t" (backslash+t) are converted to special characters like '\t' (tab).
     */
    public LiteralPatternConverter(final Configuration config, final String literal, final boolean convertBackslashes) {
        super("Literal", "literal");
        this.literal = convertBackslashes ? OptionConverter.convertSpecialChars(literal) : literal; // LOG4J2-829
        this.config = config;
        substitute = config != null && literal.contains("${");
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public void format(final LogEvent event, final StringBuilder toAppendTo) {
        toAppendTo.append(substitute ? config.getStrSubstitutor().replace(event, literal) : literal);
    }
    
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public void format(final Object obj, final StringBuilder output) {
        output.append(substitute ? config.getStrSubstitutor().replace(literal) : literal);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public void format(final StringBuilder output, final Object... objects) {
        output.append(substitute ? config.getStrSubstitutor().replace(literal) : literal);
    }

    public String getLiteral() {
        return literal;
    }
}

@@ -2809,11 +2809,184 @@
 l;%0A    %7D
+%0A%0A    @Override%0A    public String toString() %7B%0A        return %22LiteralPatternConverter%5Bliteral=%22 + literal + %22, config=%22 + config + %22, substitute=%22 + substitute + %22%5D%22;%0A    %7D
 %0A%7D%0A

Add toString() for debugging.