codec support

[tsaikd]

codec support

[tsaikd]

Which codec do you need? It's better to say the whole story.

[jetgeng]

There is a codec system in logstash. We can use codec to changes the data representation, and we can put codec in input, filter and output. I think it's very useful, and i did't find this in gogstash. So i hope gogstash can support it!

[tsaikd]

It's hard to implement all features in logstash, because it's a side project for me. But if you want, PR is welcomed. I didn't use codec in logstash. My use case is very simple: read nginx log and write to elastic, etc. You can show your use case for discussing.

[aantono]

I’ll try to give it a go to add base support for codecs, but doubtfully will implement all the ones Logstash offers.

[aantono]

@jetgeng I'm working on adding the foundation for Codecs, do you have any particular codecs in mind that you wanted to see be implemented?

[jbuchbinder]

The multiline codec would be useful to properly implement multiple line Java stack trace parsing.