From 3eca7a1abf78efa079cb8464c254553b27c5b651 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lauri Tulmin <ltulmin@splunk.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 20:05:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] address review comment

---
 .../instrumentation/log4j/appender/v2_17/Log4jHelper.java      | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/log4j/appender/v2_17/Log4jHelper.java b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/log4j/appender/v2_17/Log4jHelper.java
index b06d61de517b..6fc308cc1dd9 100644
--- a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/log4j/appender/v2_17/Log4jHelper.java
+++ b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/log4j/appender/v2_17/Log4jHelper.java
@@ -118,15 +118,16 @@ private static StackTraceElement getLocation(String loggerClassName) {
   }
 
   private static MethodHandle getStackTraceMethodHandle() {
-    // since 2.9.0
     Class<?> stackTraceClass = null;
     try {
+      // since 2.9.0
       stackTraceClass = Class.forName("org.apache.logging.log4j.util.StackLocatorUtil");
     } catch (ClassNotFoundException exception) {
       // ignore
     }
     if (stackTraceClass == null) {
       try {
+        // before 2.9.0
         stackTraceClass = Class.forName("org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jLogEvent");
       } catch (ClassNotFoundException exception) {
         // ignore