logstash-log4j2-encoder not providing the json layout structured logging in spring boot 3, throwing compilation error

[pSinghDelaplex]

build.gradle

`plugins {
// org.springframework.boot is dependent on io.spring.dependency-management, org.springframework.cloud and gradle
id("org.springframework.boot") version "3.2.3"
}

extra["springCloudVersion"] = "2021.0.3"
extra["springBootAdminVersion"] = "2.4.1"

configurations {
implementation {
exclude("org.springframework.boot", "spring-boot-starter-logging")
}

dependencies {

// implementation
implementation("de.codecentric:spring-boot-admin-starter-client")
implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator")
implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-integration")
implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-log4j2")
implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core")
implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind")
implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations")
implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml")
implementation("io.micrometer:micrometer-tracing")
implementation("io.micrometer:micrometer-tracing-bridge-brave")

// https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.github.alexswilliams/logstash-log4j2-encoder
implementation("io.github.alexswilliams:logstash-log4j2-encoder:1.0.4")
}
`

log4j2-spring.yml

log4j2-spring.txt

application.yml

logging: config: classpath:log4j2-spring.yml file.name: example.log

Task :ExampleApplication.main()
ERROR StatusConsoleListener Error processing element Encoder: CLASS_NOT_FOUND
ERROR StatusConsoleListener Error processing element LogstashEncoder: CLASS_NOT_FOUND
ERROR StatusConsoleListener Error processing element Provider: CLASS_NOT_FOUND
ERROR StatusConsoleListener Error processing element LogstashEncoder: CLASS_NOT_FOUND
ERROR StatusConsoleListener Unable to locate plugin type for Encoder
ERROR StatusConsoleListener Timestamp contains an invalid element or attribute "TimestampPattern"
ERROR StatusConsoleListener Mdc contains an invalid element or attribute "IncludeMdcKeyNames"
ERROR StatusConsoleListener Unable to locate plugin for Provider
ERROR StatusConsoleListener Unable to locate plugin for LogstashEncoder
ERROR StatusConsoleListener Unable to locate plugin for Encoder
ERROR StatusConsoleListener Could not create plugin of type class org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.ConsoleAppender for element Console: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.util.PluginType.getElementName()" because "childType" is null
java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.util.PluginType.getElementName()" because "childType" is null