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+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2016 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.trace;
+
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.DefaultSpanNamer;
+import org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.NoOpSpanReporter;
+import org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.Span;
+import org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.TraceKeys;
+import org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.Tracer;
+import org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.log.Slf4jSpanLogger;
+import org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.sampler.AlwaysSampler;
+
+import static org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.assertions.SleuthAssertions.then;
+
+/**
+ * @author Marcin Grzejszczak
+ */
+public class CustomLoggerTests {
+
+	CustomSpanLogger spanLogger = new CustomSpanLogger();
+	Tracer tracer = new DefaultTracer(new AlwaysSampler(), new Random(),
+			new DefaultSpanNamer(), this.spanLogger, new NoOpSpanReporter(), new TraceKeys());
+
+	// https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-sleuth/issues/547
+	@Test
+	public void should_pass_baggage_to_custom_span_logger() {
+		Span parent = Span.builder().spanId(1).traceId(2).baggage("foo", "bar").build();
+
+		Span child = this.tracer.createSpan("child", parent);
+
+		then(child).hasBaggageItem("foo", "bar");
+		then(this.spanLogger.called.get()).isTrue();
+	}
+}
+
+class CustomSpanLogger extends Slf4jSpanLogger {
+
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass());
+
+	final AtomicBoolean called = new AtomicBoolean();
+
+	public CustomSpanLogger() {
+		super("");
+	}
+
+	@Override public void logStartedSpan(Span parent, Span span) {
+		super.logStartedSpan(parent, span);
+		called.set(true);
+		then(parent).hasBaggageItem("foo", "bar");
+		then(span).hasBaggageItem("foo", "bar");
+		log.info("Baggage item foo=>bar found");
+		log.info("Parent's baggage: " + parent.getBaggage());
+		log.info("Child's baggage: " + span.getBaggage());
+	}
+}