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DevForce 2010 Resource Center » DevForce development » Test, log, and debug » Log » Use a custom logger
Last modified on August 15, 2012 17:21
You can replace DevForce logging with your own custom logger, or multiple loggers, to take full control over logging in your application.
The ITraceLogger is a simple interface DevForce will search for (via the ITraceLoggerProvider), and call the logger's Log method whenever a trace message should be logged. The Log method, although typed as receiving an Object, generally receives a TraceMessage, which you can inspect to see where and when the message was generated and by whom.
The debug log is actually generated by an ITraceLogger implementation, the TraceFileXmlLogger. If you don't provide your own ITraceLogger implementation, then it's the TraceFileXmlLogger which is used. If you do provide your own logger, the TraceFileXmlLogger will not be used.
Here's a simple sample, which writes logging messages to the Console. Note that DevForce has a built-in ConsoleLogger, so if you do want to log to the Console you don't need a custom logger.
| C# | using System; using IdeaBlade.Core; namespace Samples { public class SampleLoggerProvider : ITraceLoggerProvider { public ITraceLogger GetLogger() { return new SampleConsoleLogger(); } } // Sample logger - note that DevForce supplies a class named ConsoleLogger - this is shown here // as a sample only. public class SampleConsoleLogger : ITraceLogger { /// <summary> /// Return true if your logger is not thread-safe. /// </summary> public bool IsSingleThreaded { get { return false; } } /// <summary> /// Log the trace message - here we write to the Console. /// </summary> /// <param name="message"></param> public void Log(object message) { Console.WriteLine(message); } } } |
| VB | Imports System Imports IdeaBlade.Core Namespace Samples Public Class SampleLoggerProvider Implements ITraceLoggerProvider Public Function GetLogger() As ITraceLogger Return New SampleConsoleLogger() End Function End Class ' Sample logger - note that DevForce supplies a class named ConsoleLogger - this is shown here ' as a sample only. Public Class SampleConsoleLogger Implements ITraceLogger ''' <summary> ''' Return true if your logger is not thread-safe. ''' </summary> Public ReadOnly Property IsSingleThreaded() As Boolean Get Return False End Get End Property ''' <summary> ''' Log the trace message - here we write to the Console. ''' </summary> ''' <param name="message"></param> Public Sub Log(ByVal message As Object) Console.WriteLine(message) End Sub End Class End Namespace |