examples/net/2.0/Layouts/SampleLayoutsApp/cs/src/LoggingExample.cs

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using System;

// Configure log4net using the .config file
[assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(Watch=true)]
// This will cause log4net to look for a configuration file
// called ConsoleApp.exe.config in the application base
// directory (i.e. the directory containing SampleAppendersApp.exe)

namespace SampleLayoutsApp
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Example of how to simply configure and use log4net
	/// </summary>
	public class LoggingExample
	{
		// Create a logger for use in this class
		private static readonly log4net.ILog log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
		// NOTE that using System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType
		// is equivalent to typeof(LoggingExample) but is more portable
		// i.e. you can copy the code directly into another class without
		// needing to edit the code.

		/// <summary>
		/// Application entry point
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="args">command line arguments</param>
		public static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			// Log an info level message
			if (log.IsInfoEnabled) log.Info("Application [SampleLayoutsApp] Start");

			// Log a debug message. Test if debug is enabled before
			// attempting to log the message. This is not required but
			// can make running without logging faster.
			if (log.IsDebugEnabled) log.Debug("This is a debug message");

			log.Info("This is a long line of logging text. This should test if the LineWrappingLayout works. This text should be wrapped over multiple lines of output. Could you get a log message longer than this?");

			log.Error("Hey this is an error!");

			// Log an info level message
			if (log.IsInfoEnabled) log.Info("Application [SampleLayoutsApp] End");

			Console.Write("Press Enter to exit...");
			Console.ReadLine();
		}
	}
}