examples/Layouts/SampleLayoutsApp/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 static class LoggingExample
{
  // Create a logger for use in this class
  private static readonly log4net.ILog _log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(LoggingExample));

  /// <summary>
  /// Application entry point
  /// </summary>
  [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Globalization", "CA1303:Do not pass literals as localized parameters")]
  public static void Main()
  {
    // 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();
  }
}