﻿<html><head><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /><link rel="shortcut icon" href="../icons/favicon.ico" /><style type="text/css">.OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabLeftActive, .OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabLeft,.OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabLeftDisabled { }.OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabRightActive, .OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabRight,.OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabRightDisabled { }.OH_footer { }</style><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../styles/branding.css" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../styles/branding-en-US.css" /><script type="text/javascript" src="../scripts/branding.js"> </script><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>DefaultRepositorySelector.CreateRepository Method (Assembly, Type, String, Boolean)</title><meta name="Language" content="en-us" /><meta name="Microsoft.Help.Id" content="M:log4net.Core.DefaultRepositorySelector.CreateRepository(System.Reflection.Assembly,System.Type,System.String,System.Boolean)" /><meta name="Description" content="Creates a new repository for the assembly specified." /><meta name="Microsoft.Help.ContentType" content="Reference" /><meta name="BrandingAware" content="true" /><meta name="container" content="log4net.Core" /><meta name="file" content="M_log4net_Core_DefaultRepositorySelector_CreateRepository_1" /><meta name="guid" content="M_log4net_Core_DefaultRepositorySelector_CreateRepository_1" /></head><body onload="OnLoad('cs')"><input type="hidden" id="userDataCache" class="userDataStyle" /><div class="OH_outerDiv"><div class="OH_outerContent"><table class="TitleTable"><tr><td class="OH_tdTitleColumn">DefaultRepositorySelector<span id="LSTED135946_0"></span><script type="text/javascript">AddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LSTED135946_0?cpp=::|nu=.");</script>CreateRepository Method (Assembly, Type, String, Boolean)</td><td class="OH_tdRunningTitleColumn">Apache log4net™ SDK Documentation</td></tr></table><div id="mainSection"><div id="mainBody"><span class="introStyle"></span><div class="summary">
            Creates a new repository for the assembly specified.
            </div><p> </p><strong>Namespace:</strong> <a href="N_log4net_Core.htm">log4net.Core</a><br /><strong>Assembly:</strong> log4net (in log4net.dll) Version: 2.0.6.0-.NET 4.0<div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">Syntax</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"> </div><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainer"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabs"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabLeft" id="ID0EDCA_tabimgleft"> </div><div id="ID0EDCA_tab1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabFirst"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:ChangeTab('ID0EDCA','cs','1','4');return false;">C#</a></div><div id="ID0EDCA_tab2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTab"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:ChangeTab('ID0EDCA','vb','2','4');return false;">VB</a></div><div id="ID0EDCA_tab3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTab"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:ChangeTab('ID0EDCA','cpp','3','4');return false;">C++</a></div><div id="ID0EDCA_tab4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTab"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:ChangeTab('ID0EDCA','fs','4','4');return false;">F#</a></div><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabRight" id="ID0EDCA_tabimgright"> </div></div><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCodeCollection"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetToolBar"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetToolBarText"><a id="ID0EDCA_copyCode" href="#" onclick="javascript:CopyToClipboard('ID0EDCA');return false;" title="Copy">Copy</a></div></div><div id="ID0EDCA_code_Div1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: block"><pre xml:space="preserve"><span class="keyword">public</span> <span class="identifier">ILoggerRepository</span> <span class="identifier">CreateRepository</span>(
	<span class="identifier">Assembly</span> <span class="parameter">repositoryAssembly</span>,
	<span class="identifier">Type</span> <span class="parameter">repositoryType</span>,
	<span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="parameter">repositoryName</span>,
	<span class="identifier">bool</span> <span class="parameter">readAssemblyAttributes</span>
)</pre></div><div id="ID0EDCA_code_Div2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre xml:space="preserve"><span class="keyword">Public</span> <span class="keyword">Function</span> <span class="identifier">CreateRepository</span> ( 
	<span class="parameter">repositoryAssembly</span> <span class="keyword">As</span> <span class="identifier">Assembly</span>,
	<span class="parameter">repositoryType</span> <span class="keyword">As</span> <span class="identifier">Type</span>,
	<span class="parameter">repositoryName</span> <span class="keyword">As</span> <span class="identifier">String</span>,
	<span class="parameter">readAssemblyAttributes</span> <span class="keyword">As</span> <span class="identifier">Boolean</span>
) <span class="keyword">As</span> <span class="identifier">ILoggerRepository</span></pre></div><div id="ID0EDCA_code_Div3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre xml:space="preserve"><span class="keyword">public</span>:
<span class="identifier">ILoggerRepository</span>^ <span class="identifier">CreateRepository</span>(
	<span class="identifier">Assembly</span>^ <span class="parameter">repositoryAssembly</span>, 
	<span class="identifier">Type</span>^ <span class="parameter">repositoryType</span>, 
	<span class="identifier">String</span>^ <span class="parameter">repositoryName</span>, 
	<span class="identifier">bool</span> <span class="parameter">readAssemblyAttributes</span>
)</pre></div><div id="ID0EDCA_code_Div4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre xml:space="preserve"><span class="keyword">member</span> <span class="identifier">CreateRepository</span> : 
        <span class="parameter">repositoryAssembly</span> : <span class="identifier">Assembly</span> * 
        <span class="parameter">repositoryType</span> : <span class="identifier">Type</span> * 
        <span class="parameter">repositoryName</span> : <span class="identifier">string</span> * 
        <span class="parameter">readAssemblyAttributes</span> : <span class="identifier">bool</span> <span class="keyword">-&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">ILoggerRepository</span> 
</pre></div></div></div><script type="text/javascript">AddLanguageTabSet("ID0EDCA");</script><h4 class="subHeading">Parameters</h4><dl><dt><span class="parameter">repositoryAssembly</span></dt><dd>Type: <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xbe1wdx9" target="_blank">System.Reflection<span id="LSTED135946_1"></span><script type="text/javascript">AddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LSTED135946_1?cs=.|vb=.|cpp=::|nu=.|fs=.");</script>Assembly</a><br />the assembly to use to create the repository to associate with the <a href="T_log4net_Repository_ILoggerRepository.htm">ILoggerRepository</a>.</dd><dt><span class="parameter">repositoryType</span></dt><dd>Type: <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/42892f65" target="_blank">System<span id="LSTED135946_2"></span><script type="text/javascript">AddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LSTED135946_2?cs=.|vb=.|cpp=::|nu=.|fs=.");</script>Type</a><br />The type of repository to create, must implement <a href="T_log4net_Repository_ILoggerRepository.htm">ILoggerRepository</a>.</dd><dt><span class="parameter">repositoryName</span></dt><dd>Type: <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s1wwdcbf" target="_blank">System<span id="LSTED135946_3"></span><script type="text/javascript">AddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LSTED135946_3?cs=.|vb=.|cpp=::|nu=.|fs=.");</script>String</a><br />The name to assign to the created repository</dd><dt><span class="parameter">readAssemblyAttributes</span></dt><dd>Type: <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a28wyd50" target="_blank">System<span id="LSTED135946_4"></span><script type="text/javascript">AddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LSTED135946_4?cs=.|vb=.|cpp=::|nu=.|fs=.");</script>Boolean</a><br />Set to <span class="code">true</span> to read and apply the assembly attributes</dd></dl><h4 class="subHeading">Return Value</h4>Type: <a href="T_log4net_Repository_ILoggerRepository.htm">ILoggerRepository</a><br />The repository created.<div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">Exceptions</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"> </div><div class="tableSection"><table><tr><th class="ps_exceptionNameColumn">Exception</th><th class="ps_exceptionConditionColumn">Condition</th></tr><tr><td><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/27426hcy" target="_blank">ArgumentNullException</a></td><td><span class="parameter">repositoryAssembly</span> is <span class="keyword"><span id="LSTED135946_5"></span><script type="text/javascript">AddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LSTED135946_5?vb=Nothing|cpp=nullptr|nu=null");</script></span>.</td></tr></table></div><div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">Remarks</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"> </div><p>
            The <a href="T_log4net_Repository_ILoggerRepository.htm">ILoggerRepository</a> created will be associated with the repository
            specified such that a call to <span class="nolink">[M:GetRepository(Assembly)]</span> with the
            same assembly specified will return the same repository instance.
            </p><p>
            The type of the <a href="T_log4net_Repository_ILoggerRepository.htm">ILoggerRepository</a> created and
            the repository to create can be overridden by specifying the
            <a href="T_log4net_Config_RepositoryAttribute.htm">RepositoryAttribute</a> attribute on the 
            <span class="parameter">repositoryAssembly</span>.  The default values are to use the 
            <span class="parameter">repositoryType</span> implementation of the 
            <a href="T_log4net_Repository_ILoggerRepository.htm">ILoggerRepository</a> interface and to use the
            <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8yd480ef" target="_blank">Name</a> as the name of the repository.
            </p><p>
            The <a href="T_log4net_Repository_ILoggerRepository.htm">ILoggerRepository</a> created will be automatically
            configured using any <a href="T_log4net_Config_ConfiguratorAttribute.htm">ConfiguratorAttribute</a> 
            attributes defined on the <span class="parameter">repositoryAssembly</span>.
            </p><p>
            If a repository for the <span class="parameter">repositoryAssembly</span> already exists
            that repository will be returned. An error will not be raised and that 
            repository may be of a different type to that specified in <span class="parameter">repositoryType</span>.
            Also the <a href="T_log4net_Config_RepositoryAttribute.htm">RepositoryAttribute</a> attribute on the
            assembly may be used to override the repository type specified in 
            <span class="parameter">repositoryType</span>.
            </p><div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion" id="seeAlsoSection"><div class="OH_regiontitle">See Also</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"> </div><h4 class="subHeading">Reference</h4><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="T_log4net_Core_DefaultRepositorySelector.htm">DefaultRepositorySelector Class</a></div><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="Overload_log4net_Core_DefaultRepositorySelector_CreateRepository.htm">CreateRepository Overload</a></div><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="N_log4net_Core.htm">log4net.Core Namespace</a></div></div></div></div></div><div id="OH_footer" class="OH_footer">Apache log4net, Apache and log4net are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation.<p><a href="http://logging.apache.org/log4net/" target="_blank">Copyright 2004-2017 The Apache Software Foundation</a></p><div class="OH_feedbacklink">Send comments on this topic to
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