﻿<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>NDC Class</title><meta name="Language" content="en-us" /><meta name="System.Keywords" content="NDC class" /><meta name="System.Keywords" content="log4net.NDC class" /><meta name="System.Keywords" content="NDC class, about NDC class" /><meta name="Microsoft.Help.F1" content="log4net.NDC" /><meta name="Microsoft.Help.Id" content="T:log4net.NDC" /><meta name="Description" content="Implementation of Nested Diagnostic Contexts." /><meta name="Microsoft.Help.ContentType" content="Reference" /><meta name="BrandingAware" content="true" /><meta name="container" content="log4net" /><meta name="file" content="T_log4net_NDC" /><meta name="guid" content="T_log4net_NDC" /><link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="../styles/highlight.css" /><script type="text/javascript" src="../scripts/highlight.js"> </script></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">NDC Class</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">
            Implementation of Nested Diagnostic Contexts.
            </div><div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">Inheritance Hierarchy</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"> </div><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e5kfa45b" target="_blank">System<span id="LSTAA7CDB24_0"></span><script type="text/javascript">AddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LSTAA7CDB24_0?cs=.|vb=.|cpp=::|nu=.|fs=.");</script>Object</a><br />  <span class="selflink">log4net<span id="LSTAA7CDB24_1"></span><script type="text/javascript">AddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LSTAA7CDB24_1?cs=.|vb=.|cpp=::|nu=.|fs=.");</script>NDC</span><br /><p> </p><strong>Namespace:</strong> <a href="N_log4net.htm">log4net</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="keyword">sealed</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">NDC</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">NotInheritable</span> <span class="keyword">Class</span> <span class="identifier">NDC</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="keyword">ref class</span> <span class="identifier">NDC</span> <span class="keyword">sealed</span></pre></div><div id="ID0EDCA_code_Div4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre xml:space="preserve">[&lt;<span class="identifier">SealedAttribute</span>&gt;]
<span class="keyword">type</span> <span class="identifier">NDC</span> =  <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="keyword">end</span></pre></div></div></div><script type="text/javascript">AddLanguageTabSet("ID0EDCA");</script><p>The <span class="selflink">NDC</span> type exposes the following members.</p><div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">Properties</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"> </div><table id="memberList" class="members"><tr><th class="ps_iconColumn">
								 
							</th><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr data="public;static;declared;notNetfw;"><td><img src="../icons/pubproperty.gif" alt="Public property" title="Public property" /><img src="../icons/static.gif" alt="Static member" title="Static member" /></td><td><a href="P_log4net_NDC_Depth.htm">Depth</a></td><td><div class="summary">
            Gets the current context depth.
            </div></td></tr></table><a href="#mainBody">Top</a><div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">Methods</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"> </div><table id="memberList" class="members"><tr><th class="ps_iconColumn">
								 
							</th><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr data="public;static;declared;notNetfw;"><td><img src="../icons/pubmethod.gif" alt="Public method" title="Public method" /><img src="../icons/static.gif" alt="Static member" title="Static member" /></td><td><a href="M_log4net_NDC_Clear.htm">Clear</a></td><td><div class="summary">
            Clears all the contextual information held on the current thread.
            </div></td></tr><tr data="public;static;declared;notNetfw;"><td><img src="../icons/pubmethod.gif" alt="Public method" title="Public method" /><img src="../icons/static.gif" alt="Static member" title="Static member" /></td><td><a href="M_log4net_NDC_CloneStack.htm">CloneStack</a></td><td><div class="summary">
            Creates a clone of the stack of context information.
            </div></td></tr><tr data="public;inherited;notNetfw;"><td><img src="../icons/pubmethod.gif" alt="Public method" title="Public method" /></td><td><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bsc2ak47" target="_blank">Equals</a></td><td><div class="summary">
                    Determines whether the specified <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e5kfa45b" target="_blank">Object</a> is equal to the current <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e5kfa45b" target="_blank">Object</a>.
                </div> (Inherited from <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e5kfa45b" target="_blank">Object</a>.)</td></tr><tr data="public;inherited;notNetfw;"><td><img src="../icons/pubmethod.gif" alt="Public method" title="Public method" /></td><td><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zdee4b3y" target="_blank">GetHashCode</a></td><td><div class="summary">
                    Serves as a hash function for a particular type. 
                </div> (Inherited from <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e5kfa45b" target="_blank">Object</a>.)</td></tr><tr data="public;inherited;notNetfw;"><td><img src="../icons/pubmethod.gif" alt="Public method" title="Public method" /></td><td><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dfwy45w9" target="_blank">GetType</a></td><td><div class="summary">
                    Gets the <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/42892f65" target="_blank">Type</a> of the current instance.
                </div> (Inherited from <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e5kfa45b" target="_blank">Object</a>.)</td></tr><tr data="public;static;declared;notNetfw;"><td><img src="../icons/pubmethod.gif" alt="Public method" title="Public method" /><img src="../icons/static.gif" alt="Static member" title="Static member" /></td><td><a href="M_log4net_NDC_Inherit.htm">Inherit</a></td><td><div class="summary">
            Inherits the contextual information from another thread.
            </div></td></tr><tr data="public;static;declared;notNetfw;"><td><img src="../icons/pubmethod.gif" alt="Public method" title="Public method" /><img src="../icons/static.gif" alt="Static member" title="Static member" /></td><td><a href="M_log4net_NDC_Pop.htm">Pop</a></td><td><div class="summary">
            Removes the top context from the stack.
            </div></td></tr><tr data="public;static;declared;notNetfw;"><td><img src="../icons/pubmethod.gif" alt="Public method" title="Public method" /><img src="../icons/static.gif" alt="Static member" title="Static member" /><img src="../icons/CodeExample.png" alt="Code example" title="Code example" /></td><td><a href="M_log4net_NDC_Push.htm">Push</a></td><td><div class="summary">
            Pushes a new context message.
            </div></td></tr><tr data="public;static;declared;notNetfw;"><td><img src="../icons/pubmethod.gif" alt="Public method" title="Public method" /><img src="../icons/static.gif" alt="Static member" title="Static member" /><img src="../icons/CodeExample.png" alt="Code example" title="Code example" /></td><td><a href="M_log4net_NDC_PushFormat.htm">PushFormat</a></td><td><div class="summary">
            Pushes a new context message.
            </div></td></tr><tr data="public;static;declared;notNetfw;"><td><img src="../icons/pubmethod.gif" alt="Public method" title="Public method" /><img src="../icons/static.gif" alt="Static member" title="Static member" /></td><td><a href="M_log4net_NDC_Remove.htm">Remove</a></td><td><div class="summary">
            Removes the context information for this thread. It is
            not required to call this method.
            </div></td></tr><tr data="public;static;declared;notNetfw;"><td><img src="../icons/pubmethod.gif" alt="Public method" title="Public method" /><img src="../icons/static.gif" alt="Static member" title="Static member" /></td><td><a href="M_log4net_NDC_SetMaxDepth.htm">SetMaxDepth</a></td><td><div class="summary">
            Forces the stack depth to be at most <span class="parameter">maxDepth</span>.
            </div></td></tr><tr data="public;inherited;notNetfw;"><td><img src="../icons/pubmethod.gif" alt="Public method" title="Public method" /></td><td><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7bxwbwt2" target="_blank">ToString</a></td><td><div class="summary">
                    Returns a <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s1wwdcbf" target="_blank">String</a> that represents the current <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e5kfa45b" target="_blank">Object</a>.
                </div> (Inherited from <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e5kfa45b" target="_blank">Object</a>.)</td></tr></table><a href="#mainBody">Top</a><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><div class="alert"><table><tr><th><img src="../icons/alert_note.gif" alt="Note" /> Note</th></tr><tr><td><p>
            The NDC is deprecated and has been replaced by the <a href="P_log4net_ThreadContext_Stacks.htm">Stacks</a>.
            The current NDC implementation forwards to the <span class="code">ThreadContext.Stacks["NDC"]</span>.
            </p></td></tr></table></div><p>
            A Nested Diagnostic Context, or NDC in short, is an instrument
            to distinguish interleaved log output from different sources. Log
            output is typically interleaved when a server handles multiple
            clients near-simultaneously.
            </p><p>
            Interleaved log output can still be meaningful if each log entry
            from different contexts had a distinctive stamp. This is where NDCs
            come into play.
            </p><p>
            Note that NDCs are managed on a per thread basis. The NDC class
            is made up of static methods that operate on the context of the
            calling thread.
            </p><div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">Examples</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"> </div>How to push a message into the context
            <div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainer"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabs"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabLeftActive" id="ID0EAADBA_tabimgleft"> </div><div id="ID0EAADBA_tab1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabSolo">C#</div><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabRightActive" id="ID0EAADBA_tabimgright"> </div></div><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCodeCollection"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetToolBar"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetToolBarText"><a id="ID0EAADBA_copyCode" href="#" onclick="javascript:CopyToClipboard('ID0EAADBA');return false;" title="Copy">Copy</a></div></div><div id="ID0EAADBA_code_Div1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: block"><pre xml:space="preserve"><span class="highlight-keyword">using</span>(NDC.Push(<span class="highlight-literal">"my context message"</span>))
{
    ... all log calls will have <span class="highlight-literal">'my context message'</span> included ...

} <span class="highlight-comment">// at the end of the using block the message is automatically removed</span></pre></div></div></div><script type="text/javascript">AddLanguageTabSet("ID0EAADBA");</script><div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">Thread Safety</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"> </div>Static members of this type are safe for multi-threaded operations. Instance members of this type are safe for multi-threaded operations. <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="N_log4net.htm">log4net 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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