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		</style><script src="./../scripts/branding.js" type="text/javascript"><!----></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" /><link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="ms-help://Hx/HxRuntime/HxLink.css" /><meta name="SelfBranded" content="true" /></head><body onload="onLoad()" class="primary-mtps-offline-document"><div class="OH_outerDiv"><div class="OH_outerContent"><table class="TitleTable"><tr><td class="OH_tdTitleColumn">DefaultRepositorySelector<span id="ID0EBBABAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
					addToLanSpecTextIdSet("ID0EBBABAAA?vb=.|cpp=::|cs=.|fs=.|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><b>Namespace:</b> <a href="N_log4net_Core.htm" target="">log4net.Core</a><br /><b>Assembly:</b> <span sdata="assembly">log4net</span> (in log4net.dll) Version: 1.2.15.0 (1.2.15.0)<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 id="snippetGroup_Syntax" class="code"><div id="ID0ECGEAAAAA" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainer"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabs" id="ID0ECGEAAAAA_tabs"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabLeftActive" id="ID0ECGEAAAAA_tabimgleft"></div><div id="ID0ECGEAAAAA_tab1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabActive" EnableCopyCode="true"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:ChangeTab('ID0ECGEAAAAA','C#','1','4');return false;">C#</a></div><div id="ID0ECGEAAAAA_tab2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTab" EnableCopyCode="true"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:ChangeTab('ID0ECGEAAAAA','Visual Basic','2','4');return false;">VB</a></div><div id="ID0ECGEAAAAA_tab3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTab" EnableCopyCode="true"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:ChangeTab('ID0ECGEAAAAA','Visual C++','3','4');return false;">C++</a></div><div id="ID0ECGEAAAAA_tab4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabDisabledNotFirst" EnableCopyCode="true" disabled="true"><a>F#</a></div><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabRight" id="ID0ECGEAAAAA_tabimgright"></div></div><div id="ID0ECGEAAAAA_codecollection" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCodeCollection"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetToolBar"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetToolBarText"><a id="ID0ECGEAAAAA_ViewColorized" href="#" onclick="javascript:ExchangeTitleContent('ID0ECGEAAAAA','4')" title="View Colorized" style="display: none">View Colorized</a><a id="ID0ECGEAAAAA_copycode" href="#" onclick="javascript:CopyToClipboard('ID0ECGEAAAAA','4')" title="Copy to Clipboard">Copy to Clipboard</a><a id="ID0ECGEAAAAA_PrintText" class="OH_PrintText" href="#" onclick="javascript:Print('ID0ECGEAAAAA','4')" title="Print">Print</a></div></div><div id="ID0ECGEAAAAA_code_Div1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: block"><pre><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="ID0ECGEAAAAA_code_Plain_Div1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>public ILoggerRepository CreateRepository(
	Assembly repositoryAssembly,
	Type repositoryType,
	string repositoryName,
	bool readAssemblyAttributes
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECGEAAAAA_code_Div2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre><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="ID0ECGEAAAAA_code_Plain_Div2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>Public Function CreateRepository ( 
	repositoryAssembly As Assembly,
	repositoryType As Type,
	repositoryName As String,
	readAssemblyAttributes As Boolean
) As ILoggerRepository</pre></div><div id="ID0ECGEAAAAA_code_Div3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre><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="ID0ECGEAAAAA_code_Plain_Div3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>public:
ILoggerRepository^ CreateRepository(
	Assembly^ repositoryAssembly, 
	Type^ repositoryType, 
	String^ repositoryName, 
	bool readAssemblyAttributes
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECGEAAAAA_code_Div4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre /></div><div id="ID0ECGEAAAAA_code_Plain_Div4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre /></div></div></div><script>addSpecificTextLanguageTagSet('ID0ECGEAAAAA');</script></div><div id="parameters"><h4 class="subHeading">Parameters</h4><dl paramName="repositoryAssembly"><dt><span class="parameter">repositoryAssembly</span></dt><dd>Type: <img src="./../icons/online_icon.gif" class="OH_offlineIcon" alt="Online" title="Online" /><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xbe1wdx9" target="_blank">System.Reflection<span id="ID0EBCADFEAAAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
					addToLanSpecTextIdSet("ID0EBCADFEAAAAA?vb=.|cpp=::|cs=.|fs=.|nu=.");
				</script>Assembly</a><br /><span>the assembly to use to create the repository to associate with the <a href="T_log4net_Repository_ILoggerRepository.htm" target="">ILoggerRepository</a>.</span></dd></dl><dl paramName="repositoryType"><dt><span class="parameter">repositoryType</span></dt><dd>Type: <img src="./../icons/online_icon.gif" class="OH_offlineIcon" alt="Online" title="Online" /><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/42892f65" target="_blank">System<span id="ID0EBCACFEAAAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
					addToLanSpecTextIdSet("ID0EBCACFEAAAAA?vb=.|cpp=::|cs=.|fs=.|nu=.");
				</script>Type</a><br /><span>The type of repository to create, must implement <a href="T_log4net_Repository_ILoggerRepository.htm" target="">ILoggerRepository</a>.</span></dd></dl><dl paramName="repositoryName"><dt><span class="parameter">repositoryName</span></dt><dd>Type: <img src="./../icons/online_icon.gif" class="OH_offlineIcon" alt="Online" title="Online" /><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s1wwdcbf" target="_blank">System<span id="ID0EBCABFEAAAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
					addToLanSpecTextIdSet("ID0EBCABFEAAAAA?vb=.|cpp=::|cs=.|fs=.|nu=.");
				</script>String</a><br /><span>The name to assign to the created repository</span></dd></dl><dl paramName="readAssemblyAttributes"><dt><span class="parameter">readAssemblyAttributes</span></dt><dd>Type: <img src="./../icons/online_icon.gif" class="OH_offlineIcon" alt="Online" title="Online" /><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a28wyd50" target="_blank">System<span id="ID0EBCAAFEAAAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
					addToLanSpecTextIdSet("ID0EBCAAFEAAAAA?vb=.|cpp=::|cs=.|fs=.|nu=.");
				</script>Boolean</a><br /><span>Set to <span class="code">true</span> to read and apply the assembly attributes</span></dd></dl></div><h4 class="subHeading">Return Value</h4>Type: <a href="T_log4net_Repository_ILoggerRepository.htm" target="">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><img src="./../icons/online_icon.gif" class="OH_offlineIcon" alt="Online" title="Online" /><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/27426hcy" target="_blank">System<span id="ID0EBABAAADAAAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
					addToLanSpecTextIdSet("ID0EBABAAADAAAAA?vb=.|cpp=::|cs=.|fs=.|nu=.");
				</script>ArgumentNullException</a></td><td><span class="parameter">repositoryAssembly</span> is <span sdata="langKeyword" value="null"><span class="keyword"><span id="ID0EAABAAAADAAAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
					addToLanSpecTextIdSet("ID0EAABAAAADAAAAA?vb=Nothing|cpp=nullptr|cs=null|fs=unit|nu=null");
				</script></span></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" target="">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" target="">ILoggerRepository</a> created and
            the repository to create can be overridden by specifying the
            <a href="T_log4net_Config_RepositoryAttribute.htm" target="">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" target="">ILoggerRepository</a> interface and to use the
            <img src="./../icons/online_icon.gif" class="OH_offlineIcon" alt="Online" title="Online" /><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" target="">ILoggerRepository</a> created will be automatically
            configured using any <a href="T_log4net_Config_ConfiguratorAttribute.htm" target="">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" target="">RepositoryAttribute</a> attribute on the
            assembly may be used to override the repository type specified in 
            <span class="parameter">repositoryType</span>.
            </p><a name="seeAlsoSection"><!----></a><div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">See Also</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"></div><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="T_log4net_Core_DefaultRepositorySelector.htm" target="">DefaultRepositorySelector Class</a></div><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="AllMembers_T_log4net_Core_DefaultRepositorySelector.htm" target="">DefaultRepositorySelector Members</a></div><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="Overload_log4net_Core_DefaultRepositorySelector_CreateRepository.htm" target="">CreateRepository Overload</a></div><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="N_log4net_Core.htm" target="">log4net.Core Namespace</a></div></div></div></div></div><div id="OH_footer" class="OH_footer"><p>Apache log4net, Apache and log4net are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation.</p><p><a href="http://logging.apache.org/log4net/" target="_blank"><img src="./../icons/online_icon.gif" class="OH_offlineIcon" alt="Online" title="Online" /> 
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