/// <summary>
/// Entry point for the timer reloading the configuration file.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="state">Some state object (not used).</param>
private void TimerProc(object state)
{
lock (Sync)
{
if (mReloadingTimer == null)
{
return; // object has been disposed
}
try
{
// load file (always replace mFile, do not modify existing instance for threading reasons)
File = LogConfigurationFile.LoadFrom(FullPath);
}
catch (FileNotFoundException)
{
// file does not exist, should be handled using file system notifications
// => don't do anything here...
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
sLog.ForceWrite(LogLevel.Error, "Reloading configuration file failed. Exception: {0}", ex);
mReloadingTimer.Change(500, -1); // try again later...
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Tries to open the configured configuration file.
/// </summary>
private void OpenConfigurationFile()
{
lock (Sync)
{
// dispose resources associated with the loaded configuration file
CloseConfigurationFile();
// load configuration file
const int maxRetryCount = 5;
for (int retry = 0; retry < maxRetryCount; retry++)
{
try
{
File = LogConfigurationFile.LoadFrom(FullPath);
break;
}
catch (FileNotFoundException)
{
// file does not exist
// => that's ok, use a default configuration file...
File = new LogConfigurationFile();
break;
}
catch (IOException)
{
// there is something wrong at a lower level, most probably a sharing violation
// => just try again...
if (retry + 1 >= maxRetryCount)
{
throw;
}
Thread.Sleep(10);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// a severe error that cannot be fixed here
// => abort
sLog.ForceWrite(
LogLevel.Error,
"Loading log configuration file ({0}) failed. Exception: {1}",
FullPath,
ex);
throw;
}
}
// set up the file system watcher to get notified of changes to the file
// (notifications about the creation of files with zero-length do not contain
// valuable information, so renaming/deleting is sufficient)
mFileSystemWatcher = new FileSystemWatcher
{
Path = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(FullPath),
Filter = "*" + System.IO.Path.GetExtension(mFileName)
};
mFileSystemWatcher.Changed += EH_FileSystemWatcher_Changed;
mFileSystemWatcher.Deleted += EH_FileSystemWatcher_Removed;
mFileSystemWatcher.Renamed += EH_FileSystemWatcher_Renamed;
mFileSystemWatcher.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
// set up timer that will handle reloading the configuration file
mReloadingTimer = new Timer(TimerProc, null, -1, -1); // do not start immediately
}
}