/// <summary>
/// Method that actually writes the log message to the file.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="formattedLogEntry">Structure that includes the formatted lines of text
/// that will be written to the log and the category or EventType that applies to the
/// log entry.</param>
/// <param name="doWriteLine">Determines whether to perform a WriteLine or a Write to the
/// log.</param>
/// <param name="logFileName">The full name, including path, of the file that the log
/// entry will be written to. Excludes any date suffix to the filename.</param>
/// <param name="fileNameIncludesDate">true if the log filename should include a date, eg
/// C:\Logs\MyLogFile_20070219.log. false if the log filename should not include a date,
/// eg C:\Logs\MyLogFile.log.</param>
/// <returns>true if successful, otherwise false.</returns>
private bool WriteToCustomLog(FormattedLogEntry formattedLogEntry, bool doWriteLine,
string logFileName, bool fileNameIncludesDate)
{
bool isOK = false;
try
{
// Add date suffix to file name, if required.
if (fileNameIncludesDate)
{
string dateText = DateTime.Now.ToString("_yyyyMMdd.");
// Use home-made ReplaceLast method, rather than built-in string.Replace,
// to deal with paths that contain a "." . Only want to replace the "."
// before the file extension, not every "." in the path.
logFileName = this.ReplaceLast(logFileName, ".", dateText);
}
StreamWriter writer = null;
if (File.Exists(logFileName))
{
writer = File.AppendText(logFileName);
}
else
{
writer = new StreamWriter(logFileName);
}
// Emphasize any log entry (by writing it in upper case) if its category is one of
// the categories to emphasize, or its source is one of the sources to emphasize,
// etc.
// NB: cannot use List.Contains method for string comparisons - this is
// case-sensitive and want to do a case-insensitive comparison.
LogEntryProperties logEntryProperties = formattedLogEntry.Properties;
StringComparer caseInsensitiveComparer = StringComparer.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase;
bool emphasizeLogEntry
= (_categoriesToEmphasize.BinarySearch(logEntryProperties.Category,
caseInsensitiveComparer) >= 0) ||
(_sourcesToEmphasize.BinarySearch(logEntryProperties.Source,
caseInsensitiveComparer) >= 0) ||
(_methodsToEmphasize.BinarySearch(logEntryProperties.MethodThatWroteToLog,
caseInsensitiveComparer) >= 0) ||
(_threadIDsToEmphasize.BinarySearch(logEntryProperties.ThreadID,
caseInsensitiveComparer) >= 0) ||
(_eventIDsToEmphasize.Contains(logEntryProperties.EventID)) ||
(_processIDsToEmphasize.Contains(logEntryProperties.ProcessID));
string textToWrite = string.Empty;
foreach (string lineToWrite in formattedLogEntry.LinesToWrite)
{
if (emphasizeLogEntry)
{
textToWrite = lineToWrite.ToUpper();
}
else
{
textToWrite = lineToWrite;
}
if (doWriteLine)
{
writer.WriteLine(textToWrite);
}
else
{
writer.Write(textToWrite);
}
}
writer.Flush();
writer.Close();
writer.Dispose();
isOK = true;
}
catch
{
isOK = false;
}
return(isOK);
}
public LogMessageEventArgs(string messageToLog,
LogEntryProperties messageProperties)
{
_messageToLog = messageToLog;
_messageProperties = messageProperties;
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the lines of text that will be written to the log. Reads format strings and replaces the
/// placeholders with the data that is to be written to the log.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="logEntryFields">Fields to write to the log.</param>
/// <param name="doWriteLine">Determines whether to perform a WriteLine or a Write to the log.</param>
/// <returns>FormattedLogEntry structure that wraps the formatted lines of text that will be written to the log
/// and the category or EventType that applies to the log entry.</returns>
/// <remarks>If no format strings have been set, default format strings will be used.</remarks>
protected virtual FormattedLogEntry GetFormattedLinesToWrite(LogEntryFields logEntryFields, bool doWriteLine)
{
FormattedLogEntry logEntry = new FormattedLogEntry();
List <string> linesToWrite = new List <string>();
List <string> formatStrings = new List <string>();
// If no formatting strings have been defined, use defaults.
if (_formatStrings.Count == 0)
{
formatStrings.Add("{DATE:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} {CATEGORY} {METHOD} (ID: {EVENT_ID:000}): {MESSAGE}");
formatStrings.Add("{INDENT}Process ID: {PROCESS_ID}; Thread ID: {THREAD_ID}.");
formatStrings.Add("{INDENT}Detailed Failure Message: {DETAILED_MESSAGE}");
formatStrings.Add("{INDENT}Call Stack: {CALL_STACK}");
formatStrings.Add("{INDENT}Logical Operation Stack: {LOGICAL_OPERATION_STACK}");
formatStrings.Add("{INDENT}Related Activity ID: {RELATED_ACTIVITY_ID}");
}
else
{
formatStrings = _formatStrings;
}
LogEntryProperties logEntryProperties = new LogEntryProperties();
logEntryProperties.Category = logEntryFields.Category;
logEntryProperties.Source = logEntryFields.Source;
logEntryProperties.MethodThatWroteToLog = logEntryFields.MethodThatWroteToLog;
logEntryProperties.EventID = logEntryFields.EventID;
logEntryProperties.ThreadID = logEntryFields.ThreadID;
logEntryProperties.ProcessID = logEntryFields.ProcessID;
logEntry.Properties = logEntryProperties;
logEntry.LinesToWrite = new List <string>();
string lineToWrite = string.Empty;
foreach (string formatString in formatStrings)
{
bool wasDataInserted = false;
bool morePlaceholdersToCheck = true;
lineToWrite = formatString;
string spaces = new string(' ', this.IndentSize);
lineToWrite = lineToWrite.Replace("{INDENT}", spaces);
lineToWrite = ReplaceFormattedPlaceholder <DateTime>(lineToWrite, "{DATE}", logEntryFields.EventDateTime,
DateTime.MinValue, ref wasDataInserted, ref morePlaceholdersToCheck);
lineToWrite = ReplaceTextPlaceholder(lineToWrite, "{MESSAGE}", logEntryFields.Message,
ref wasDataInserted, ref morePlaceholdersToCheck);
lineToWrite = ReplaceTextPlaceholder(lineToWrite, "{DETAILED_MESSAGE}", logEntryFields.DetailedMessage,
ref wasDataInserted, ref morePlaceholdersToCheck);
lineToWrite = ReplaceTextPlaceholder(lineToWrite, "{APPLICATION}", this.ApplicationName,
ref wasDataInserted, ref morePlaceholdersToCheck);
lineToWrite = ReplaceTextPlaceholder(lineToWrite, "{SOURCE}", logEntryFields.Source,
ref wasDataInserted, ref morePlaceholdersToCheck);
lineToWrite = ReplaceTextPlaceholder(lineToWrite, "{METHOD}", logEntryFields.MethodThatWroteToLog,
ref wasDataInserted, ref morePlaceholdersToCheck);
lineToWrite = ReplaceTextPlaceholder(lineToWrite, "{CATEGORY}", logEntryFields.Category,
ref wasDataInserted, ref morePlaceholdersToCheck);
lineToWrite = ReplaceTextPlaceholder(lineToWrite, "{EVENT_TYPE}", logEntryFields.Category,
ref wasDataInserted, ref morePlaceholdersToCheck);
lineToWrite = ReplaceFormattedPlaceholder <Int32>(lineToWrite, "{EVENT_ID}", logEntryFields.EventID, 0,
ref wasDataInserted, ref morePlaceholdersToCheck);
lineToWrite = ReplaceFormattedPlaceholder <Int32>(lineToWrite, "{PROCESS_ID}", logEntryFields.ProcessID, 0,
ref wasDataInserted, ref morePlaceholdersToCheck);
lineToWrite = ReplaceTextPlaceholder(lineToWrite, "{THREAD_ID}", logEntryFields.ThreadID,
ref wasDataInserted, ref morePlaceholdersToCheck);
lineToWrite = ReplaceTextPlaceholder(lineToWrite, "{CALL_STACK}", logEntryFields.CallStack,
ref wasDataInserted, ref morePlaceholdersToCheck);
lineToWrite = ReplaceTextPlaceholder(lineToWrite, "{LOGICAL_OPERATION_STACK}", logEntryFields.LogicalOperationStack,
ref wasDataInserted, ref morePlaceholdersToCheck);
lineToWrite = ReplaceTextPlaceholder(lineToWrite, "{RELATED_ACTIVITY_ID}", logEntryFields.RelatedActivityID,
ref wasDataInserted, ref morePlaceholdersToCheck);
if (wasDataInserted)
{
logEntry.LinesToWrite.Add(lineToWrite);
}
}
return(logEntry);
}
