/// <summary> /// Creates the message sink. /// </summary> /// <param name="pi">The pi.</param> /// <returns></returns> protected IMessageSink CreateMessageSink(CategoryPropertyItem pi) { if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(pi.EntryValue)) { throw new InvalidConfigurationException("No message sink class definied in a message sink configuration entry."); } IMessageSink result = null; try { if (LOGGER.IsInfoEnabled) { LOGGER.Info(string.Format("Channel, create message sink from type '{0}'. ChannelId: '{1}'.", pi.EntryValue, this.ChannelId)); } Type type = TypeHelper.GetTypeFromString(pi.EntryValue); result = (IMessageSink)type.GetConstructor(new Type[] { }).Invoke(null); result.Initialize(pi); } catch (Exception ex) { throw new InvalidConfigurationException(String.Format("Unable to instantiate message sink '{0}' specified in configuration.", pi.EntryValue), ex); } return(result); }