/// <summary>
/// This function builds and writes a JSON formatted log message into the text file
/// This text file can later be imported either into a JSON reader program/web app or a dedicated web app build specifically for your project
/// </summary>
/// <param name="q">qualifier - used to organize the messages</param>
/// <param name="m">actual message</param>
/// <param name="caller_function">function that contains the logger call</param>
public void Log(lq q, string m, string[] tags_array = null)
{
// omit all irrelevant logging messages
if (!show.Contains(q))
{
return;
}
// calculate time,millisecond,frame
string daytime = DateTime.Now.Hour.ToString("D2") + ":" + DateTime.Now.Minute.ToString("D2") + ":" + DateTime.Now.Second.ToString("D2") + "." + DateTime.Now.Millisecond.ToString("D3") + " " + DateTime.Now.ToString("tt", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
// add process tag
// create and write a message
try
{
// create a temporary json object with current message
LogMessage temp = new LogMessage
{
timestamp = daytime,
qualifier = q.ToString(),
caller = _instance.get_caller(),
message = m,
tags = tags_array
};
// add message to the archive
message_archive.Add(temp);
// serialize the entire archive, overwriting the file
using (StreamWriter file = File.CreateText(_instance._log_filename_base))
{
JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
// serialize object directly into file stream
serializer.Serialize(file, message_archive);
}
}
catch (DirectoryNotFoundException e)
{
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory("./logs");
using (StreamWriter stream = File.AppendText(_instance._log_filename_base))
{
stream.Write("created a logs directory due to: " + e.ToString());
}
}
catch (IOException e)
{
Debug.WriteLine("could not write to a log: " + e);
}
}
public OperationResponseDataContract(lq instance)
{
_internal = instance;
}
