public static void Log(string itemToLog, string callerMethodName = null, bool writeToStatusStrip = false)
{
if (callerMethodName == null)
{
StackTrace stackTrace = new StackTrace();
MethodBase method = stackTrace.GetFrame(1).GetMethod();
callerMethodName = method.Name;
}
DateTime date = DateTime.Now;
LogContents += $"[{callerMethodName} {date}] {itemToLog}\n";
if (!File.Exists(LogFilePath))
{
File.Create(LogFilePath).Close();
}
if (File.ReadAllText(LogFilePath) != LogContents)
{
File.WriteAllText(LogFilePath, LogContents);
}
//Rather than appending text, we'll just check to see if it's different and write everything
//(There shouldn't ever be so much text that this is a real performance hog and it also has
//the advantage of taking care of the situation where a user turns on this setting midway
//through a session of using the program)
if (writeToStatusStrip)
{
UpdateStatusStrip?.Invoke(itemToLog, false, false);
}
}
public static void LogError(string itemToLog, string callerMethodName = null, bool writeToStatusStrip = false)
{
if (callerMethodName == null)
{
StackTrace stackTrace = new StackTrace();
MethodBase method = stackTrace.GetFrame(1).GetMethod();
callerMethodName = method.Name;
}
Log(itemToLog, callerMethodName, false); //writeToStatusStrip: false because we're using different parameters and will do it below
if (writeToStatusStrip)
{
UpdateStatusStrip?.Invoke(itemToLog, true, true);
}
}