Question

I am attempting to use an overridden XmlLayoutBase with log4net to print a custom log. It was working yesterday but I did some restructuring and now it is blowing up. Here is what I have done so far.

AssemblyInfo.cs

[assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(ConfigFile = "log4net.config", Watch = true)]

CustomXmlLayout.cs

namespace MyCompany.MyProduct.MyService.Utilities

public class CustomXmlLayout : XmlLayoutBase  
{  
    protected override void FormatXml(XmlWriter writer, LoggingEvent loggingEvent)  
    {  
        //Write stuff
    }  
}  

log4net.config

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<log4net>
  <appender name="RollingLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
    <file value="logfile" />
    <appendToFile value="true" />
    <rollingStyle value="Date" />
    <datePattern value="yyyyMMdd'.xml'" />
    <staticLogFileName value="false" />
    <maxSizeRollbackups value="15" />
    <layout type="MyCompany.MyProduct.MyService.Utilities.CustomXmlLayout" />   
  </appender>
  <root>
    <level value="ALL" />
    <appender-ref ref="RollingLogFileAppender" />
  </root>
</log4net>

Log.cs

public static class Log
{
    private static ILog log = 
        log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Log));

    static Log()
    {
        XmlConfigurator.Configure();
    }

    private static bool IsEnabled()
    {
        //Verify stuff
    }

    public static void Write(LogEntry entry)
    {            
        if (IsEnabled())
            log.Debug(entry);
    }
}

For whatever reason the call to log.Debug never reaches the FormatXml in my custom class. Anyone have any ideas?

edit It works fine when I put the log4net configuration back in web.config, so I guess its some probably with the assemblyinfo… but I don’t see what

Answer 1

I ended up leaving the config section in the web.config