Windsor + LoggingFacility + log4net - how to set log4net.GlobalContext.Properties?

[Filip Kinsky]

I'm using LoggingFacility for accessing ILogger in my application and
now I'd like to be able to set log4net properties. I need to be able
to define log file name programatically depending on parameters my
application is launched with. This should be set just once on
application startup and all the ILoggers supplied by container should
reflect it. So I defined my log4net.config file like this:

...
<appender name="rollingFile"
type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender,log4net" >

<param name="File" value="%property{LogName}" />
...

and already tried to call log4net.GlobalContext.Properties["LogName"]
= "xxx.log" before registering windsor logging facility etc, but I'm
not able to get it working - I'm still getting logs generated into
"%property{LogName}" file. I was already looking into
ExtendedLog4netLogger.GlobalProperties and tried to use it, but it
also didn't work. I looked into its source code, but it seems that the
GlobalProperties property isn't used to set real
log4net.GlobalContext.Property at all?!

Did anyone succeeded in using log4net properties with Castle
LoggingFacility? I guess I could write my own ILoggerFactory/ILogger
implementation, but this would consume quite a lot of time for such
simple thing...

[Filip Kinsky]

strange thing is that this works when using LogName as a parameter in
log message pattern, but not for file name so I guess it's rather
log4net related problem and nothing windsor-specific...

log4net.GlobalContext.Properties["LogName"] = logName;
container.AddFacility("logging", new LoggingFacility
(LoggerImplementation.Log4net));
container.Resolve<ILogger>().Debug("test");

[John Simons]

What you should do is create your own appender derived from RollingFileAppender

Cheers John

On 27/10/2009, at 11:00 PM, Filip Kinsky <fi...@filovo.net> wrote:

RollingFileAppender

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[Filip Kinsky]

I just solve the problem fortunately. The only mistake I made is in
the log4net.config file - the definition of file name parameter of
appender should not be done using <param name="File" ...>, but it
should look like this:

<file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="%property{LogName}" />

It just started to work when I changed the log4net.config file like
this. Nasty behaviour ;(

On 27 říj, 13:34, John Simons <johnsimons...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> What you should do is create your own appender derived from RollingFileAppender
>
> Cheers John
>
> On 27/10/2009, at 11:00 PM, Filip Kinsky <fi...@filovo.net> wrote:
>
> RollingFileAppender
>

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[Filip Kinský]

Hi, I'd don't remember it clearly, but I think it was just about correct RollingFileAppender configuration. Did you try to use the configuration element I mentioned: <file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="%property{LogName}" />  ?

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 5:41 PM, OutOfTouch <outofto...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Filip,

I know this is an old thread but I need to do the same thing that you were trying to do here and I can't not find any examples of using the ExtendedLog4netLogger .cs class

Did you use this class to do this? Even if you didn't do you have any examples of using this class? All the examples I see are the fluent registration of the LoggingFacility

Anyone that knows feel free to answer please.

Thanks!

[Krzysztof Kozmic]

there should be some tests that demonstrate that, no?

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On Friday, 3 May 2013 at 2:20 AM, OutOfTouch wrote:

Do you or anyone else know how I can do this using the ExtendedLog4NetLogger.cs?

On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:39:05 AM UTC-5, Filip Kinsky wrote:

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[OutOfTouch]

I think I found where these tests are at but I am still confused as to how to do the registration. I am looking at ExtendedLog4NetFacilityTestCase.cs

On Thursday, May 2, 2013 5:01:41 PM UTC-5, Krzysztof Koźmic wrote:

there should be some tests that demonstrate that, no?

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On Friday, 3 May 2013 at 2:20 AM, OutOfTouch wrote:

Do you or anyone else know how I can do this using the ExtendedLog4NetLogger.cs?

On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:39:05 AM UTC-5, Filip Kinsky wrote:

I just solve the problem fortunately. The only mistake I made is in
the log4net.config file - the definition of file name parameter of
appender should not be done using <param name="File" ...>, but it
should look like this:

<file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="%property{LogName}" />

It just started to work when I changed the log4net.config file like
this. Nasty behaviour ;(

On 27 říj, 13:34, John Simons <johnsimons...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> What you should do is create your own appender derived from RollingFileAppender
>
> Cheers John
>
> On 27/10/2009, at 11:00 PM, Filip Kinsky <fi...@filovo.net> wrote:
>
> RollingFileAppender
>
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[OutOfTouch]

Hi Krzysztof,

I know you are a busy guy, I tried what you suggested in your answer to my question on stack over flow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16343145/how-to-use-extendedlog4netlogger-cs-to-set-logfile-path-for-appender-at-runtime

the problem is the log file is never created and I don't get any runtime exception. I am not sure if it is because configuration happens before the property is set or what I am stumped.

On Thursday, May 2, 2013 5:01:41 PM UTC-5, Krzysztof Koźmic wrote:

there should be some tests that demonstrate that, no?

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On Friday, 3 May 2013 at 2:20 AM, OutOfTouch wrote:

Do you or anyone else know how I can do this using the ExtendedLog4NetLogger.cs?

On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:39:05 AM UTC-5, Filip Kinsky wrote:

I just solve the problem fortunately. The only mistake I made is in
the log4net.config file - the definition of file name parameter of
appender should not be done using <param name="File" ...>, but it
should look like this:

<file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="%property{LogName}" />

It just started to work when I changed the log4net.config file like
this. Nasty behaviour ;(

On 27 říj, 13:34, John Simons <johnsimons...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> What you should do is create your own appender derived from RollingFileAppender
>
> Cheers John
>
> On 27/10/2009, at 11:00 PM, Filip Kinsky <fi...@filovo.net> wrote:
>
> RollingFileAppender
>
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[Krzysztof Kozmic]

does it work if you use log4net directly?

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[OutOfTouch]

Yes it does work if I just use the config file and set the path there.

[OutOfTouch]

I am wondering if it is not working because it reads the config file before setting the global variable?

[Krzysztof Kozmic]

dunno,

try it with just l4n first in exactly the same order and see if it works or not

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[OutOfTouch]

With log4net and the normal ILogger  it worked when doing this:

log4net.GlobalContext.Properties[propertyName] = propertyValue;
log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender rFileAppender = new log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender();
log4net.Config.BasicConfigurator.Configure(rFileAppender);

But I honestly don' see why I would have to use the last two lines of code when the config file already has the appenders defined, I am not sure how I would add new appender using the extended appender if I have to use those last two lines of code.

[Krzysztof Kozmic]

with Windsor you rely on the config file. Can you make it work with l4n and config file?

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[OutOfTouch]

I don't understand your question I had it working by using the Windsor ILogger(Not the extended logger) and using the  code I posted  above.

[OutOfTouch]

I should add though that the code I posted that worked with the windsor ILogger was ran before actually adding  my logger installer to the container.

[OutOfTouch]

Even with Flips code in this thread he added the global property before adding the logger to the container

[Krzysztof Koźmic]

Ok so you're saying what used to work with normal logger stopped working when you switched to extended?

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[OutOfTouch]

No that is not what I am saying, what I am saying is if I wanted to use log4net directly to add thehe global property the code I I just posted works when using the windsor ILogger, if you look at Filips code he also added the global property using log4net directly and did it before adding the Logger to the windsor container. I don't want to use Log4net directly, I want to get this to work using the IExtendedLogger., 

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[OutOfTouch]

Well right now I am convinced that I can't add an appender file path at runtime without using Log4net directly which to me makes it seem a little pointless to use Castle's Logging Facility for the abstraction since I have to use Log4net directly to do this. I still like castle,  I am just bummed out that this appears to not be working

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[Krzysztof Kozmic]

I'm fairly certain it should be working.

I'll have a look into that over the weekend, unless somebody else wants to do it

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[Krzysztof Kozmic]

OK, so I had a stab at it this morning.

It seems you're right. In this context the global property has to be set before configure is called (which by default happens when you add the facility.

You never said why you're doing it that way and at which point in your applications lifecycle you were expecting to set the property.

In most cases this (having to use log4net directly to set it) wouldn't be an issue since you'd be doing it in the composition root.

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[OutOfTouch]

So are you saying you feel it is ok to use log4net directly to configure this in the installer before the facility is added?

Thanks for looking at this btw, much appreciated.

[Krzysztof Kozmic]

I imagine you'd do it in the application root not in the installer, no?

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