log4net: Creating a logger dynamically, should I worry about anything?
- by vtortola
Hi,
I need to create loggers dynamically, so with a post from here and the help of reflector I have managed to create loggers dynamically, but I'd like to know if I should worry about something else ... I don't know wich implications can have do it.
    public static ILog GetDyamicLogger(Guid applicationId)
    {
        Hierarchy hierarchy = (Hierarchy)LogManager.GetRepository();
        RollingFileAppender roller = new RollingFileAppender();
        roller.LockingModel = new log4net.Appender.FileAppender.MinimalLock();
        roller.AppendToFile = true;
        roller.RollingStyle = RollingFileAppender.RollingMode.Composite;
        roller.MaxSizeRollBackups = 14;
        roller.MaximumFileSize = "15000KB";
        roller.DatePattern = "yyyyMMdd";
        roller.Layout = new log4net.Layout.PatternLayout();
        roller.File = "App_Data\\Logs\\"+applicationId.ToString()+"\\debug.log";
        roller.StaticLogFileName = true;
        PatternLayout patternLayout = new PatternLayout();
        patternLayout.ConversionPattern = "%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline";
        patternLayout.ActivateOptions();
        roller.Layout = patternLayout;
        roller.ActivateOptions();
        hierarchy.Root.AddAppender(roller);
        hierarchy.Root.Level = Level.All;
        hierarchy.Configured = true;
        DummyLogger dummyILogger = new DummyLogger(applicationId.ToString());
        dummyILogger.Hierarchy = hierarchy;
        dummyILogger.Level = log4net.Core.Level.All;
        dummyILogger.AddAppender(roller);
        return new LogImpl(dummyILogger);
    }
    internal sealed class DummyLogger : Logger
    {
        // Methods
        internal DummyLogger(string name)
            : base(name)
        {
        }
    }
Cheers.