I wouldn't hold the XmlDocument in memory but rather stream the xml to disk when you want to log something using an XmlTextWriter.
Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Smiley, Shawn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 2:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [DOTNET] Generating XML Log Files > > > I'm currently working on an Application Log File component > that we can embed > in various applications that we will be building. I would > like the Log File > component to generate XML based Log files instead of the more > traditional > plain text log files. The primary reason for this is so that > we can embed > additional information in the logs in a way that will both be > easy to view > (open them up in IE and just browse the tree) or work with > programmatically. > > My current thoughts on how to do this is to instantiate an XmlDocument > object when the component is created and then as new entries > are added to > the document, write the whole document out to the hard drive. > My problem > with this approach is that it seems like there would be a lot > of overhead > involved in constantly rewriting the entire log file, not to > mention the > memory usage required to maintain the entire log file in memory. > > Are there other options for doing this sort of thing that I'm > not thinking > of? > > Thanks in advance, > > > Shawn S. Smiley, MCDBA > Sr Software Developer/Software Architect > Integrated Business & e-Commerce Solutions > xwave New England > www.xwave.com > Augusta * Portland * Lewiston * Portsmouth > 193 Middle Street , Suite 401 > Portland, ME 04101 > P 207 774-2104 x222 * F 207 772-2400 > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe > from DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
