The renderer is used to convert the m_message object into a string only if it is not already a string.
We could remove the early test for string, this could then be done by the default renderer allowing it to be customised by the user. However the performance gain of doing the early test benefits about 99.999% of users. If you want to use a renderer then you need to pass in a custom object to the ILog.Debug() methods rather than a string. Nicko > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Grabowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 September 2005 08:11 > To: log4net-dev@logging.apache.org > Subject: Renderers > > LoggingEvent.cs contains this code: > > public string RenderedMessage > { > get > { > if (m_data.Message == null) > { > if (m_message == null) > { > m_data.Message = ""; > } > else if (m_message is string) > { > m_data.Message = (m_message as string); > } > else if (m_repository != null) > } > m_data.Message = m_repository.RendererMap.FindAndRender(m_message); > } > else > { > // Very last resort > m_data.Message = m_message.ToString(); > } > } > return m_data.Message; > } > } > > How is it possible to create a custom StringRender: > > http://logging.apache.org/log4net/release/manual/configuration > .html#renderers > > if this code: > > else if (m_message is string) > > is called before checking in the RendererMap? > >
