Thanks! It is no simple solution but thanks for it. ___________________________________________________ Karel Kral, vyvojar ANETE, s.r.o. Prostredi: VB.NET, VS2005, XP Pro/P4 3GHz, 2GB RAM ___________________________________________________
On 15.11.2006 2:09, Ron Grabowski wrote: > If you're pattern doesn't change often or you have a standard company wide > pattern you could extend the PatternLayout class and tell the appender to use > that: > > <appender name="FileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender"> > <file value="log.txt" /> > <layout type="Company.Logging.StandardLayoutPattern, Company.Logging" /> > </appender> > > You can apply a similiar idea to the FileAppender (or any other object) and > have it set default values: > > <appender name="FileAppender" type="Company.Appender.FileAppender, Company"> > > <file value="log.txt" /> > > </appender> > > The Hierarchy repository supports setting repository level properties in the > config file. Someone could write a RepositoryPropertyPatternLayout that looks > for a property and uses that during the configuration process: > > <log4net> > <property key="defaultPattern" value="%date [%thread] %-5level " /> > <appender name="FileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender"> > <file value="log.txt" /> > <layout type="Company.RepositoryPropertyPatternLayout, Company" > value="defaultPattern" /> > </appender> > <root> > <level value="ALL" /> > <appender-ref ref="FileAppender" /> > </root> > </log4net> > > The current implementation of XmlHierarchyConfigurator.Configure configures > elements in the order they appear in the config file. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Karel Kral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Log4NET User <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 3:28:43 AM > Subject: Detached definition of layout > > Hello, my log4net config gets to be a bit complicated. I have lot of > appenders, which of them defines the same layout: > > <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> > <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %-35.35logger > [%-10.10property{NDC}] - %message%newline" /> > </layout> > > When I must to change definition of layout, the multiple definition of > the same layout is problem - I must change the same thing on several places. > > Is there any possibility to define "detached" layout in log4net config > and in appender only set reference to it? > > Example: > <layout name="MySharedLayout", type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> > <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %-35.35logger > [%-10.10property{NDC}] - %message%newline" /> > </layout> > > <appender name="Global.FileAppender" > yype="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"> > ... > <layout-ref ref="MySharedLayout"> > </appender> > >
