Hello.
Is it possible to inherit from another appender configuration in the log4net
configuration file? We use some appenders of same type and with same
configuration, excepting one or two properites and so it would be nice if
there is an simple inheritance mechanism to shorten the xml config code.
I'll give you an example what the xml should look like:
<appender name="RollingLogFileAppenderBase"
type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<appendToFile value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Composite" />
<datePattern value="yyyyMMdd" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
<maximumFileSize value="1MB" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger
[%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="MainRollingLogFileAppender"
inherits="RollingLogFileAppenderBase">
<file value="c:\\MyProduct\Logs\MyProduct.log" />
</appender>
<appender name="AssemblyRollingLogFileAppender"
inherits="RollingLogFileAppenderBase">
<file value="c:\\MyProduct\Logs\MyInterestingAssembly.log" />
</appender>
<appender name="ErrorClassRollingLogFileAppender"
inherits="RollingLogFileAppenderBase">
<file value="c:\\MyProduct\Logs\MyNewClass.log" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date %-5level [%property{NDC}] -
%message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
The MainRollingLogFileAppender will be used by the root logger with level
INFO, the other appenders by special loggers which have some filters defined
like logger name etc. Their additivity flag is set to false. So what would
this config do (expected by us):
The MainRollingLogFileAppender is loaded for the root logger. It inherits
the RollingLogFileAppenderBase which has a type definition. An instance of
this type is created and set up with the base configuration. Now the
configurator goes up one level and adds this config. I a value is still set,
it will be overwritten, e. g. the layout of
ErrorClassRollingLogFileAppender.
If this isn't possible in the latest version, please treat this as feature
request.
Kind regards
Marco von Frieling
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