To detect if the log4net repository has ever been configured you can check the following property:
log4net.LogManager.GetRepository().Configured Cheers, Nicko > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Drier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 February 2007 14:56 > To: Log4NET User > Subject: Re: Calling Configure serveral time > > Sergey, > > I had a similar problem, or desire not to configure > repeatedly.. Solved it with this "helper": > > --------- > public sealed class log4netHelper > { > private static readonly log4net.ILog log = > log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetC > urrentMethod().DeclaringType); > > public static void Configure() > { > if (!log.IsFatalEnabled) > { > FileInfo fi = new FileInfo( > AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ConfigurationFile); > log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure(fi); > > log.InfoFormat("Log4Net configured with file: > {0}", AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ConfigurationFile ); > } > } > } > ----------- > > I'm assuming Fatal level is never false if logging is > configured, and I know it is false if logging hasn't been > configured.. So I can call this from the start of any of our > services, and the first one actually runs the configure, the > other ones silently skip it. > > note - we do configuration per app domain (long story).. so > you'll probably want to change which configuration file this > points at.. > > -Peter > > > > On 2/8/07, Sergey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Thanks for the answer. Are your plugin class created > one time only? If there > are several instances of your class created then > XmlConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch method is called > several times. Does it > work? I wonder if log4net reloads its configuration every time > ConfigureAndWatch is called. Does this re-load impact > application performance? > > Regards, > Sergey > > > > > >
