There is still a slight dependency on log4net. IBatisNet.Common has a reference to the log4net assembly becuase of the Log4NetLogger and Log4NetLoggerFA classes in IBatisNet.Common.Loggging.Impl. Ideally those two classes would be in their own assembly.
A creative alternative that may solve the problem of having a reference to log4net and/or requiring the user to keep a seperate "Log4NetFactoryAdapter.dll" file around would be to ship with "Log4NetFactoryAdapter.dll" embedded into the IBatisNet.Common assembly. At runtime we could extract the resource as a stream, convert it into a byte[] then load the assembly using this overload: public static Assembly Load(byte[] rawAssembly); The "Log4NetFactoryAdapter.dll" assembly may even be small enough (the two classes are approx 16,384 bytes) to ship with several popular adapters: Log4NetFactoryAdapter-1.2.0.30714.dll Log4NetFactoryAdapter-1.2.0.9.dll Log4NetFactoryAdapter-1.3.0.0.dll NLogFactoryAdapater-0.5.0.0.dll NLogFactoryAdapater-0.9.1.0.dll NLogFactoryAdapater-1.0.0.0.dll MLIEAB-0.0.0.0.dll The entry in the app.config might look something like this: <iBATIS> <logging> <logFactoryAdapter type="IBatisNet.Common.Logging.Impl.FactoryAdapterLoader, IBatisNet.Common"> <arg key="resource" value="Log4NetFactoryAdapter-1.2.0.9.dll" /> </logFactoryAdapter> </logging> </iBATIS> How's that for a crazy idea :-) --- Bevan Arps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the quick response Ron. > > > It should work with MLIEAB. I was planning on writing an adapter > > eventually. You'll need to implement these two interfaces ... > > Thanks for the pointer - on first inspection, doesn't look like a big > problem. > > I won't be able to start on this for a few weeks - when I do, I'll > touch > base with you first to avoid duplicating the effort. > > > I'm curious why you need to replace log4net with MLIEAB? > > The decision wasn't based only on technical merit - a number of other > factors were significant. Unfortunately, I'm not free to discuss the > details in an open forum. > > We've standardised on MLIEAB for our logging - the dependency of the > IBatis Datamapper on log4net was a stumbling block for me in getting > approval for use. Being able to remove the dependencie is a big deal > - > thanks to you and whoever else was involved in achieving this. > > Keep Smiling, > Bevan. > > > ****************************************************************************** > "This message (and any files transmitted with it) are confidential > and > may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient > please > notify the sender immediately and delete this message from your > system. > > This message does not necessarily reflect the views of the > Reserve Bank of New Zealand. If the recipient has any concerns > about the content of this message they should seek alternative > confirmation from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand." > ****************************************************************************** > > > >
