ILayout.Format Method

ILayout Format Method

Apache log4net™ SDK Documentation

Implement this method to create your own layout format.

Namespace: log4net.Layout
Assembly: log4net (in log4net.dll) Version: 1.2.15.0 (1.2.15.0)

Syntax

void Format(
	TextWriter writer,
	LoggingEvent loggingEvent
)

void Format(
	TextWriter writer,
	LoggingEvent loggingEvent
)

Sub Format ( 
	writer As TextWriter,
	loggingEvent As LoggingEvent
)

Sub Format ( 
	writer As TextWriter,
	loggingEvent As LoggingEvent
)

void Format(
	TextWriter^ writer, 
	LoggingEvent^ loggingEvent
)

void Format(
	TextWriter^ writer, 
	LoggingEvent^ loggingEvent
)

Parameters

writer: Type: System.IO TextWriter
The TextWriter to write the formatted event to

loggingEvent: Type: log4net.Core LoggingEvent
The event to format

Remarks

This method is called by an appender to format the loggingEvent as text and output to a writer.

If the caller does not have a Online TextWriter and prefers the event to be formatted as a Online String then the following code can be used to format the event into a Online StringWriter.

C++

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StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
Layout.Format(writer, loggingEvent);
string formattedEvent = writer.ToString();

StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
Layout.Format(writer, loggingEvent);
string formattedEvent = writer.ToString();