XmlLayoutBase.Format Method (TextWriter, LoggingEvent)

Apache log4net™ SDK Documentation

Produces a formatted string.

Namespace: log4net.Layout
Assembly: log4net (in log4net.dll) Version: 2.0.6.0-.NET 4.0

Syntax

public override void Format(
	TextWriter writer,
	LoggingEvent loggingEvent
)

Public Overrides Sub Format ( 
	writer As TextWriter,
	loggingEvent As LoggingEvent
)

public:
virtual void Format(
	TextWriter^ writer, 
	LoggingEvent^ loggingEvent
) override

abstract Format : 
        writer : TextWriter * 
        loggingEvent : LoggingEvent -> unit 
override Format : 
        writer : TextWriter * 
        loggingEvent : LoggingEvent -> unit

Parameters

writer: Type: System.IO.TextWriter
The TextWriter to write the formatted event to
loggingEvent: Type: log4net.Core.LoggingEvent
The event being logged.

Implements

ILayout.Format(TextWriter, LoggingEvent)

Remarks

Format the LoggingEvent and write it to the TextWriter.

This method creates an XmlTextWriter that writes to the writer. The XmlTextWriter is passed to the FormatXml(XmlWriter, LoggingEvent) method. Subclasses should override the FormatXml(XmlWriter, LoggingEvent) method rather than this method.

Reference

XmlLayoutBase Class

Format Overload

log4net.Layout Namespace