Say I have a class that looks like this.
public static class Config
{
public static string GetAppSetting(string key)
{
return ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[key].ToString();
}
}
And I wanted to log every call to this method along with the key parameter & return value.
The only code change I want to make is this:
[Log]
public static class Config
{
public static string GetAppSetting(string key)
{
return ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[key].ToString();
}
}
I'll most likely use log4net to log the calls from the Log attribute. How can this be achieved?
Thanks in advance!
You can use a tool like PostSharp to create a logging aspect.
To my knowledge, the only way you can achieve this is through aspect oriented programming with a library such as PostSharp.
The only way this might be possible is to rewrite the generated/compiled IL code for all classes having the [Log]
attribute. To do this you need to write a tool that analyzes and manipulates your code and register it as a "Post build event" (in Visual Studio -> Project settings).
For a job like this Mono Cecil might be a great help: http://www.mono-project.com/Cecil
But most propably your better of to rewrite your code and change the method signature to something like
public static string GetAppSetting(string key)
{
var result = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[key].ToString();
Trace.TraceInformation(String.Format("Config.GetAppSetting - Key: {0}, Result: {1}", key, result));
return result;
}