Log4net, how to log a verbose message?

Question

I can log info messages without a problem, but can't figure out how to log verbose messages. Any help would be welcomed.

My problem is:

loggingEvent.Level can be checked in the Format function. The possible values are amongst others, Info, Debug, Error, Verbose. There are more, but these are the ones I'll be using mostly.

The actual log object only has the following methods:

Log.Info
Log.Debug
Log.Warn
Log.Error

As you can see - no verbose!

So how can I Log a verbose message, this is different to debug

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can add a Verbose (or Trace level) to log4net by using extension methods. This is what I'm using:

public static class ILogExtentions
{
    public static void Trace(this ILog log, string message, Exception exception)
    {
        log.Logger.Log(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType, 
            log4net.Core.Level.Trace, message, exception);
    }

    public static void Trace(this ILog log, string message)
    {
        log.Trace(message, null);
    }

    public static void Verbose(this ILog log, string message, Exception exception)
    {
        log.Logger.Log(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType, 
            log4net.Core.Level.Verbose, message, exception);
    }

    public static void Verbose(this ILog log, string message)
    {
        log.Verbose(message, null);
    }

}

Usage example:

public class ClientDAO
{
    private static readonly log4net.ILog log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(ClientDAO));

    public void GetClientByCode()
    {
        log.Trace("your verbose message here");
        //....
    }
}

Source:

http://www.matthewlowrance.com/post/2010/07/14/Logging-to-Trace-Verbose-etc-with-log4net.aspx