Znode Logging Methods

Introduction

The ZnodeLogging.LogMessage() is the standard way we log and the standard way we encourage you to log. By using the custom methods we wrote, these methods wrap log4net

Apache log4net library is a tool we use to help output log statements
The methods do all the delegating and heavy lifting out to the log4net and you can reference the log4.net configs to see what going on behind the scenes
In the Source or SDK, you can reference the following path for log4net ZnodeMultifront/Projects/Znode.Engine.Api/log4net.config
This is run at runtime by log4net

You can configure what appenders are active, the default is the MongoDBAppender

<appender name='BufferingForwardingAppender' type='log4net.Appender.BufferingForwardingAppender'>
    <bufferSize value = '100'/>
    <!-- Can add multiple appender-ref to log in batch-->
    <appender-ref ref='MongoDBAppender'/>
  </appender>

Logs that are being logged in the code are being appended to different dependencies such as MongoDB. In the example above, it shows as its buffering it in memory
This can be configured to use any logging framework of your choice, if you choose not to use the OOTB configuration as MongoDB or if you want to additionally log to another application alongside MongoDB (SQL, file on Disk, Stackify, or another cloud-based solution

Introduction

Logging in Znode