Trace.WriteLineIf Method (Boolean, Object)

By default, the output is written to an instance of DefaultTraceListener.

This method calls the WriteLine method of the trace listener.

You can minimize the performance penalty of instrumenting your application by using If...Then statements instead of using WriteLineIf statements. The following two code examples send the same debugging message. However, the first example is much faster when tracing is off, because if mySwitch.TraceError evaluates to false you do not call WriteLine. The second example always calls WriteLineIf, even when mySwitch.TraceError is false and no tracing output is produced. This can result in unnecessary execution of arbitrarily complex code.

First example

if(mySwitch.TraceError) 
    Trace.WriteLine("aNumber = " + aNumber + " out of range");

Second example

Trace.WriteLineIf(mySwitch.TraceError, "aNumber = " + aNumber + " out of range");

The following example creates a TraceSwitch named generalSwitch. This switch is set outside the code sample.

If the switch is set to the TraceLevel Error or higher, the example outputs the first error message to the Listeners. For information on adding a listener to the Listeners collection, see the TraceListenerCollection class.

Then, if the TraceLevel is set to Verbose, the example outputs the name of the object on the same line as the first message. The second message is followed by a line terminator.

// Class-level declaration. 
 // Create a TraceSwitch. 
 static TraceSwitch generalSwitch = new TraceSwitch("General", "Entire Application");

 static public void MyErrorMethod(Object myObject) {
    // Write the message if the TraceSwitch level is set to Error or higher.
    Trace.WriteIf(generalSwitch.TraceError, "Invalid object. ");

    // Write a second message if the TraceSwitch level is set to Verbose.
    Trace.WriteLineIf(generalSwitch.TraceVerbose, myObject);
 }

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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