Trace filters can be used by trace listeners to provide an extra layer of filtering beyond that provided by trace switches. The trace filter for a trace listener can be found in the listener's Filter property. Trace switches determine if a trace is to be sent to the trace listeners. Trace filters allow the individual trace listeners to determine whether or not the trace is to be written to the associated output medium. For example, as determined by each trace filter, a trace may be written to the console by a ConsoleTraceListener, but not to the event log by a EventLogTraceListener.

Filters that inherit from the TraceFilter class can be used by trace listeners that inherit from the TraceListener class to perform filtering of events being traced. TraceFilter contains a single method, ShouldTrace, which takes event data and returns a flag indicating whether the event should be traced.

System..::.Object
  System.Diagnostics..::.TraceFilter
    System.Diagnostics..::.EventTypeFilter
    System.Diagnostics..::.SourceFilter

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

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