LoggerVerbosity Enumeration

Specifies the available verbosity levels of a Logger.

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Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Framework
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build.Framework (in Microsoft.Build.Framework.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Enumeration LoggerVerbosity

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public enum LoggerVerbosity

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public enum class LoggerVerbosity

[<ComVisibleAttribute(true)>]
type LoggerVerbosity

public enum LoggerVerbosity

Members

Remarks

The descriptions of verbosity levels are only guidelines to how a typical logger (including the default MSBuild console logger) logs build events. Loggers are free to interpret verbosity levels in any way they want.

Examples

The following example shows how to write a basic logger that responds to build events.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Security;
using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;

namespace MyLoggers
{
    // This logger will derive from the Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Logger class, 
    // which provides it with getters and setters for Verbosity and Parameters, 
    // and a default empty Shutdown() implementation. 
    public class BasicFileLogger : Logger
    {
        /// <summary> 
        /// Initialize is guaranteed to be called by MSBuild at the start of the build 
        /// before any events are raised. 
        /// </summary> 
        public override void Initialize(IEventSource eventSource)
        {
            // The name of the log file should be passed as the first item in the 
            // "parameters" specification in the /logger switch.  It is required
            // to pass a log file to this logger. Other loggers may have zero or more than  
            // one parameters. 
            if (null == Parameters)
            {
                throw new LoggerException("Log file was not set.");
            }
            string[] parameters = Parameters.Split(';');
            
            string logFile = parameters[0];
            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(logFile))
            {
                throw new LoggerException("Log file was not set.");
            }
            
            if (parameters.Length > 1)
            {
                throw new LoggerException("Too many parameters passed.");
            }
            
            try
            {
                // Open the file 
                this.streamWriter = new StreamWriter(logFile);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                if
                (
                    ex is UnauthorizedAccessException
                    || ex is ArgumentNullException
                    || ex is PathTooLongException
                    || ex is DirectoryNotFoundException
                    || ex is NotSupportedException
                    || ex is ArgumentException
                    || ex is SecurityException
                    || ex is IOException
                )
                {
                    throw new LoggerException("Failed to create log file: " + ex.Message);
                }
                else
                {
                    // Unexpected failure 
                    throw;
                }
            }

            // For brevity, we'll only register for certain event types. Loggers can also 
            // register to handle TargetStarted/Finished and other events.
            eventSource.ProjectStarted += new ProjectStartedEventHandler(eventSource_ProjectStarted);
            eventSource.TaskStarted += new TaskStartedEventHandler(eventSource_TaskStarted);
            eventSource.MessageRaised += new BuildMessageEventHandler(eventSource_MessageRaised);
            eventSource.WarningRaised += new BuildWarningEventHandler(eventSource_WarningRaised);
            eventSource.ErrorRaised += new BuildErrorEventHandler(eventSource_ErrorRaised);
            eventSource.ProjectFinished += new ProjectFinishedEventHandler(eventSource_ProjectFinished);
        }

        void eventSource_ErrorRaised(object sender, BuildErrorEventArgs e)
        {
            // BuildErrorEventArgs adds LineNumber, ColumnNumber, File, amongst other parameters 
            string line = String.Format(": ERROR {0}({1},{2}): ", e.File, e.LineNumber, e.ColumnNumber);
            WriteLineWithSenderAndMessage(line, e);
        }
        
        void eventSource_WarningRaised(object sender, BuildWarningEventArgs e)
        {
            // BuildWarningEventArgs adds LineNumber, ColumnNumber, File, amongst other parameters 
            string line = String.Format(": Warning {0}({1},{2}): ", e.File, e.LineNumber, e.ColumnNumber);
            WriteLineWithSenderAndMessage(line, e);
        }

        void eventSource_MessageRaised(object sender, BuildMessageEventArgs e)
        {
            // BuildMessageEventArgs adds Importance to BuildEventArgs 
            // Let's take account of the verbosity setting we've been passed in deciding whether to log the message 
            if ((e.Importance == MessageImportance.High && IsVerbosityAtLeast(LoggerVerbosity.Minimal))
                || (e.Importance == MessageImportance.Normal && IsVerbosityAtLeast(LoggerVerbosity.Normal))
                || (e.Importance == MessageImportance.Low && IsVerbosityAtLeast(LoggerVerbosity.Detailed))              
                )
            {
                WriteLineWithSenderAndMessage(String.Empty, e);
            }
        }

        void eventSource_TaskStarted(object sender, TaskStartedEventArgs e)
        {
            // TaskStartedEventArgs adds ProjectFile, TaskFile, TaskName 
            // To keep this log clean, this logger will ignore these events.
        }
        
        void eventSource_ProjectStarted(object sender, ProjectStartedEventArgs e)
        {
            // ProjectStartedEventArgs adds ProjectFile, TargetNames 
            // Just the regular message string is good enough here, so just display that.
            WriteLine(String.Empty, e);
            indent++;
        }

        void eventSource_ProjectFinished(object sender, ProjectFinishedEventArgs e)
        {
            // The regular message string is good enough here too.
            indent--;
            WriteLine(String.Empty, e);
        }
        
        /// <summary> 
        /// Write a line to the log, adding the SenderName and Message 
        /// (these parameters are on all MSBuild event argument objects) 
        /// </summary> 
        private void WriteLineWithSenderAndMessage(string line, BuildEventArgs e)
        {
            if (0 == String.Compare(e.SenderName, "MSBuild", true /*ignore case*/))
            {
                // Well, if the sender name is MSBuild, let's leave it out for prettiness
                WriteLine(line, e);
            }
            else
            {
                WriteLine(e.SenderName + ": " + line, e);
            }
        }
        
        /// <summary> 
        /// Just write a line to the log 
        /// </summary> 
        private void WriteLine(string line, BuildEventArgs e)
        {
            for (int i = indent; i > 0; i--)
            {
                streamWriter.Write("\t");
            }
            streamWriter.WriteLine(line + e.Message);
        }
        
        /// <summary> 
        /// Shutdown() is guaranteed to be called by MSBuild at the end of the build, after all  
        /// events have been raised. 
        /// </summary> 
        public override void Shutdown()
        {
            // Done logging, let go of the file
            streamWriter.Close();
        }

        private StreamWriter streamWriter;
        private int indent;
    }
}

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.Build.Framework Namespace