ILoggerProvider
ILoggerProvider is a .NET logging interface that creates logger instances associated with a logging destination or implementation.
ASP.NET Core in Action, 3e
ILoggerProvider is a logging abstraction that creates logger instances configured to write messages to a particular destination or system.
- How it is used
- Routes ASP.NET Core log messages to configured destinations without changing the code that writes them.
- How deep it goes
- Explains provider creation through ILoggerFactory, registration, filtering, and structured output, but does not implement a provider.
- Examples
- Uses console and file destinations, a third-party AddFile() registration, and provider-specific filtering rules.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure it with WebApplicationBuilder.Logging and filtering configuration to add destinations and control their verbosity.
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Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core
A structured logging provider is a logging component that emits events as records with defined fields suitable for structured storage and querying.
- How it is used
- Routes ILogger events to displays or stores, including structured storage for queryable API logs.
- How deep it goes
- Defines provider behavior and walks through Serilog SQL Server configuration, but does not implement a provider interface from scratch.
- Examples
- Uses Console and Debug outputs and a Serilog SQL Server sink that creates a LogEvents table.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure it to store API events in SQL Server while retaining registered Console and Debug providers.
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Related concepts
- Loggeruses · A logger is a software component or interface that records or emits runtime information, such as diagnostic messages, events, or metrics.
- console logging providerincludes · A console logging provider is a software component that writes application log messages to the console or standard output stream.
- ClearProvidersconfigured by · ClearProviders is an ASP.NET Core logging-builder method that removes all currently configured logging providers.
- ILoggerFactoryused by · ILoggerFactory is a .NET logging abstraction that creates category-specific loggers and manages logging providers.
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