[LOG4NET-157] FAQ for getting the fully-qualified name of a class

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.10
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.11
• Component/s: Documentation
• Environment: N/A
• Assignee: liu ron
• Reporter: Chris Jerdonek
• Created: 24/May/08 09:47
• Updated: 20/Sep/11 15:41
• Resolved: 20/Sep/11 15:41

Description

The FAQ here--

http://logging.apache.org/log4net/release/faq.html

states that the following are equivalent ways to obtain a logger:

(1) private static readonly ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Foo));

(2) private static readonly ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);

However, these constructs seem to behave differently when the classes involved are generic. When generic classes are involved, I believe the former generates a different logger for each type parameter combination, while the latter generates a different logger if and only if the number of type parameters is different.

For example,

TestClass<T, S> can yield "TestClass`2[[System.Int32..." in the former case and "TestClass`2" in the latter.

Issue Links

• relates to: LOG4NET-136 logger conversionPattern restriction doesn't work correctly for Generic classes