[LOG4NET-246] Make it possible to choose whether or not to watch configuration files specified using the "log4net.Config" appsetting key

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.10
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.11
• Component/s: Core
• Labels: appsettings configuration
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Uri Goldstein
• Created: 03/Feb/10 21:53
• Updated: 28/Oct/11 08:08
• Resolved: 04/Oct/11 15:53

Description

Currently (v1.2.10) it is possible to specify a configuration file for log4net by adding a key like this in the host application's configuration <appSettings> section:
<add key="log4net.Config" value="Log.config" />

This defaults to invoking XmlConfigurator.Configure() on the file specified (log4net/Core/DefaultRepositorySelector.cs, line 725). This means the file is not watched for changes during program run time.

It would be nice if there was some way similar to the above <appSettings> key to specify whether log4net should watch the file or not.

I might propose that a new key is introduced in this fashion:
<add key="log4net.Config.Watch" value="true" />

This key would denote a bool value defaulting to false. The value would only be taken into consideration if the "log4net.Config" key is specified.