Filtering events

Prerequisites:

• Install abstractions module

• Read about general log configuration practices

• Read about log interface

• Read about log events

Filtering allows a particular ILog instance to only record a subset of incoming log events. Events can be filtered by level, properties or literally any other information present.

Filter by level

Set a minimum allowed log level (events of lower levels will be dropped):

log = log.WithMinimumLevel(LogLevel.Warn);

Selectively disable some log levels:

log = log.WithDisabledLevels(LogLevel.Debug, LogLevel.Fatal);

Filter by a single property

Select events having a property with given name and a of given type value satisfying a predicate:

log = log.WithEventsSelectedByProperty<string>("prop", value => value == "foo");

Drop events having a property with given name and a value of given type satisfying a predicate:

log = log.WithEventsDroppedByProperty<string>("prop", value => value == "foo");

Filter by all properties

Select events whose properties dictionary satisfies given predicate:

log = log.WithEventsSelectedByProperties(props => props.ContainsKey("prop"));

Drop events whose properties dictionary satisfies given predicate:

log = log.WithEventsDroppedByProperties(props => props.ContainsKey("prop"));

Filter by source context

Select events having a source context with given value (values are case-insensitive prefixes):

log = log.WithEventsSelectedBySourceContext("foo");

log.ForContext("foo").Info("Hello!"); // will be logged
log.ForContext("bar").Info("Hello!"); // will not be logged

Drop events having a source context with given value (values are case-insensitive prefixes):

log = log.WithEventsDroppedBySourceContext("foo");

log.ForContext("foo").Info("Hello!"); // will not be logged
log.ForContext("bar").Info("Hello!"); // will be logged

Drop events below some level having a source context with given value (values are case-insensitive prefixes):

log = log.WithMinimumLevelForSourceContext("foo", LogLevel.Warn);

log.ForContext("foo").Info("Hello!"); // will not be logged
log.ForContext("foo").Warn("Hello!"); // will be logged

There's also an alternative syntax that allows to infer context values from type names:

log = log.WithEventsSelectedBySourceContext<FooClass>();
log = log.WithEventsDroppedBySourceContext<FooClass>();
log = log.WithMinimumLevelForSourceContext<FooClass>(LogLevel.Warn);

Filter by arbitrary event content

Select events satisfying given predicate:

log = log.SelectEvents(@event => @event.Exception == null);

Drop events satisfying given predicate:

log.DropEvents(@event => @event.Exception == null);