Built-in Loggers

Ice provides a file-based logger as well as Unix- and Windows-specific logger implementations.

File Logger

The file-based logger is enabled via the Ice.LogFile property. This logger is available for all supported languages and platforms.

.NET Logger

The default logger in Ice for C# writes its messages using the System.Diagnostics.Trace facility. By default, the communicator registers a ConsoleTraceListener that writes to stderr. You can disable the logging of messages via this trace listener by setting the property Ice.ConsoleListener to zero.

You can add your own trace listener programmatically. For example:

// Create a trace listener for the event log.
EventLogTraceListener myTraceListener =
    new EventLogTraceListener("myEventLogSource");

// Add the event log trace listener to the collection.
Trace.Listeners.Add(myTraceListener);

Syslog Logger

You can activate a logger that logs via the Unix syslog implementation by setting the Ice.UseSyslog property.

See Also

• Service Logging Considerations