Formatting

Specify the formatting of you logs using a string with placeholders that get replaced with information.

A placeholder is build up the following:

//(1)                               (4)                       (3)
   $Da{yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss}p{SomePrefix}s{SomeSuffix}$
//  (2)                                          (5)

1. The capitalized letter specifies the type of the placeholder.
2. The argument property.
3. Each placeholder starts and ends with $
4. The prefix property.
5. The suffix property.

Tip

To write $ to your log write $$ in your format string.

The following properties are currently available.

Note

Prefix and suffix properties cannot contain nested placeholders.

Property	Description
p{...}	Prefix that will be displayed before of the information.
s{...}	Suffix that will be displayed after the information.
a{...}	Arguments that some placeholders need to specify their formatting.
i{...}	Indentation that will be displayed before every line.
l{num,char}	Padding left that will be displayed before the prefix
r{num,char}	Padding right that will be displayed after the suffix

The order of suffix, paddings, prefix etc. is the following: indentation

[pad left][prefix][indentation (each line)][content of placeholder][suffix][pad right]

List of placeholders

Placeholder	Description	Arguments
C	The namespace and class of the source.
F	The source function.	l for the whole function definition. s or empty for a short version.
D	The timestamp.	Date and time format string or empty for standard format of your culture.
E	The exception of the log source if available.
L	The log level.	l or empty for a written log level. u for a written log level in uppercase. s for the short form specified in the level settings.
M	The message.
S	The stack trace if available.
T	The tag if available.