NLog 4.7.0

NLog is a logging platform for .NET with rich log routing and management capabilities. NLog supports traditional logging, structured logging and the combination of both. Supported platforms: - .NET Framework 3.5, 4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 & 4.8 - .NET Standard 1.3+ and 2.0+; - .NET Framework 4 client profile - Xamarin Android, Xamarin iOs - UWP - Windows Phone 8 - Silverlight 4 and 5 - Mono 4 For ASP.NET Core, check: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore

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JustEat.StatsD
JUST EAT statsd metrics-publishing
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NLog.Extensions.Logging
NLog provider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for usage in .NET Standard libraries and console applicaties. For ASP.NET Core, use NLog.Web.AspNetCore: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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NLog.Extensions.Logging
NLog LoggerProvider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for logging in .NET Standard libraries and .NET Core applications. For ASP.NET Core, use NLog.Web.AspNetCore: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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NLog.Extensions.Logging
NLog LoggerProvider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for logging in .NET Standard libraries and .NET Core applications. For ASP.NET Core, check: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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NLog.Extensions.Logging
NLog LoggerProvider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for logging in .NET Standard libraries and .NET Core applications. For ASP.NET Core, use NLog.Web.AspNetCore: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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NLog.Web.AspNetCore
Extend NLog with targets and layout renderers for websites and webapplications on the ASP.NET Core platform.
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NLog.Extensions.Logging
NLog LoggerProvider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for logging in .NET Standard libraries and .NET Core applications. For ASP.NET Core, use NLog.Web.AspNetCore: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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NLog.Extensions.Logging
NLog provider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for usage in .NET Standard libraries and console applicaties. For ASP.NET Core, use NLog.Web.AspNetCore: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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NLog.Extensions.Logging
NLog LoggerProvider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for logging in .NET Standard libraries and .NET Core applications. For ASP.NET Core, check: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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Castle.Core
Core of the castle project
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NLog.Web.AspNetCore
Extend NLog with targets and layout renderers for websites and webapplications on the ASP.NET Core platform.
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NLog.Web.AspNetCore
Extend NLog with targets and layout renderers for websites and webapplications on the ASP.NET Core platform.
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NLog.Extensions.Logging
NLog LoggerProvider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for logging in .NET Standard libraries and .NET Core applications. For ASP.NET Core, check: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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NLog.Extensions.Logging
NLog LoggerProvider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for logging in .NET Standard libraries and .NET Core applications. For ASP.NET Core, use NLog.Web.AspNetCore: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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NLog.Extensions.Logging
NLog provider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for usage in .NET Standard libraries and console applicaties. For ASP.NET Core, use NLog.Web.AspNetCore: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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## Bugfixes - LogFactory - Fix deadlock issue with AutoReload (@snakefoot) - JsonLayout - Fixed ThreadAgnostic to correctly capture context when using nested JsonLayout (@snakefoot) - ExceptionLayoutRenderer - Fixed so Format option HResult also works for NetCore (@snakefoot) - Log4JXml Layout - Render NDLC + NDC scopes in correct order (@adanek + @304NotModified) - Logger - Added exception handler for CallSite capture for platform that fails to capture StackTrace (@snakefoot) - StringSplitter - Fixed quote handling when reading elements for config list-properties (@snakefoot) - Utilities: fix ConversionHelpers.TryParseEnum for white space (@304NotModified) ## Features - LogManager.Setup() allows fluent configuration of LogFactory options (@snakefoot + @304NotModified) - LogManager.Setup().SetupSerialization(s => s.RegisterObjectTransformation(...)) for overriding default property reflection (@snakefoot + @304NotModified + @Giorgi + @mmurrell) - LogManager.Setup().SetupSerialization(s => s.RegisterConditionMethod(...)) can use lambda methods and not just static methods (@snakefoot) - ${level:format=FullName} will expand Info + Warn to their full name (@snakefoot) - FileTarget - Supports MaxArchiveDays for cleanup of old files based on their age (@snakefoot) - Layout.FromMethod to create Layout directly from a lambda method (@snakefoot) - Layout.FromString to create Layout directly from string along with optional parser validation (@snakefoot) - ${dir-separator} for rendering platform specific directory path separator (@304NotModified) - FileTarget - Supports ArchiveOldFileOnStartupAboveSize for cleanup of existing file when above size (@Sam13) - InternalLogger - Added LogMessageReceived event (@304NotModified) - DatabaseTarget - Assign connection properties like SqlConnection.AccessToken (@304NotModified + @snakefoot) - DatabaseTarget - Assign command properties like SqlCommand.CommandTimeout (@snakefoot) - ${onHasProperties} for only rendering when logevent includes properties from structured logging (@snakefoot) ## Improvements - XmlLoggingConfiguration - Marked legacy constructors with ignoreErrors parameter as obsolete (@snakefoot) - LoggingConfiguration - Perform checking of unused targets during initialization for better validation (@snakefoot) - EventLogTarget - Improve diagnostics logging when using dynamic EventLog source (@snakefoot) - ${longdate} now also supports raw value for use as DatabaseTarget parameter with DbType (@snakefoot) - SourceLink for GitHub for easy debugging into the NLog source code (@304NotModified) - JsonLayout - EscapeForwardSlash now automatically applies to sub-attributes (@snakefoot) - TraceTarget - Introduced EnableTraceFail=false to avoid Environment.FailFast (@snakefoot) - ExceptionLayoutRenderer - Improved error message when Format-token parsing fails (@snakefoot) - AutoFlushWrapper - Set AutoFlush=false for AsyncTaskTarget by default (@snakefoot) - LocalIpAddressLayoutRenderer - Higher priority to network-addresses that has valid gateway adddress (@snakefoot) - LogFactory - Flush reports to InternalLogger what targets produces timeouts (@snakefoot) ## Performance - ObjectGraphScanner - Avoid holding list.SyncRoot lock while scanning (@snakefoot) - FileTarget - ConcurrentWrites=true on NetCore now much faster when archive enabled (@snakefoot) - JsonConverter - Write DateTime directly without string allocation (@snakefoot) - XmlLayout - Removed unnecessary double conversion to string (@snakefoot) - WebServiceTarget - Reduced memory allocations by removing unnecessary delegate capture (@snakefoot) - NetworkTarget - Reduced memory allocation for encoding into bytes without string allocation (@snakefoot) - AsyncTaskTarget - Skip default AsyncWrapper since already having internal queue (@snakefoot) - Mark Condition Expressions as ThreadSafe to improve concurrency in Layouts (@snakefoot) - DatabaseTarget - Added IsolationLevel option that activates transactions for better batching performance (@snakefoot) - SimpleLayout - Assignment of string-reference with null-value will translate into FixedText (@304NotModified) - AsyncWrapper - Less aggressive with scheduling timer events for background writing (@snakefoot) - Faster assignment of properties accessed through reflection (@304NotModified) - ${replace} - Faster search and replace when not explicitly have requested regex support (@snakefoot) - Skip need for Activator.CreateInstance in DbTypeSetter (@304NotModified) Full changelog: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md For all config options and platform support, check https://nlog-project.org/config/

.NET Framework 3.5

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