AnsiLogger Class Reference

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Class Description

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A logger that logs all messages to the System.IO.TextWriter instance provided in the constructor. The name of the Logger defaults to "ANSI_LOGGER".

ALox text logger escape sequences (see class ESC) are translated to ANSI escape sequences. Support for ANSI escape sequences (also referred to as VT100 terminal emulation) is available on most unix terminal windows. Besides text colors, bold and italics font style can be set. ANSI escape sequences are also available in various IDE output windows.

Foreground and background colors can be set to be either light/dark or dark/light. This improves the readability of log output a lot and even allows to read if foreground and background colors are the same (they then still differ). However, the right setting for this is dependent on the color scheme of the final output device (window). To manipulate the right setting, see field UseLightColors and also configuration variable ALOX_CONSOLE_LIGHT_COLORS.

In the constructor, a default format string and some other definitions in member MetaInfo get set to include color settings. Of-course, these publicly accessible format attributes can be customized after creation.

There is not 100% match between the ANSI sequences and the definitions in ESC. For example ESC does not provide all ANSI colors and no blinking. On the other hand, ANSI does not allow to reset the style without resetting the colors. Of-course, it is no problem to log other ANSI codes directly into an AnsiLogger. In this case, other Loggers that might be attached to the same Lox and that do not support ANSI must be equipped with corresponding replacement information. In other words: To support the same log output into different loggers, it is recommended to use ESC sequences instead of directly using ANSI codes.

The ANSI codes used by this class are exposed through a list of fields. They might be useful for manipulating the attributes of the MetaInfo member, which of-course might contain native ANSI sequences. (In contrast to the log messages themselves, this meta information is specific to a logger instance and this way it does not need to be replaced in other loggers).

Public Types
enum	LightColorUsage { _Undefined, Never, ForegroundLight, ForegroundDark }

Public Static Fields
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_BLACK ="\x001B[40m"
	Select black as background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_BLUE ="\x001B[44m"
	Select blue as background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_CYAN ="\x001B[46m"
	Select cyan as background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_GRAY ="\x001B[48;5;240m"
	Select gray as background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_GREEN ="\x001B[42m"
	Select green as background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_LIGHT_BLUE ="\x001B[48;5;12m"
	Select light blue as background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_LIGHT_CYAN ="\x001B[48;5;14m"
	Select light cyan as background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_LIGHT_GRAY ="\x001B[48;5;250m"
	Select light gray as background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_LIGHT_GREEN ="\x001B[48;5;10m"
	Select light green as background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_LIGHT_MAGENTA ="\x001B[48;5;13m"
	Select light magenta as background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_LIGHT_RED ="\x001B[48;5;09m"
	Select light red as background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_LIGHT_YELLOW ="\x001B[48;5;11m"
	Select light yellow as background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_MAGENTA ="\x001B[45m"
	Select magenta as background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_RED ="\x001B[41m"
	Select red as background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_STD_COL ="\x001B[49m"
	Select standard background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_WHITE ="\x001B[48;5;15m"
	Select white as background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BG_YELLOW ="\x001B[43m"
	Select yellow as background color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BLACK ="\x001B[30m"
	Select black as foreground color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BLUE ="\x001B[34m"
	Select blue as foreground color.
static readonly String	ANSI_BOLD ="\x001B[1m"
	Select bold font style.
static readonly String	ANSI_CYAN ="\x001B[36m"
	Select cyan as foreground color.
static readonly String	ANSI_GRAY ="\x001B[38;5;240m"
	Select gray as foreground color.
static readonly String	ANSI_GREEN ="\x001B[32m"
	Select green as foreground color.
static readonly String	ANSI_ITALICS ="\x001B[3m"
	Select italics font style.
static readonly String	ANSI_LIGHT_BLUE ="\x001B[38;5;12m"
	Select light blue as foreground color.
static readonly String	ANSI_LIGHT_CYAN ="\x001B[38;5;14m"
	Select light cyan as foreground color.
static readonly String	ANSI_LIGHT_GRAY ="\x001B[38;5;250m"
	Select light gray as foreground color.
static readonly String	ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN ="\x001B[38;5;10m"
	Select light green as foreground color.
static readonly String	ANSI_LIGHT_MAGENTA ="\x001B[38;5;13m"
	Select light magenta as foreground color.
static readonly String	ANSI_LIGHT_RED ="\x001B[38;5;09m"
	Select light red as foreground color.
static readonly String	ANSI_LIGHT_YELLOW ="\x001B[38;5;11m"
	Select light yellow as foreground color.
static readonly String	ANSI_MAGENTA ="\x001B[35m"
	Select magenta as foreground color.
static readonly String	ANSI_RED ="\x001B[31m"
	Select red as foreground color.
static readonly String	ANSI_RESET ="\x001B[0m"
	Reset colors and font style.
static readonly String	ANSI_STD_COL ="\x001B[39m"
	Select standard foreground color.
static readonly String	ANSI_STD_STYLE ="\x001B[0m"
	Select standard font style.
static readonly String	ANSI_WHITE ="\x001B[38;5;15m"
	Select white as foreground color.
static readonly String	ANSI_YELLOW ="\x001B[33m"
	Select yellow as foreground color.

Public Fields
LightColorUsage	UseLightColors
Public Fields inherited from TextLogger
AutoSizes	AutoSizes = new AutoSizes()
ObjectConverter	Converter
String	FmtMsgSuffix =""
String	FmtMultiLineMsgHeadline ="ALox: Multi line message follows: "
	Headline for multi line messages (depending on MultiLineMsgMode).
String	FmtMultiLinePrefix =">> "
String	FmtMultiLineSuffix =null
MetaInfo	MetaInfo =new MetaInfo()
String	MultiLineDelimiter =null
String	MultiLineDelimiterRepl ="\\r"
int	MultiLineMsgMode =2
Public Fields inherited from Logger
int	CntLogs
Ticks	TimeOfCreation = new Ticks()
	The creation time of the Logger.
Ticks	TimeOfLastLog = new Ticks()
	Timestamp of the last log operation.
Public Fields inherited from ThreadLock
int	RecursionWarningThreshold =10
int	waitWarningTimeLimitInMillis =1000

Public Methods
	AnsiLogger (System.IO.TextWriter textWriter, bool usesStdStreams, String name=null, String typeName="ANSI")
Public Methods inherited from TextLogger
override int	AddAcquirer (ThreadLock newAcquirer)
void	ClearReplacements ()
override void	Log (Domain domain, Verbosity verbosity, List< Object > logables, ScopeInfo scope)
override int	RemoveAcquirer (ThreadLock acquirer)
void	ResetAutoSizes ()
void	SetReplacement (String searched, String replacement)
Public Methods inherited from Logger
String	GetName ()
String	GetTypeName ()
override String	ToString ()
Public Methods inherited from SmartLock
	SmartLock ()
int	CntAcquirers ()
Public Methods inherited from ThreadLock
	ThreadLock (LockMode lockMode=LockMode.Recursive, Safeness safeness=Safeness.Safe)
virtual void	Acquire ([CallerLineNumber] int cln=0,[CallerFilePath] String csf="",[CallerMemberName] String cmn="")
int	DbgCountAcquirements (Thread thread=null)
LockMode	GetMode ()
Safeness	GetSafeness ()
virtual void	Release ()
void	SetSafeness (Safeness safeness)
override String	ToString ()
bool	WillRelease ()

Protected Fields
String[]	ansiCols
System.IO.TextWriter	textWriter
Protected Fields inherited from TextLogger
AString	logBuf =new AString( 256 )
AString	msgBuf =new AString( 128 )
List< String >	replacements =new List<String>()
int	stdStreamLockRegistrationCounter =0
bool	usesStdStreams
Protected Fields inherited from Logger
String	Name
String	TypeName
Protected Fields inherited from SmartLock
List< ThreadLock >	acquirers =new List<ThreadLock>()
Protected Fields inherited from ThreadLock
int	cntAcquirements
LockMode	lockMode
Object	mutex
Thread	owner
Ticks	waitTime =new Ticks()

Protected Methods
override void	logText (Domain domain, Verbosity verbosity, AString msg, ScopeInfo scope, int lineNumber)
override void	notifyMultiLineOp (Phase phase)
Protected Methods inherited from TextLogger
	TextLogger (String name, String typeName, bool usesStdStreams)
Protected Methods inherited from Logger
	Logger (String name, String typeName)

Member Enumeration Documentation

LightColorUsage

enum LightColorUsage

strong

Denotes states of field UseLightColors.

Enumerator
_Undefined	Internal, temporary state.
Never	Never use light colors.
ForegroundLight	Use light colors for foreground.
ForegroundDark	Use light colors for background.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

AnsiLogger()

AnsiLogger ( System.IO.TextWriter  textWriter, bool  usesStdStreams, String  name = null, String  typeName = "ANSI"  )

inline

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Creates an AnsiLogger.

Parameters

textWriter	The TextWriter object to write into.
usesStdStreams	Denotes whether this logger writes to the standard output streams.
name	The name of the Logger, defaults to what is provided with parameter typeName.
typeName	The type of the Logger, defaults to "ANSI".

Member Function Documentation

logText()

override void logText ( Domain  domain, Verbosity  verbosity, AString  msg, ScopeInfo  scope, int  lineNumber  )

inlineprotectedvirtual

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Implementation of the abstract method of parent class TextLogger. Logs messages to the application console and/or the VStudio output window.

Parameters

domain	The Log Domain.
verbosity	The verbosity. This has been checked to be active already on this stage and is provided to be able to be logged out only.
msg	The log message
scope	Information about the scope of the Log Statement..
lineNumber	The line number of a multi-line message, starting with 0. For single line messages this is -1.

Implements TextLogger.

notifyMultiLineOp()

override void notifyMultiLineOp ( Phase  phase )

inlineprotectedvirtual

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Empty implementation.

Parameters

phase

The phase of the multi-line operation (ignored).

Implements TextLogger.

Member Data Documentation

ansiCols

String [] ansiCols

protected

Initial value:

=
        {
            ANSI_RED,           ANSI_GREEN,         ANSI_YELLOW,           ANSI_BLUE,          ANSI_MAGENTA,
            ANSI_CYAN,          ANSI_BLACK,         ANSI_WHITE,            ANSI_GRAY,          ANSI_STD_COL,
 
            ANSI_BG_RED,        ANSI_BG_GREEN,      ANSI_BG_YELLOW,        ANSI_BG_BLUE,       ANSI_BG_MAGENTA,
            ANSI_BG_CYAN,       ANSI_BG_BLACK,      ANSI_BG_WHITE,         ANSI_BG_GRAY,       ANSI_BG_STD_COL,
 
            ANSI_LIGHT_RED,     ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN,   ANSI_LIGHT_YELLOW,     ANSI_LIGHT_BLUE,    ANSI_LIGHT_MAGENTA,
            ANSI_LIGHT_CYAN,    ANSI_BG_BLACK,      ANSI_BG_WHITE,         ANSI_LIGHT_GRAY,    ANSI_STD_COL,
 
            ANSI_BG_LIGHT_RED,  ANSI_BG_LIGHT_GREEN,ANSI_BG_LIGHT_YELLOW,  ANSI_BG_LIGHT_BLUE, ANSI_BG_LIGHT_MAGENTA,
            ANSI_BG_LIGHT_CYAN, ANSI_BG_BLACK,      ANSI_BG_WHITE,         ANSI_BG_LIGHT_GRAY, ANSI_BG_STD_COL
        }

Internal table used to convert ESC colors to ANSI colors

textWriter

System.IO.TextWriter textWriter

protected

The TextWriter provided in the constructor.

UseLightColors

LightColorUsage UseLightColors

Foreground and background colors chosen by this class might differ in their intensity. This increases the overall readability by increasing the contrast. If the background color of a console window is dark, then the background colors of colored log output should be darker colors than the foreground colors - and vice versa.

Depending on the setting of this field, ALox escape codes for colors are translated to normal ANSI colors or lighter ones:

• If this field is LightColorUsage.Never, light colors are never used.
• If this field is LightColorUsage.ForegroundLight, foreground colors will be light colors and background colors dark ones. This is the default.
• If LightColorUsage.ForegroundDark, background colors will be light colors and foreground colors dark ones.

The configuration variable ALOX_CONSOLE_LIGHT_COLORS allows to externally modify this flag. It is read once within the constructor .

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• AnsiLogger.cs