Format Strings

Format strings are used in the LogEntryFormatStringFormatter. This class is utilized by the ConfigLogger--the logger that is configured using the config files. This formatter class is also used by some other loggers in the system.

A format string is much like a format string in .NET. But whereas a .NET format string for a date looks like: "{0:MM-dd-yyyy}", a format string in the logging framework looks like: "{timestamp:MM-dd-yyyy}". The difference is the logging framework uses named parameters rather than an index.

The parameters used by the logging framework are: