PostSharp Diagnostics

PostSharp Diagnostics

 

Log your C# code without cluttering your codebase.

• Add logging to thousands of methods within minutes.
• Works with 10+ popular .NET logging frameworks.
• Faster than hand-written code.
• Measure execution time and get performance warnings.
• Highly customizable.

 

Comprehensive logs for your C#/VB code

 

Performance First

 

Faster than hand-written code – Code instrumented with PostSharp is typically faster than code instrumented by hand. We've benchmarked.

Enable/disable at run time – Logging can be turned on and off dynamically at run time using a simple API. When logging is disabled, the cost overhead is as low as 0 thanks to the JIT compiler optimizations.

GC-friendly – PostSharp does not allocate memory unless your logging framework requires it. For instance, with ETW, strictly no managed memory is allocated.

 

No impact on source code

 

• Target thousands of methods with a single line of code.
• Filter based on the name or namespace using wildcards or regular expressions.
• Filter based on the type or method visibility or another qualifier.
• Create more complex filters with System.Reflection.
• Remove from release builds with #if DEBUG.

 

 

Super Detailed

You can choose to include the following pieces of data into your logs:

• Full method and type name
• Parameter name, type and value
• this value
• Execution time
• Async state machine id
• Field changes
• Source code file name and line number
• Works on any method – not just public ones

 

Highly Customizable

 

Parameter Formatters – Customize how parameter values are rendered, even with external types.

Enable/Disable Features – Most features can be enabled or disabled manually so you only get what you actually need. Don't need parameter names? No problem.

Override Anything – You can replace almost any formatting logic with your own.

Custom Logging Framework – You can build an adapter for any VB/C# logging framework, including semantic ones.

 

Logging Frameworks

PostSharp provides out-of-the-box integration with the following .NET logging frameworks:

• Log4Net
• NLog
• Common.Logging
• Serilog
• EventSource (ETW)
• System.Diagnostics
• Console.WriteLine
• Microsoft.Extensions.Logging (.NET Core)
• Enterprise Library
• Application Insights
• Loupe
• Any other framework (custom back-end)