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Catel - Part 4 of n: Unit testing with Catel

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This article explains how to write unit tests for MVVM using Catel.
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// <copyright file="TraceAppenderEx.cs" company="Catel development team">
//   Copyright (c) 2008 - 2011 Catel development team. All rights reserved.
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// <summary>
//   
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#region Apache License
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#endregion

#define TRACE

using System.Diagnostics;
using log4net.Core;
using log4net.Layout;

namespace log4net.Appender
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Appends log events to the <see cref="System.Diagnostics.Trace"/> system.
	/// </summary>
	/// <remarks>
	/// <para>
	/// The application configuration file can be used to control what listeners 
	/// are actually used. See the MSDN documentation for the 
	/// <see cref="System.Diagnostics.Trace"/> class for details on configuring the
	/// trace system.
	/// </para>
	/// <para>
	/// Events are written using the <c>System.Diagnostics.Trace.Write(string,string)</c>
	/// method. The event's logger name is the default value for the category parameter 
    /// of the Write method. 
	/// </para>
	/// <para>
	/// <b>Compact Framework</b><br />
	/// The Compact Framework does not support the <see cref="System.Diagnostics.Trace"/>
	/// class for any operation except <c>Assert</c>. When using the Compact Framework this
	/// appender will write to the <see cref="System.Diagnostics.Debug"/> system rather than
	/// the Trace system. This appender will therefore behave like the <see cref="DebugAppender"/>.
	/// </para>
	/// </remarks>
	/// <author>Douglas de la Torre</author>
	/// <author>Nicko Cadell</author>
	/// <author>Gert Driesen</author>
	/// <author>Ron Grabowski</author>
	/// <author>Geert van Horrik (created the extended version)</author>
	public class TraceAppenderEx : AppenderSkeleton
	{
		#region Public Instance Constructors

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TraceAppenderEx"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>Empty default constructor</remarks>
		public TraceAppenderEx()
		{
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TraceAppenderEx" /> class
		/// with a specified layout.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="layout">The layout to use with this appender.</param>
		/// <remarks>
		/// <para>
		/// Obsolete constructor.
		/// </para>
		/// </remarks>
		[System.Obsolete("Instead use the default constructor and set the Layout property")]
		public TraceAppenderEx(ILayout layout)
		{
			Layout = layout;
		}

		#endregion Public Instance Constructors

		#region Public Instance Properties

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the appender will 
		/// flush at the end of each write.
		/// </summary>
		/// <remarks>
		/// <para>The default behavior is to flush at the end of each 
		/// write. If the option is set to<c>false</c>, then the underlying 
		/// stream can defer writing to physical medium to a later time. 
		/// </para>
		/// <para>
		/// Avoiding the flush operation at the end of each append results 
		/// in a performance gain of 10 to 20 percent. However, there is safety
		/// trade-off involved in skipping flushing. Indeed, when flushing is
		/// skipped, then it is likely that the last few log events will not
		/// be recorded on disk when the application exits. This is a high
		/// price to pay even for a 20% performance gain.
		/// </para>
		/// </remarks>
		public bool ImmediateFlush
		{
			get { return _immediateFlush; }
			set { _immediateFlush = value; }
		}

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the category parameter sent to the Trace method.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// <para>
        /// Defaults to %logger which will use the logger name of the current 
        /// <see cref="LoggingEvent"/> as the category parameter.
        /// </para>
        /// <para>
        /// </para> 
        /// </remarks>
	    public PatternLayout Category
	    {
	        get { return _category; }
	        set { _category = value; }
	    }

	    #endregion Public Instance Properties

		#region Override implementation of AppenderSkeleton

		/// <summary>
		/// Writes the logging event to the <see cref="System.Diagnostics.Trace"/> system.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="loggingEvent">The event to log.</param>
		/// <remarks>
		/// <para>
		/// Writes the logging event to the <see cref="System.Diagnostics.Trace"/> system.
		/// </para>
		/// </remarks>
        protected override void Append(LoggingEvent loggingEvent) 
		{
#if NETC
			System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(RenderLoggingEvent(loggingEvent), m_category.Format(loggingEvent));
#else
			string message = RenderLoggingEvent(loggingEvent);

			if (loggingEvent.Level == Level.Info)
			{
				Trace.TraceInformation(message);
			}
			else if (loggingEvent.Level == Level.Warn)
			{
				Trace.TraceWarning(message);
			}
			else if (loggingEvent.Level == Level.Error || loggingEvent.Level == Level.Severe || loggingEvent.Level == Level.Alert || 
				loggingEvent.Level == Level.Fatal || loggingEvent.Level == Level.Emergency)
			{
				Trace.TraceError(message);
			}
			else
			{
				// Treat as verbose
				Trace.WriteLine(message);
			}
#endif
	 
			if (_immediateFlush) 
			{
#if NETCF
				System.Diagnostics.Debug.Flush();
#else
				Trace.Flush();
#endif
			} 
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// This appender requires a <see cref="Layout"/> to be set.
		/// </summary>
		/// <value><c>true</c> if the appender requires layout to be set; otherwise <c>false</c>.</value>
		/// <remarks>
		/// <para>
		/// This appender requires a <see cref="Layout"/> to be set.
		/// </para>
		/// </remarks>
        protected override bool RequiresLayout
		{
			get { return true; }
		}

		#endregion Override implementation of AppenderSkeleton

		#region Private Instance Fields

		/// <summary>
		/// Immediate flush means that the underlying writer or output stream
		/// will be flushed at the end of each append operation.
		/// </summary>
		/// <remarks>
		/// <para>
		/// Immediate flush is slower but ensures that each append request is 
		/// actually written. If <see cref="ImmediateFlush"/> is set to
		/// <c>false</c>, then there is a good chance that the last few
		/// logs events are not actually written to persistent media if and
		/// when the application crashes.
		/// </para>
		/// <para>
		/// The default value is <c>true</c>.</para>
		/// </remarks>
		private bool _immediateFlush = true;

        /// <summary>
        /// Defaults to %logger
        /// </summary>
        private PatternLayout _category = new PatternLayout("%logger");

		#endregion Private Instance Fields
	}
}

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