Removing assembly information from logger name in log4net - log4net

Question

I am working on my log4net logging system, and I'm having trouble figuring out a way to get rid of assembly information in the %logger entry. The logging pattern looks like this conversionPattern value="[%60logger]] %message%newline", but when the line is printed out in the log, the logger is showing assembly information such as Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]. I believe that this is being caused by the fact that the logger is being created from a generic type, but I'm not sure. I need to get rid of that assembly information, but I don't want to changed every instance of GetLogger.

Answer 1

%logger should printout the name of the logger, only if that name contains the Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null than that is also printed. Check what you do when you get your loggers:
LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Program).FullName); //Gives name + Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
If you want the type name, do something like:
LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Program); //Gives name only
Test program to see the names returned:
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine(typeof(GenericClass<Program>));
Console.WriteLine(typeof(GenericClass<Program>).Name);
Console.WriteLine(typeof(GenericClass<Program>).FullName);
Console.WriteLine(typeof(GenericClass<Program>).ToString());
Console.ReadKey();
}
class GenericClass<T> { }
}
Output:
ConsoleApp2.Program+GenericClass`1[ConsoleApp2.Program]
GenericClass`1
ConsoleApp2.Program+GenericClass`1[[ConsoleApp2.Program, ConsoleApp2, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]]
ConsoleApp2.Program+GenericClass`1[ConsoleApp2.Program]