NLog 4.6.3

NLog is a logging platform for .NET with rich log routing and management capabilities.
NLog supports traditional logging, structured logging and the combination of both.

Supported platforms:

- .NET Framework 3.5, 4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 & 4.8
- .NET Standard 1.3+ and 2.0+;
- .NET Framework 4 client profile
- Xamarin Android, Xamarin iOs
- UWP
- Windows Phone 8
- Silverlight 4 and 5
- Mono 4

For ASP.NET Core, check: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore

Release Notes

Bugfixes:

- Fixed potential memory issue and message duplication with large strings (@snakefoot)
- TargetWithContext - serialize MDC and MDLC values properly (@304NotModified)

Features:

- Added WithProperty and SetProperty on Logger (@snakefoot)
- ${EventProperties} - Added ObjectPath for rendering nested property (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
- ${ShortDate} added support for IRawValue + IStringValueRenderer (@snakefoot)
- Added truncate ambient property, e.g. ${message:truncate=80} (@snakefoot)
- ConsoleTarget & ColoredConsoleTarget  - Added AutoFlush and improve default flush behavior (@snakefoot)

Improvements:

- FileTarget - Introduced EnableFileDeleteSimpleMonitor without FileSystemWatcher for non-Windows (@snakefoot)
- LogFactory - GetLogger should validate name of logger (@snakefoot)
- FallbackGroupTarget - Fixed potential issue with WINDOWS_PHONE (@snakefoot)
- NLog config file loading: use process name (e.g. applicationname.exe.nlog) when app.config is not available (@snakefoot)

Performance:

- Split string - avoid allocation of object array. Added StringHelpers.SplitAndTrimTokens (@snakefoot)
- AppSettingLayoutRenderer - Mark as ThreadSafe and ThreadAgnostic (@snakefoot)

Misc:

- Update docs of various context classes (@304NotModified)
- Move NLogPackageLoaders for better unittest debugging experience of NLog (@304NotModified)
- Make HttpNetworkSender mockable, add unit test, introduce NSubsitute (@304NotModified)
- 10 pull requests with refactorings (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)

Full changelog: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

For all config options and platform support, check https://nlog-project.org/config/

Dependencies

• .NETFramework 3.5

  • No dependencies.

• .NETFramework 4.0 Client

  • No dependencies.

• .NETFramework 4.5

  • No dependencies.

• .NETStandard 1.3

  • Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions (>= 1.0.0)
  • NETStandard.Library (>= 1.6.0)
  • System.ComponentModel.Primitives (>= 4.1.0)
  • System.Data.Common (>= 4.1.0)
  • System.Diagnostics.StackTrace (>= 4.0.1)
  • System.Net.NameResolution (>= 4.0.0)
  • System.Net.Requests (>= 4.0.11)
  • System.Reflection.TypeExtensions (>= 4.1.0)
  • System.Xml.XmlDocument (>= 4.0.1)

• .NETStandard 1.5

  • NETStandard.Library (>= 1.6.0)
  • System.ComponentModel.Primitives (>= 4.1.0)
  • System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter (>= 4.1.0)
  • System.Data.Common (>= 4.1.0)
  • System.Diagnostics.Process (>= 4.1.0)
  • System.Diagnostics.StackTrace (>= 4.0.1)
  • System.Diagnostics.TraceSource (>= 4.0.0)
  • System.IO.FileSystem.Watcher (>= 4.0.0)
  • System.Net.NameResolution (>= 4.0.0)
  • System.Net.Requests (>= 4.0.11)
  • System.Reflection.TypeExtensions (>= 4.1.0)
  • System.Runtime.Loader (>= 4.0.0)
  • System.Threading.Thread (>= 4.0.0)
  • System.Xml.XmlDocument (>= 4.0.1)

• .NETStandard 2.0

  • No dependencies.

• MonoAndroid 4.4

  • No dependencies.

• Silverlight 4.0

  • No dependencies.

• Silverlight 5.0

  • No dependencies.

• WindowsPhone 8.0

  • No dependencies.

• Xamarin.iOS 1.0

  • No dependencies.

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