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C#: ILogger as logging tool

I want to know the advantages to use ILogger as logging tool for .net framework and .net core under Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

Thanks in advance.

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Chris Pratt
Chris Pratt

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Microsoft.Extensions.Logging merely provides a logging facade. There's other libraries that do the same thing, such as Common.Logging, and to a certain extent Serilog.

The facade pattern is a way of abstracting away an particular implementation of functionality. Here, all your code really cares about it logging. Whether those logs go to the console, a database, Application Insights, etc. is totally inconsequential.

That is what Ilogger provides you. It's a consistent interface for generically logging. You can then decide to use whatever actual logging provider you want later or switch between them at a whim, without effecting any of your application code.

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