Hey,
Im trying to create a logger that can send the log messages to multiple channels at once, each channel has a Write method that deliver the Log to the desired LogSite e.g Syslog, WindowsEventViewer etc.
What i did is creating an ActionBlock for each channel, and used a BroadcastBlock as the main receiver, that transfer the log to all the ActionBlocks (all channels).
Something like this:
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Broadcast = new BroadcastBlock<BaseLogMessage>(log => log);
SysLogBlock = new ActionBlock<BaseLogMessage>(log => SysLog.Instance.Write(log));
EmailLogBlock = new ActionBlock<BaseLogMessage>(log => EmailLog.Instance.Write(log));
WindowsEventLogBlock = new ActionBlock<BaseLogMessage>(log => WindowsEventLog.Instance.Write(log));
Broadcast.LinkTo(SysLogBlock);
Broadcast.LinkTo(EmailLogBlock);
Broadcast.LinkTo(WindowsEventLogBlock);
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Then when i want to Log i call:
Broadcast.Post(BaseLogMessage("the log message"));
This *seems* to work fine, so just in case im in a wrong direction here please let me know.
Now, i noticed that when i have LOTS of logs, some of them are getting lost, im guessing that the problem is with the buffer size of the Blocks,
so if a block reaches its full capacity, it will ignore the incoming log calls.
How can i improve this so that i will not get any Logs get lost?
Is inserting a BufferBlock should fix it? but where in the hierarchy should i insert it?
Does each ActionBlock (channel) needs to have its own buffer ahead of it? cause maybe(probably) their execution times are different.
Last but not least, how can i tell the ActionBlocks (channels) to grab the next log from the buffer?
Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated!
Roy.
