How do you write byte[] array using log4.net

Question

Hi,

I have a byte[] with some data in it, I would like to write this byte array AS-IS to the log file using log4.net. The problems that i am facing is that

There are no overload for byte[] in TextWriter, so even implementing an IObjectRenderer is of no use. I dont have access to the underlying Stream object of Log4.net Also tried converting byte[] into char[] still when i write it, it adds an extra byte.

Is this even possible with Log4.net.

Thanx in Advance.

Answer 1

Log files are usually plain text files. It's probably best to log your byte array represented as string.

Have a look at BitConverter.ToString or Convert.ToBase64String.

Answer 2

Nope. Have you thought about writing it out as a hex string (see this post)?

Answer 3

I also think that logging any larger data is kind of useless, however, i guess this is what you are looking for - this converts your bytes to string.

 System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(byteArray)

I believe you can figure out how to use that for logging.

Pz, the TaskConnect developer