Logger.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Collections.Specialized;

namespace Dynaframe3
{
    static public class Logger
    {

        public static List<string> memoryLog = new List<string>();
        static int MaxLogLength = 1000; // arbitrary for now

        static public void LogComment(string comment)
        {
            // Note: Appsettings determins if this actually logs or not. Defaults to 'off'.
            if (AppSettings.Default.EnableLogging)
            {
                string date = DateTime.Now.ToString("g");
                string logComment = date + ":" + comment;

                Console.WriteLine(logComment);
                Debug.WriteLine(logComment);
                memoryLog.Add(logComment);
                if (memoryLog.Count > 1000)
                {
                    memoryLog.RemoveRange(0, memoryLog.Count - MaxLogLength);
                }
            }

        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the log in a webpage friendly format. We can add color syntax in the future using this.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static string GetLogAsHTML()
        {
            // if disabled help the user out
            if (!AppSettings.Default.EnableLogging)
            {
                return "Logging is currently disabled! Please enable logging to continue...";
            }

            string returnVal = "";
            for (int i = memoryLog.Count - 1; i > 0; i--)
            {
                returnVal += memoryLog[i] + "\r\n";
            }
            return returnVal;
        }

        public static void LogNameValueCollection(NameValueCollection collection)
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < collection.Count; i++)
            {
                LogComment("Key: " + collection.Keys[i] + " Value: " + collection.GetValues(i).ToString());
            }
        }
    }
}