UsingAnIoCPattern

After referencing the MetroLog and Metrolog.platform libraries, using MetroLog is very easy. Just obtain a reference to the ILogManager with LogManagerFactory.DefaultLogManager. If you're doing your own IoC, you can alternatively use LogManagerFactory.CreateLogManager() if you don't want to use the default instance.

Once you have an ILogManager, you can call GetLogger on it to get an instance for each Type to use.

For those using DI or an IoC container, you can inject ILogManager by registering the value of the DefaultLogManager property in your container setup. This is the recommended approach instead of using LogManagerFactory.DefaultLogManager thoughout your code.

###Example

using System;
using MetroLog;

class LogExample
{
	static void Main(string[] args)
	{
		ILogManager logManager = LogManagerFactory.DefaultLogManager;

		// Inject the ILogManager manually
		SomeMagicClass c = new SomeMagicClass(logManager);
		c.DoMagic();
	}
}

class SomeMagicClass
{
	private readonly ILogger _log;
	public SomeMagicClass(ILogManager logManager)
	{
		_log = logManager.GetLogger<SomeMagicClass>();
	}

	public void DoMagic()
	{
		// Log something interesting
		_log.Info("We are about to do magic!");			
	}
}