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   Home » C# Language » Call a function when any method from a class is called ?
       
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Thibaut
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since Aug 27, 2010 
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Call a function when any method from a class is called ?

  Posted on: 27 Aug 2010       

Hi all,
I have a class (called MyClass), that contains about 20 misc methods, and a logging method. I want to call the logging method each time any method in that class is called, so for now, my code looks like:
class MyClass
{
   void log()
   {
      // log stuff
   }
   void method1()
   {
      this.log();
      //do stuff 1
   }
   void method2()
   {
      this.log();
      //do stuff 2
   }
 
   // ... 18 other methods that also call this.log()
}

This works fine, but it's a bit painful to have to call log() in each method, and the risk is high that if someone adds a method in there, he will forget to call it.
Is there any way I could attach an event or something, so that whenever a method from that class is called, my log() function is called ?
Any idea appreciated
Thanks,
Thibaut
Manikavelu Velayutham
posted  689 posts
since  Jun 25, 2010 
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 Re: Call a function when any method from a class is called ?
  Posted on: 27 Aug 2010        0  

Through delegates you can achieve your goal.
OR
You can write a HTTP handler for this class. Whenever a method is invoked from this class, log function can be automatically called.
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Thibaut
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since  Aug 27, 2010 
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 Re: Call a function when any method from a class is called ?
  Posted on: 27 Aug 2010        0  

I don't see how I could use delegates for this. I use delegates to call different functions from the same place (when passing functions as arguments for example), but here, I would just make a call to the delegate instead of a call to log(), so if I forget to call the delegate in one of my method, log() won't be called either.. or am I missing something ?
As for HTTP handler, I'm running the application on windows, it's not a web application, so I'm not sure I can use that..
       
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