.net - NLog: Dependency Injection for custom Targets

Question

I am a user of NLog and I am creating my own custom target. This target will use some repositories (using NHibernate) to persist log entries.

Is it possible to inject the required constructor dependencies of custom targets using any IoC framework, preferably StructureMap?

Regards,

J

Answer 1

I want to provide some context for people, since I was confused at first by your answer JC.

public Program {

    //
    // Static constructor
    //
  static Program() {
    // Set up Ninject
    var kernel = new StandardKernel();

    // Register bindings
    RegisterServices(kernel);

    // Set up Ninject logging config
    NLog.Config.ConfigurationItemFactory.Default.CreateInstance = 
        (type) => kernel.TryGet(type);

    // Continue on!
  }

  private static void RegisterServices(IKernel kernel) {
    // bind services!
    kernel.Bind<IMyClass>().To<MyClass>();
  }
}

[Target("Custom")]
public class CustomTarget : TargetWithLayout {

    private IMyClass _myClass;
    public CustomTarget(IMyClass myClass) {

        // This will be injected!
        _myClass = myClass;
    }
}

This shows how you set up the instance creation and how it all fits together with NLog. Hope that helps other people!