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ILogger Interface

Before we can discuss how to create new loggers, we must first take a look at what loggers are. A logger is any object that implements the ILogger (Microsoft.Build.Framework.ILogger) interface. This is a simple interface; it contains only two properties and two methods. The class diagram for this interface is shown in Figure 5-3.

Figure 5-3. ILogger interface

The Verbosity property determines the level of detail that should be included in the log. If the verbosity is set by using the /verbosity (/v) switch on msbuild.exe, then this value is passed to each attached logger, but it can be overridden by parameters passed to individual ...