Developing Applications Using the SharePoint Logger

This section describes how you can use the SharePoint Logger in your SharePoint applications. The first topic, Creating a Logger Object, shows how to instantiate the ILogger interface. The remaining topics build on this by providing guidance and reference material for common development tasks.

This section includes the following topics:

• Creating a Logger Object
• Managing Custom Areas and Categories
• Creating Log Entries
• Creating Trace Messages
• Using Custom Logger Classes
• Creating Custom Logger Classes

For broader, contextual guidance on specific scenarios, see Key Scenarios. For step-by-step guidance on the most common end-to-end tasks, see Developer How-to Topics.