in src/log4net/Config/XmlConfiguratorAttribute.cs [206:277]
private void ConfigureFromFile(Assembly sourceAssembly, ILoggerRepository targetRepository)
{
// Work out the full path to the config file
string? fullPath2ConfigFile = null;
// Select the config file
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ConfigFile))
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ConfigFileExtension))
{
// Use the default .config file for the AppDomain
try
{
fullPath2ConfigFile = SystemInfo.ConfigurationFileLocation;
}
catch (Exception e) when (!e.IsFatal())
{
LogLog.Error(_declaringType, "XmlConfiguratorAttribute: Exception getting ConfigurationFileLocation. Must be able to resolve ConfigurationFileLocation when ConfigFile and ConfigFileExtension properties are not set.", e);
}
}
else
{
// Force the extension to start with a '.'
if (ConfigFileExtension![0] != '.')
{
ConfigFileExtension = '.' + ConfigFileExtension;
}
string? applicationBaseDirectory = null;
try
{
applicationBaseDirectory = SystemInfo.ApplicationBaseDirectory;
}
catch (Exception e) when (!e.IsFatal())
{
LogLog.Error(_declaringType, "Exception getting ApplicationBaseDirectory. Must be able to resolve ApplicationBaseDirectory and AssemblyFileName when ConfigFileExtension property is set.", e);
}
if (applicationBaseDirectory is not null)
{
fullPath2ConfigFile = Path.Combine(applicationBaseDirectory, SystemInfo.AssemblyFileName(sourceAssembly) + ConfigFileExtension);
}
}
}
else
{
string? applicationBaseDirectory = null;
try
{
applicationBaseDirectory = SystemInfo.ApplicationBaseDirectory;
}
catch (Exception e) when (!e.IsFatal())
{
LogLog.Warn(_declaringType, $"Exception getting ApplicationBaseDirectory. ConfigFile property path [{ConfigFile}] will be treated as an absolute path.", e);
}
if (applicationBaseDirectory is not null)
{
// Just the base dir + the config file
fullPath2ConfigFile = Path.Combine(applicationBaseDirectory, ConfigFile!);
}
else
{
fullPath2ConfigFile = ConfigFile;
}
}
if (fullPath2ConfigFile is not null)
{
ConfigureFromFile(targetRepository, new FileInfo(fullPath2ConfigFile));
}
}