FileLifecycleHooks.cs

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using System.IO;
using System.Text;

namespace Serilog.Sinks.File
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Enables hooking into log file lifecycle events.
    /// Hooks run synchronously and therefore may affect responsiveness of the application if long operations are performed.
    /// </summary>
    public abstract class FileLifecycleHooks
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Initialize or wrap the <paramref name="underlyingStream"/> opened on the log file. This can be used to write
        /// file headers, or wrap the stream in another that adds buffering, compression, encryption, etc. The underlying
        /// file may or may not be empty when this method is called.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// A value must be returned from overrides of this method. Serilog will flush and/or dispose the returned value, but will not
        /// dispose the stream initially passed in unless it is itself returned.
        /// </remarks>
        /// <param name="underlyingStream">The underlying <see cref="Stream"/> opened on the log file.</param>
        /// <param name="encoding">The encoding to use when reading/writing to the stream.</param>
        /// <returns>The <see cref="Stream"/> Serilog should use when writing events to the log file.</returns>
        public virtual Stream OnFileOpened(Stream underlyingStream, Encoding encoding) => underlyingStream;

        /// <summary>
        /// Called before an obsolete (rolling) log file is deleted.
        /// This can be used to copy old logs to an archive location or send to a backup server.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="path">The full path to the file being deleted.</param>
        public virtual void OnFileDeleting(string path) {}

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a chain of <see cref="FileLifecycleHooks"/> that have their methods called sequentially
        /// Can be used to compose <see cref="FileLifecycleHooks"/> together; e.g. add header information to each log file and
        /// compress it.
        /// </summary>
        /// <example>
        /// <code>
        /// var hooks = new GZipHooks().Then(new HeaderWriter("File Header"));
        /// </code>
        /// </example>
        /// <param name="next">The next <see cref="FileLifecycleHooks"/> to have its methods called in the chain</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public FileLifecycleHooks Then(FileLifecycleHooks next)
        {
            return new FileLifeCycleHookChain(this, next);
        }
    }
}