FileLoggerConfigurationExtensions.cs

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using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using Serilog.Configuration;
using Serilog.Core;
using Serilog.Debugging;
using Serilog.Events;
using Serilog.Formatting;
using Serilog.Formatting.Display;
using Serilog.Formatting.Json;
using Serilog.Sinks.File;

// ReSharper disable RedundantArgumentDefaultValue, MethodOverloadWithOptionalParameter

namespace Serilog
{
    /// <summary>Extends <see cref="LoggerConfiguration"/> with methods to add file sinks.</summary>
    public static class FileLoggerConfigurationExtensions
    {
        const int DefaultRetainedFileCountLimit = 31; // A long month of logs
        const long DefaultFileSizeLimitBytes = 1L * 1024 * 1024 * 1024; // 1GB
        const string DefaultOutputTemplate = "{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff zzz} [{Level:u3}] {Message:lj}{NewLine}{Exception}";

        /// <summary>
        /// Write log events to the specified file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sinkConfiguration">Logger sink configuration.</param>
        /// <param name="path">Path to the file.</param>
        /// <param name="restrictedToMinimumLevel">The minimum level for
        /// events passed through the sink. Ignored when <paramref name="levelSwitch"/> is specified.</param>
        /// <param name="levelSwitch">A switch allowing the pass-through minimum level
        /// to be changed at runtime.</param>
        /// <param name="formatProvider">Supplies culture-specific formatting information, or null.</param>
        /// <param name="outputTemplate">A message template describing the format used to write to the sink.
        /// the default is "{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff zzz} [{Level:u3}] {Message:lj}{NewLine}{Exception}".</param>
        /// <param name="fileSizeLimitBytes">The approximate maximum size, in bytes, to which a log file will be allowed to grow.
        /// For unrestricted growth, pass null. The default is 1 GB. To avoid writing partial events, the last event within the limit
        /// will be written in full even if it exceeds the limit.</param>
        /// <param name="buffered">Indicates if flushing to the output file can be buffered or not. The default
        /// is false.</param>
        /// <param name="shared">Allow the log file to be shared by multiple processes. The default is false.</param>
        /// <param name="flushToDiskInterval">If provided, a full disk flush will be performed periodically at the specified interval.</param>
        /// <returns>Configuration object allowing method chaining.</returns>
        /// <remarks>The file will be written using the UTF-8 character set.</remarks>
        [Obsolete("New code should not be compiled against this obsolete overload"), EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public static LoggerConfiguration File(
            this LoggerSinkConfiguration sinkConfiguration,
            string path,
            LogEventLevel restrictedToMinimumLevel,
            string outputTemplate,
            IFormatProvider formatProvider,
            long? fileSizeLimitBytes,
            LoggingLevelSwitch levelSwitch,
            bool buffered,
            bool shared,
            TimeSpan? flushToDiskInterval)
        {
            return File(sinkConfiguration, path, restrictedToMinimumLevel, outputTemplate, formatProvider, fileSizeLimitBytes,
                levelSwitch, buffered, shared, flushToDiskInterval, RollingInterval.Infinite, false, null, null, null);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Write log events to the specified file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sinkConfiguration">Logger sink configuration.</param>
        /// <param name="formatter">A formatter, such as <see cref="JsonFormatter"/>, to convert the log events into
        /// text for the file. If control of regular text formatting is required, use the other
        /// overload of <see cref="File(LoggerSinkConfiguration, string, LogEventLevel, string, IFormatProvider, long?, LoggingLevelSwitch, bool, bool, TimeSpan?)"/>
        /// and specify the outputTemplate parameter instead.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="path">Path to the file.</param>
        /// <param name="restrictedToMinimumLevel">The minimum level for
        /// events passed through the sink. Ignored when <paramref name="levelSwitch"/> is specified.</param>
        /// <param name="levelSwitch">A switch allowing the pass-through minimum level
        /// to be changed at runtime.</param>
        /// <param name="fileSizeLimitBytes">The approximate maximum size, in bytes, to which a log file will be allowed to grow.
        /// For unrestricted growth, pass null. The default is 1 GB. To avoid writing partial events, the last event within the limit
        /// will be written in full even if it exceeds the limit.</param>
        /// <param name="buffered">Indicates if flushing to the output file can be buffered or not. The default
        /// is false.</param>
        /// <param name="shared">Allow the log file to be shared by multiple processes. The default is false.</param>
        /// <param name="flushToDiskInterval">If provided, a full disk flush will be performed periodically at the specified interval.</param>
        /// <returns>Configuration object allowing method chaining.</returns>
        /// <remarks>The file will be written using the UTF-8 character set.</remarks>
        [Obsolete("New code should not be compiled against this obsolete overload"), EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public static LoggerConfiguration File(
            this LoggerSinkConfiguration sinkConfiguration,
            ITextFormatter formatter,
            string path,
            LogEventLevel restrictedToMinimumLevel,
            long? fileSizeLimitBytes,
            LoggingLevelSwitch levelSwitch,
            bool buffered,
            bool shared,
            TimeSpan? flushToDiskInterval)
        {
            return File(sinkConfiguration, formatter, path, restrictedToMinimumLevel, fileSizeLimitBytes, levelSwitch,
                buffered, shared, flushToDiskInterval, RollingInterval.Infinite, false, null, null, null);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Write log events to the specified file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sinkConfiguration">Logger sink configuration.</param>
        /// <param name="path">Path to the file.</param>
        /// <param name="restrictedToMinimumLevel">The minimum level for
        /// events passed through the sink. Ignored when <paramref name="levelSwitch"/> is specified.</param>
        /// <param name="levelSwitch">A switch allowing the pass-through minimum level
        /// to be changed at runtime.</param>
        /// <param name="formatProvider">Supplies culture-specific formatting information, or null.</param>
        /// <param name="outputTemplate">A message template describing the format used to write to the sink.
        /// the default is "{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff zzz} [{Level:u3}] {Message:lj}{NewLine}{Exception}".</param>
        /// <param name="fileSizeLimitBytes">The approximate maximum size, in bytes, to which a log file will be allowed to grow.
        /// For unrestricted growth, pass null. The default is 1 GB. To avoid writing partial events, the last event within the limit
        /// will be written in full even if it exceeds the limit.</param>
        /// <param name="buffered">Indicates if flushing to the output file can be buffered or not. The default
        /// is false.</param>
        /// <param name="shared">Allow the log file to be shared by multiple processes. The default is false.</param>
        /// <param name="flushToDiskInterval">If provided, a full disk flush will be performed periodically at the specified interval.</param>
        /// <param name="rollingInterval">The interval at which logging will roll over to a new file.</param>
        /// <param name="rollOnFileSizeLimit">If <code>true</code>, a new file will be created when the file size limit is reached. Filenames
        /// will have a number appended in the format <code>_NNN</code>, with the first filename given no number.</param>
        /// <param name="retainedFileCountLimit">The maximum number of log files that will be retained,
        /// including the current log file. For unlimited retention, pass null. The default is 31.</param>
        /// <param name="encoding">Character encoding used to write the text file. The default is UTF-8 without BOM.</param>
        /// <returns>Configuration object allowing method chaining.</returns>
        [Obsolete("New code should not be compiled against this obsolete overload"), EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public static LoggerConfiguration File(
            this LoggerSinkConfiguration sinkConfiguration,
            string path,
            LogEventLevel restrictedToMinimumLevel,
            string outputTemplate,
            IFormatProvider formatProvider,
            long? fileSizeLimitBytes,
            LoggingLevelSwitch levelSwitch,
            bool buffered,
            bool shared,
            TimeSpan? flushToDiskInterval,
            RollingInterval rollingInterval,
            bool rollOnFileSizeLimit,
            int? retainedFileCountLimit,
            Encoding encoding)
        {
            return File(sinkConfiguration, path, restrictedToMinimumLevel, outputTemplate, formatProvider, fileSizeLimitBytes, levelSwitch, buffered,
                shared, flushToDiskInterval, rollingInterval, rollOnFileSizeLimit, retainedFileCountLimit, encoding, null);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Write log events to the specified file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sinkConfiguration">Logger sink configuration.</param>
        /// <param name="formatter">A formatter, such as <see cref="JsonFormatter"/>, to convert the log events into
        /// text for the file. If control of regular text formatting is required, use the other
        /// overload of <see cref="File(LoggerSinkConfiguration, string, LogEventLevel, string, IFormatProvider, long?, LoggingLevelSwitch, bool, bool, TimeSpan?, RollingInterval, bool, int?, Encoding, FileLifecycleHooks, TimeSpan?)"/>
        /// and specify the outputTemplate parameter instead.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="path">Path to the file.</param>
        /// <param name="restrictedToMinimumLevel">The minimum level for
        /// events passed through the sink. Ignored when <paramref name="levelSwitch"/> is specified.</param>
        /// <param name="levelSwitch">A switch allowing the pass-through minimum level
        /// to be changed at runtime.</param>
        /// <param name="fileSizeLimitBytes">The approximate maximum size, in bytes, to which a log file will be allowed to grow.
        /// For unrestricted growth, pass null. The default is 1 GB. To avoid writing partial events, the last event within the limit
        /// will be written in full even if it exceeds the limit.</param>
        /// <param name="buffered">Indicates if flushing to the output file can be buffered or not. The default
        /// is false.</param>
        /// <param name="shared">Allow the log file to be shared by multiple processes. The default is false.</param>
        /// <param name="flushToDiskInterval">If provided, a full disk flush will be performed periodically at the specified interval.</param>
        /// <param name="rollingInterval">The interval at which logging will roll over to a new file.</param>
        /// <param name="rollOnFileSizeLimit">If <code>true</code>, a new file will be created when the file size limit is reached. Filenames
        /// will have a number appended in the format <code>_NNN</code>, with the first filename given no number.</param>
        /// <param name="retainedFileCountLimit">The maximum number of log files that will be retained,
        /// including the current log file. For unlimited retention, pass null. The default is 31.</param>
        /// <param name="encoding">Character encoding used to write the text file. The default is UTF-8 without BOM.</param>
        /// <returns>Configuration object allowing method chaining.</returns>
        [Obsolete("New code should not be compiled against this obsolete overload"), EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public static LoggerConfiguration File(
            this LoggerSinkConfiguration sinkConfiguration,
            ITextFormatter formatter,
            string path,
            LogEventLevel restrictedToMinimumLevel,
            long? fileSizeLimitBytes,
            LoggingLevelSwitch levelSwitch,
            bool buffered,
            bool shared,
            TimeSpan? flushToDiskInterval,
            RollingInterval rollingInterval,
            bool rollOnFileSizeLimit,
            int? retainedFileCountLimit,
            Encoding encoding)
        {
            return File(sinkConfiguration, formatter, path, restrictedToMinimumLevel, fileSizeLimitBytes, levelSwitch, buffered,
                shared, flushToDiskInterval, rollingInterval, rollOnFileSizeLimit, retainedFileCountLimit, encoding, null);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Write log events to the specified file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sinkConfiguration">Logger sink configuration.</param>
        /// <param name="path">Path to the file.</param>
        /// <param name="restrictedToMinimumLevel">The minimum level for
        /// events passed through the sink. Ignored when <paramref name="levelSwitch"/> is specified.</param>
        /// <param name="levelSwitch">A switch allowing the pass-through minimum level
        /// to be changed at runtime.</param>
        /// <param name="formatProvider">Supplies culture-specific formatting information, or null.</param>
        /// <param name="outputTemplate">A message template describing the format used to write to the sink.
        /// the default is "{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff zzz} [{Level:u3}] {Message:lj}{NewLine}{Exception}".</param>
        /// <param name="fileSizeLimitBytes">The approximate maximum size, in bytes, to which a log file will be allowed to grow.
        /// For unrestricted growth, pass null. The default is 1 GB. To avoid writing partial events, the last event within the limit
        /// will be written in full even if it exceeds the limit.</param>
        /// <param name="buffered">Indicates if flushing to the output file can be buffered or not. The default
        /// is false.</param>
        /// <param name="shared">Allow the log file to be shared by multiple processes. The default is false.</param>
        /// <param name="flushToDiskInterval">If provided, a full disk flush will be performed periodically at the specified interval.</param>
        /// <param name="rollingInterval">The interval at which logging will roll over to a new file.</param>
        /// <param name="rollOnFileSizeLimit">If <code>true</code>, a new file will be created when the file size limit is reached. Filenames
        /// will have a number appended in the format <code>_NNN</code>, with the first filename given no number.</param>
        /// <param name="retainedFileCountLimit">The maximum number of log files that will be retained,
        /// including the current log file. For unlimited retention, pass null. The default is 31.</param>
        /// <param name="encoding">Character encoding used to write the text file. The default is UTF-8 without BOM.</param>
        /// <param name="hooks">Optionally enables hooking into log file lifecycle events.</param>
        /// <param name="retainedFileTimeLimit">The maximum time after the end of an interval that a rolling log file will be retained.
        /// Must be greater than or equal to <see cref="TimeSpan.Zero"/>.
        /// Ignored if <paramref see="rollingInterval"/> is <see cref="RollingInterval.Infinite"/>.
        /// The default is to retain files indefinitely.</param>
        /// <returns>Configuration object allowing method chaining.</returns>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="sinkConfiguration"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="path"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="outputTemplate"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="IOException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="NotSupportedException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="PathTooLongException">When <paramref name="path"/> is too long</exception>
        /// <exception cref="UnauthorizedAccessException">The caller does not have the required permission to access the <paramref name="path"/></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Invalid <paramref name="path"/></exception>
        public static LoggerConfiguration File(
            this LoggerSinkConfiguration sinkConfiguration,
            string path,
            LogEventLevel restrictedToMinimumLevel = LevelAlias.Minimum,
            string outputTemplate = DefaultOutputTemplate,
            IFormatProvider formatProvider = null,
            long? fileSizeLimitBytes = DefaultFileSizeLimitBytes,
            LoggingLevelSwitch levelSwitch = null,
            bool buffered = false,
            bool shared = false,
            TimeSpan? flushToDiskInterval = null,
            RollingInterval rollingInterval = RollingInterval.Infinite,
            bool rollOnFileSizeLimit = false,
            int? retainedFileCountLimit = DefaultRetainedFileCountLimit,
            Encoding encoding = null,
            FileLifecycleHooks hooks = null,
            TimeSpan? retainedFileTimeLimit = null)
        {
            if (sinkConfiguration == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sinkConfiguration));
            if (path == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(path));
            if (outputTemplate == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(outputTemplate));

            var formatter = new MessageTemplateTextFormatter(outputTemplate, formatProvider);
            return File(sinkConfiguration, formatter, path, restrictedToMinimumLevel, fileSizeLimitBytes,
                levelSwitch, buffered, shared, flushToDiskInterval,
                rollingInterval, rollOnFileSizeLimit, retainedFileCountLimit, encoding, hooks, retainedFileTimeLimit);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Write log events to the specified file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sinkConfiguration">Logger sink configuration.</param>
        /// <param name="formatter">A formatter, such as <see cref="JsonFormatter"/>, to convert the log events into
        /// text for the file. If control of regular text formatting is required, use the other
        /// overload of <see cref="File(LoggerSinkConfiguration, string, LogEventLevel, string, IFormatProvider, long?, LoggingLevelSwitch, bool, bool, TimeSpan?, RollingInterval, bool, int?, Encoding, FileLifecycleHooks, TimeSpan?)"/>
        /// and specify the outputTemplate parameter instead.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="path">Path to the file.</param>
        /// <param name="restrictedToMinimumLevel">The minimum level for
        /// events passed through the sink. Ignored when <paramref name="levelSwitch"/> is specified.</param>
        /// <param name="levelSwitch">A switch allowing the pass-through minimum level
        /// to be changed at runtime.</param>
        /// <param name="fileSizeLimitBytes">The approximate maximum size, in bytes, to which a log file will be allowed to grow.
        /// For unrestricted growth, pass null. The default is 1 GB. To avoid writing partial events, the last event within the limit
        /// will be written in full even if it exceeds the limit.</param>
        /// <param name="buffered">Indicates if flushing to the output file can be buffered or not. The default
        /// is false.</param>
        /// <param name="shared">Allow the log file to be shared by multiple processes. The default is false.</param>
        /// <param name="flushToDiskInterval">If provided, a full disk flush will be performed periodically at the specified interval.</param>
        /// <param name="rollingInterval">The interval at which logging will roll over to a new file.</param>
        /// <param name="rollOnFileSizeLimit">If <code>true</code>, a new file will be created when the file size limit is reached. Filenames
        /// will have a number appended in the format <code>_NNN</code>, with the first filename given no number.</param>
        /// <param name="retainedFileCountLimit">The maximum number of log files that will be retained,
        /// including the current log file. For unlimited retention, pass null. The default is 31.</param>
        /// <param name="encoding">Character encoding used to write the text file. The default is UTF-8 without BOM.</param>
        /// <param name="hooks">Optionally enables hooking into log file lifecycle events.</param>
        /// <param name="retainedFileTimeLimit">The maximum time after the end of an interval that a rolling log file will be retained.
        /// Must be greater than or equal to <see cref="TimeSpan.Zero"/>.
        /// Ignored if <paramref see="rollingInterval"/> is <see cref="RollingInterval.Infinite"/>.
        /// The default is to retain files indefinitely.</param>
        /// <returns>Configuration object allowing method chaining.</returns>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="sinkConfiguration"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="formatter"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="path"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="IOException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="NotSupportedException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="PathTooLongException">When <paramref name="path"/> is too long</exception>
        /// <exception cref="UnauthorizedAccessException">The caller does not have the required permission to access the <paramref name="path"/></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Invalid <paramref name="path"/></exception>
        public static LoggerConfiguration File(
            this LoggerSinkConfiguration sinkConfiguration,
            ITextFormatter formatter,
            string path,
            LogEventLevel restrictedToMinimumLevel = LevelAlias.Minimum,
            long? fileSizeLimitBytes = DefaultFileSizeLimitBytes,
            LoggingLevelSwitch levelSwitch = null,
            bool buffered = false,
            bool shared = false,
            TimeSpan? flushToDiskInterval = null,
            RollingInterval rollingInterval = RollingInterval.Infinite,
            bool rollOnFileSizeLimit = false,
            int? retainedFileCountLimit = DefaultRetainedFileCountLimit,
            Encoding encoding = null,
            FileLifecycleHooks hooks = null,
            TimeSpan? retainedFileTimeLimit = null)
        {
            if (sinkConfiguration == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sinkConfiguration));
            if (formatter == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(formatter));
            if (path == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(path));

            return ConfigureFile(sinkConfiguration.Sink, formatter, path, restrictedToMinimumLevel, fileSizeLimitBytes, levelSwitch,
                buffered, false, shared, flushToDiskInterval, encoding, rollingInterval, rollOnFileSizeLimit,
                retainedFileCountLimit, hooks, retainedFileTimeLimit);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Write log events to the specified file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sinkConfiguration">Logger sink configuration.</param>
        /// <param name="path">Path to the file.</param>
        /// <param name="restrictedToMinimumLevel">The minimum level for
        /// events passed through the sink. Ignored when <paramref name="levelSwitch"/> is specified.</param>
        /// <param name="levelSwitch">A switch allowing the pass-through minimum level
        /// to be changed at runtime.</param>
        /// <param name="formatProvider">Supplies culture-specific formatting information, or null.</param>
        /// <param name="outputTemplate">A message template describing the format used to write to the sink.
        /// the default is "{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff zzz} [{Level:u3}] {Message:lj}{NewLine}{Exception}".</param>
        /// <returns>Configuration object allowing method chaining.</returns>
        /// <remarks>The file will be written using the UTF-8 character set.</remarks>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="sinkConfiguration"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="path"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="IOException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="NotSupportedException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="PathTooLongException">When <paramref name="path"/> is too long</exception>
        /// <exception cref="UnauthorizedAccessException">The caller does not have the required permission to access the <paramref name="path"/></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Invalid <paramref name="path"/></exception>
        [Obsolete("New code should not be compiled against this obsolete overload"), EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public static LoggerConfiguration File(
            this LoggerAuditSinkConfiguration sinkConfiguration,
            string path,
            LogEventLevel restrictedToMinimumLevel,
            string outputTemplate,
            IFormatProvider formatProvider,
            LoggingLevelSwitch levelSwitch)
        {
            return File(sinkConfiguration, path, restrictedToMinimumLevel, outputTemplate, formatProvider, levelSwitch, null, null);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Write log events to the specified file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sinkConfiguration">Logger sink configuration.</param>
        /// <param name="formatter">A formatter, such as <see cref="JsonFormatter"/>, to convert the log events into
        /// text for the file. If control of regular text formatting is required, use the other
        /// overload of <see cref="File(LoggerAuditSinkConfiguration, string, LogEventLevel, string, IFormatProvider, LoggingLevelSwitch)"/>
        /// and specify the outputTemplate parameter instead.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="path">Path to the file.</param>
        /// <param name="restrictedToMinimumLevel">The minimum level for
        /// events passed through the sink. Ignored when <paramref name="levelSwitch"/> is specified.</param>
        /// <param name="levelSwitch">A switch allowing the pass-through minimum level
        /// to be changed at runtime.</param>
        /// <returns>Configuration object allowing method chaining.</returns>
        /// <remarks>The file will be written using the UTF-8 character set.</remarks>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="sinkConfiguration"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="formatter"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="path"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="IOException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="NotSupportedException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="PathTooLongException">When <paramref name="path"/> is too long</exception>
        /// <exception cref="UnauthorizedAccessException">The caller does not have the required permission to access the <paramref name="path"/></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Invalid <paramref name="path"/></exception>
        [Obsolete("New code should not be compiled against this obsolete overload"), EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public static LoggerConfiguration File(
            this LoggerAuditSinkConfiguration sinkConfiguration,
            ITextFormatter formatter,
            string path,
            LogEventLevel restrictedToMinimumLevel,
            LoggingLevelSwitch levelSwitch)
        {
            return File(sinkConfiguration, formatter, path, restrictedToMinimumLevel, levelSwitch, null, null);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Write audit log events to the specified file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sinkConfiguration">Logger sink configuration.</param>
        /// <param name="path">Path to the file.</param>
        /// <param name="restrictedToMinimumLevel">The minimum level for
        /// events passed through the sink. Ignored when <paramref name="levelSwitch"/> is specified.</param>
        /// <param name="levelSwitch">A switch allowing the pass-through minimum level
        /// to be changed at runtime.</param>
        /// <param name="formatProvider">Supplies culture-specific formatting information, or null.</param>
        /// <param name="outputTemplate">A message template describing the format used to write to the sink.
        /// the default is "{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff zzz} [{Level:u3}] {Message:lj}{NewLine}{Exception}".</param>
        /// <param name="encoding">Character encoding used to write the text file. The default is UTF-8 without BOM.</param>
        /// <param name="hooks">Optionally enables hooking into log file lifecycle events.</param>
        /// <returns>Configuration object allowing method chaining.</returns>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="sinkConfiguration"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="path"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="outputTemplate"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="IOException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="NotSupportedException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="PathTooLongException">When <paramref name="path"/> is too long</exception>
        /// <exception cref="UnauthorizedAccessException">The caller does not have the required permission to access the <paramref name="path"/></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Invalid <paramref name="path"/></exception>
        public static LoggerConfiguration File(
            this LoggerAuditSinkConfiguration sinkConfiguration,
            string path,
            LogEventLevel restrictedToMinimumLevel = LevelAlias.Minimum,
            string outputTemplate = DefaultOutputTemplate,
            IFormatProvider formatProvider = null,
            LoggingLevelSwitch levelSwitch = null,
            Encoding encoding = null,
            FileLifecycleHooks hooks = null)
        {
            if (sinkConfiguration == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sinkConfiguration));
            if (path == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(path));
            if (outputTemplate == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(outputTemplate));

            var formatter = new MessageTemplateTextFormatter(outputTemplate, formatProvider);
            return File(sinkConfiguration, formatter, path, restrictedToMinimumLevel, levelSwitch, encoding, hooks);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Write audit log events to the specified file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sinkConfiguration">Logger sink configuration.</param>
        /// <param name="formatter">A formatter, such as <see cref="JsonFormatter"/>, to convert the log events into
        /// text for the file. If control of regular text formatting is required, use the other
        /// overload of <see cref="File(LoggerAuditSinkConfiguration, string, LogEventLevel, string, IFormatProvider, LoggingLevelSwitch, Encoding, FileLifecycleHooks)"/>
        /// and specify the outputTemplate parameter instead.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="path">Path to the file.</param>
        /// <param name="restrictedToMinimumLevel">The minimum level for
        /// events passed through the sink. Ignored when <paramref name="levelSwitch"/> is specified.</param>
        /// <param name="levelSwitch">A switch allowing the pass-through minimum level
        /// to be changed at runtime.</param>
        /// <param name="encoding">Character encoding used to write the text file. The default is UTF-8 without BOM.</param>
        /// <param name="hooks">Optionally enables hooking into log file lifecycle events.</param>
        /// <returns>Configuration object allowing method chaining.</returns>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="sinkConfiguration"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="formatter"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">When <paramref name="path"/> is <code>null</code></exception>
        /// <exception cref="IOException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="NotSupportedException"></exception>
        /// <exception cref="PathTooLongException">When <paramref name="path"/> is too long</exception>
        /// <exception cref="UnauthorizedAccessException">The caller does not have the required permission to access the <paramref name="path"/></exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Invalid <paramref name="path"/></exception>
        public static LoggerConfiguration File(
            this LoggerAuditSinkConfiguration sinkConfiguration,
            ITextFormatter formatter,
            string path,
            LogEventLevel restrictedToMinimumLevel = LevelAlias.Minimum,
            LoggingLevelSwitch levelSwitch = null,
            Encoding encoding = null,
            FileLifecycleHooks hooks = null)
        {
            if (sinkConfiguration == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sinkConfiguration));
            if (formatter == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(formatter));
            if (path == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(path));

            return ConfigureFile(sinkConfiguration.Sink, formatter, path, restrictedToMinimumLevel, null, levelSwitch, false, true,
                false, null, encoding, RollingInterval.Infinite, false, null, hooks, null);
        }

        static LoggerConfiguration ConfigureFile(
            this Func<ILogEventSink, LogEventLevel, LoggingLevelSwitch, LoggerConfiguration> addSink,
            ITextFormatter formatter,
            string path,
            LogEventLevel restrictedToMinimumLevel,
            long? fileSizeLimitBytes,
            LoggingLevelSwitch levelSwitch,
            bool buffered,
            bool propagateExceptions,
            bool shared,
            TimeSpan? flushToDiskInterval,
            Encoding encoding,
            RollingInterval rollingInterval,
            bool rollOnFileSizeLimit,
            int? retainedFileCountLimit,
            FileLifecycleHooks hooks,
            TimeSpan? retainedFileTimeLimit)
        {
            if (addSink == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(addSink));
            if (formatter == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(formatter));
            if (path == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(path));
            if (fileSizeLimitBytes.HasValue && fileSizeLimitBytes < 1) throw new ArgumentException("Invalid value provided; file size limit must be at least 1 byte, or null.", nameof(fileSizeLimitBytes));
            if (retainedFileCountLimit.HasValue && retainedFileCountLimit < 1) throw new ArgumentException("At least one file must be retained.", nameof(retainedFileCountLimit));
            if (retainedFileTimeLimit.HasValue && retainedFileTimeLimit < TimeSpan.Zero) throw new ArgumentException("Negative value provided; retained file time limit must be non-negative.", nameof(retainedFileTimeLimit));
            if (shared && buffered) throw new ArgumentException("Buffered writes are not available when file sharing is enabled.", nameof(buffered));
            if (shared && hooks != null) throw new ArgumentException("File lifecycle hooks are not currently supported for shared log files.", nameof(hooks));

            ILogEventSink sink;

            if (rollOnFileSizeLimit || rollingInterval != RollingInterval.Infinite)
            {
                sink = new RollingFileSink(path, formatter, fileSizeLimitBytes, retainedFileCountLimit, encoding, buffered, shared, rollingInterval, rollOnFileSizeLimit, hooks, retainedFileTimeLimit);
            }
            else
            {
                try
                {
                    if (shared)
                    {
#pragma warning disable 618
                        sink = new SharedFileSink(path, formatter, fileSizeLimitBytes, encoding);
#pragma warning restore 618
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        sink = new FileSink(path, formatter, fileSizeLimitBytes, encoding, buffered, hooks);
                    }
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    SelfLog.WriteLine("Unable to open file sink for {0}: {1}", path, ex);

                    if (propagateExceptions)
                        throw;

                    return addSink(new NullSink(), LevelAlias.Maximum, null);
                }
            }

            if (flushToDiskInterval.HasValue)
            {
#pragma warning disable 618
                sink = new PeriodicFlushToDiskSink(sink, flushToDiskInterval.Value);
#pragma warning restore 618
            }

            return addSink(sink, restrictedToMinimumLevel, levelSwitch);
        }
    }
}