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Func's for Logging
public class MyObject {
public string Message {get;set; }
}
public class Program {
public static void Main() {
MyObject myObj = null;
Log(myObj.Message); // this will explode in your face with an exception
Log(() => return myObj.Message); // this will actually log another message because we caught the exception when the func was invoked
Log(() => GetLogMessage(myObj));
}
private string GetLogMessage(MyObject obj) {
return obj.Message;
}
public void Log(string logMessage, Exception exception) {
}
public void Log(string logMessage) {
}
public void Log(Func<string> logMessage) {
try {
var resultOfExecutingFunc = logMessage(); // invoke now so I can catch the exception and stop my app breaking
Log(resultOfExecutingFunc);
} catch(Exception ex) {
Log("unable to log message due to exception", ex);
}
}
}
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