LogMessage.cs

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.ServiceModel.Channels;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;

namespace RoyalMail
{
    public class LogMessage
    {
        protected string fileName;

        public void WriteLog(ref Message message)
        {
            try
            {
                MessageBuffer buffer = message.CreateBufferedCopy(Int32.MaxValue);
                message = buffer.CreateMessage();
                Message copyMessage = buffer.CreateMessage();
                
                using (StreamWriter sw = File.CreateText(fileName))
                {
                    CreateMessage(copyMessage, sw);

                    if (copyMessage.IsEmpty) return;
                    sw.WriteLine();
                    sw.WriteLine(copyMessage.ToString());
                }
            }
            catch
            {
                // ignored
            }
        }

        protected virtual void CreateMessage(Message message, StreamWriter sw) { }
        
        protected string GetDateStamp()
        {
            return string.Format("{0}{1}{2}T{3}{4}{5}_{6}", DateTime.Now.Year, DateTime.Now.Month,
             DateTime.Now.Day, DateTime.Now.Hour, DateTime.Now.Minute,
             DateTime.Now.Second, DateTime.Now.Millisecond);
        }
    }
}