Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions

Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions provides abstractions of logging. Interfaces defined in this package are implemented by classes in Microsoft.Extensions.Logging and other logging packages.

Commonly Used Types:

• Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger
• Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILoggerFactory
• Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger<TCategoryName>
• Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.LogLevel
• Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Logger<T>
• Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.LoggerMessage
• Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions.NullLogger

Documentation can be found at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/extensions/logging.

Contribution Bar

• We consider new features, new APIs, bug fixes, and performance changes
• We consider PRs that target this library for improvements to the logging source generator

The APIs and functionality are mature, but do get extended occasionally.

Deployment

Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions is included in the ASP.NET Core shared framework. The package is deployed as out-of-band (OOB) too and can be referenced into projects directly.