Generic logging of function parameters in exception handling

Question

A lot of my C# code follows this pattern:

void foo(string param1, string param2, string param3)
{
    try
    {
         // do something...
    }
    catch(E         


        

Answer 1

You could use aspect oriented programming with PostSharp (have a look at http://www.postsharp.org, and the tutorial at http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/ps-custom-attributes-1.aspx). Basically you could do something like this:

public class LogExceptionAttribute : OnExceptionAspect
{
 public override void OnException(MethodExecutionEventArgs eventArgs)
 {
  log.error("Exception occurred in method {0}", eventArgs); 
 }
}

[LoggingOnExceptionAspect]
public foo(int number, string word, Person customer)
{
   // ... something here throws an exception
}

Perhaps not quite what you want, but I'm sure it can be adapted to suit your needs.