Testing some external bridge communication..

Implemented external bridge application logs routing !!!

4 files changed, 49 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/ExceptionLogItem.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/ExceptionLogItem.cs
index d2a1a352d..7c325ee19 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/ExceptionLogItem.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/ExceptionLogItem.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace Tango.Logging
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents an exception log item.
     /// </summary>
+    [Serializable]
     public class ExceptionLogItem : LogItemBase
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/LogItemBase.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/LogItemBase.cs
index b914a33ef..f89b73b40 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/LogItemBase.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/LogItemBase.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
@@ -11,14 +12,21 @@ namespace Tango.Logging
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents a base class for log items.
     /// </summary>
+    [Serializable]
     public abstract class LogItemBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
     {
         private static String base_path;
 
+        [NonSerialized]
+        private Object _logObject;
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets an optional log object.
         /// </summary>
-        public Object LogObject { get; set; }
+        public Object LogObject
+        {
+            get { return _logObject; }
+            set { _logObject = value; }
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the caller method adding the exception.
@@ -87,6 +95,35 @@ namespace Tango.Logging
         }
 
         /// <summary>
+        /// Serializes this log item using <see cref="BinaryFormatter"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public byte[] Serialize()
+        {
+            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
+            {
+                BinaryFormatter f = new BinaryFormatter();
+                f.Serialize(ms, this);
+                return ms.ToArray();
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Deserializes the specified data using <see cref="BinaryFormatter"/> to create a log item.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="data">The data.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static LogItemBase Deserialize(byte[] data)
+        {
+            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(data))
+            {
+                ms.Position = 0;
+                BinaryFormatter f = new BinaryFormatter();
+                return f.Deserialize(ms) as LogItemBase;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
         /// Raises the property changed event.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="propName">Name of the property.</param>
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/LogManager.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/LogManager.cs
index 04c66a71f..98bcaaa28 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/LogManager.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/LogManager.cs
@@ -190,6 +190,15 @@ namespace Tango.Logging
         }
 
         /// <summary>
+        /// Appends the specified log item.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="logItem">The log item.</param>
+        public void Log(LogItemBase logItem)
+        {
+            AppendLog(logItem);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
         /// Logs the current referenced assemblies in the app domain.
         /// </summary>
         public void LogReferencedAssemblies()
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/MessageLogItem.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/MessageLogItem.cs
index f45aa8cea..b0b3e24ae 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/MessageLogItem.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/MessageLogItem.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace Tango.Logging
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents an exception log item.
     /// </summary>
+    [Serializable]
     public class MessageLogItem : LogItemBase
     {
         private String _message;