Dynamic items from GlobalContext are null in loggly.

[vvolodin]

Dynamic items added to GlobalContext aren't being processed correctly. If I add an instance of my class there, ToString() doesn't seem to be invoked on it during logging.

[mostlyjason]

Okay thanks for reporting this. We have many other issues in the queue ahead of this one so if you find a fix before us please let us know.

[Katulus]

@vvolodin , the logger does not call ToString() on values in contexts, it serializes their properties to JSON. If you want to call ToString() you can use IFixingRequired interface on your class. Logger then uses that to "fix" the value during logging.

private class FixedClass : IFixingRequired
{
    public int Property1 { get; set; }
    public int Property2 { get; set; }

    public object GetFixedObject()
    {
        return ToString();
    }

    public override string ToString()
    {
        return "This will be in the logged output";
    }
}

GlobalContext.Properties["MyProperty"] = new FixedClass();

Now when you log something the JSON sent to Loggly will contain:

{
  "MyProperty": "This will be in the logged output",
   // other properties
}