Change how System.Type is serialized in Serilog

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I using Serilog and have several log methods that log a type. Currently when it is converted to a string the result is the full name including the namespace. How do I change that to remove the Namespace (to shorten the log messages somewhat)?

Log.Information("Type is {type}", typeof(System.Int32));
//Renders as 'Type is System.Int32'.  I would prefer 'Type is Int32'.
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1 Answers

Maybe:

  1. Custom wrapper around the original Serilog-interface

  2. Simple helper

      internal static class Helper
  {
      public static string GetName(this Type type)
      {
         if (type == typeof(int))
             return "Type is Int32";

         // other cases here...

         return string.Empty;
      }
   }

 internal static class Program
 { 
     public static void Main()
     {
         Console.WriteLine($"Type: {typeof(int).GetName()}");
     }
 }

You can also use a hash table to lookup types with their corresponding descriptions, so you'd save all these if..else.

Regards

user_4342090
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