How to register ILogger for injection in ASP.NET MVC 6

Question

I have a ASP.NET MVC 6 (beta-4) app.

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    // Logging
    services.AddLogging();

    // ...
}

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ILoggerFactory loggerfactory)
{
    // Add the console logger.
    loggerfactory.AddConsole(minLevel: LogLevel.Warning);

    // ...
}

And I have a controller...

public class HomeController : 
    Controller
{
    ILogger _logger;

    public HomeController(ILogger logger) 
    {
        _logger = logger;
    }

    // ...
}

But when I'm not getting the service registered correctly somehow: InvalidOperationException: Unable to resolve service for type 'Microsoft.Framework.Logging.ILogger' while attempting to activate 'HomeController'.. What am I doing wrong with the registering the logger?

Answer 1

I assumed that services.AddLogging(); was doing the right thing and registering ILogger. After looking at the source (https://github.com/aspnet/Logging/blob/d874c5726e713d3eb34938f85faf7be61aae0f2a/src/Microsoft.Framework.Logging/LoggingServiceCollectionExtensions.cs) I found that it's actually registering ILogger<>. Changing the signature of ILogger to ILogger<HomeController> makes the above example work.

public class HomeController : 
    Controller
{
    ILogger<HomeController> _logger;

    public HomeController(ILogger<HomeController> logger) 
    {
        _logger = logger;
    }

    // ...
}

Thanks to @Steve for setting me on the right track to find this.