I am not sure if this is a good idea, but I was bored one day and decided to add a TFS Error Log provider for Elmah . There are 2 ways you can do this. You can create a new WorkItem type and log an error report for each of the errors or you can create one work item for each error type/title. To do this you can create a title that is the combination of error message and application name and then search TFS for an existing work item. If it exists then add the error to it, if it does not then create a work item for that instance. You can use any work item type, and the errors are added as Elmah xml log files.
There are a number of things you need to override when you inherit from Elmah .ErrorLog. The first is the Log method.
''' <summary>
''' Logs the error as an attachment to an existing work item, or adds a new work item if this error has not occurred.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="error">The error to be logged</param>
''' <returns>The ID of the error</returns>
''' <remarks></remarks>
Public Overrides Function Log(ByVal [error] As [Error]) As String
Dim errorId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString()
Dim timeStamp = DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddHHmmssZ", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
Dim Filename = String.Format("error-{0}-{1}.elmah", timeStamp, errorId)
Dim temp = System.IO.Path.Combine(".", Filename)
' Temp Log to disk
Using writer = New XmlTextWriter(temp, Encoding.UTF8)
writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented
writer.WriteStartElement("error")
writer.WriteAttributeString("errorId", errorId)
ErrorXml.Encode([error], writer)
writer.WriteEndElement()
writer.Flush()
End Using
Dim Title As String = String.Format("{0}-{1}", [error].ApplicationName, [error].Message)
Dim wi As WorkItem = GetWorkItemForException(Title, [error])
Dim a As New Attachment(temp, "Elmah error log")
wi.Attachments.Add(a)
If wi.IsValid Then
wi.Save()
Return String.Format("{0}|{1}", wi.Id, errorId.ToString)
Else
Dim message As New System.Text.StringBuilder
Dim results = wi.Validate()
Dim isFirst As Boolean = True
For Each r In results
message.AppendLine(String.Format(IIf(isFirst, "{0}", ", {0}"), r))
isFirst = False
Next
Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format("Unable to save the work item because the following fields produced a validation error '{0}'.", message.ToString))
End If
End Function
The idea is that you attach the Elmah log file to the work item with a . elmah extension. This will allow us to find all the error logs in the future. So we create the temporary log file, and then create our key/title for our work item. You can customize this by customizing your exception messages on the server side. We then get our work item, and add the file as an attachment.
Because I am doing this the quick and dirty way, i.e. just for fun, I have utilised the API’s provided in the Templates add-on for the Power Tools to customize the work items. So when we are creating the Work item:
Protected Function GetWorkItemForException(ByVal Title As String, ByVal [error] As [Error]) As WorkItem
Dim wi As WorkItem = GetExistingWorkItem(Title)
If wi Is Nothing Then
wi = CreateNewWorkItem(Title)
End If
m_TemplateDefault.Fields.ApplyFieldValues(wi, False)
ApplyErrorFieldValues(wi, [error])
Return wi
End Function
So, we either get an existing work item, or we create a new one, but then we need to apply some values to the work item. In the constructor of the class Elmah passes an IDictionary object that we use to pass the template names.
Public Sub New(ByVal config As IDictionary)
If config Is Nothing Then
Throw New ArgumentNullException("config")
End If
sm_Config = config
Dim store As ITemplateStore = GetStore()
m_TemplateDefault = GetTemplate("Defaults", store)
m_TemplateErrorMap = GetTemplate("ErrorMap", store)
If m_TemplateDefault Is Nothing Or m_TemplateErrorMap Is Nothing Then
Throw New ApplicationException("Unable to load the templates from the store.")
End If
End Sub
I created a Store (Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerTools.Client.WorkItemTracking.Templates.ITemplateStore) for the templates and attempt to load both a “defaults” template and a dynamic “mapping” template. The latter will need some special mapping, but as you can see from the GetWorkItemForException there is already a method on the Template object to Apply all of the values to a work item. Here is an example default template:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Template xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<FieldValues>
<FieldValue>
<ReferenceName>System.AreaPath</ReferenceName>
<Value>TestProject1TestArea1</Value>
</FieldValue>
<FieldValue>
<ReferenceName>System.IterationPath</ReferenceName>
<Value>TestProject1TestIteration1</Value>
</FieldValue>
<FieldValue>
<ReferenceName>System.AssignedTo</ReferenceName>
<Value>Martin Hinshelwood</Value>
</FieldValue>
<FieldValue>
<ReferenceName>Microsoft.VSTS.CMMI.FoundInEnvironment</ReferenceName>
<Value>DEV</Value>
</FieldValue>
<FieldValue>
<ReferenceName>Microsoft.VSTS.Build.FoundIn</ReferenceName>
<Value>Build_v1.13_20090312.1</Value>
</FieldValue>
</FieldValues>
<WorkItemTypeName>Bug</WorkItemTypeName>
<TeamServerUri>http://tfs01.company.biz:8080/</TeamServerUri>
<TeamProjectName>TestProject1</TeamProjectName>
<Description />
</Template>
These values are now mapped onto the work item. But what about any dynamic values that we want to use from the Error. I added a second template called “ErrorMap” that will use the same format, but use something like:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Template xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<FieldValues>
<FieldValue>
<ReferenceName>System.AreaPath</ReferenceName>
<Value>TestProject1{ApplicationName}</Value>
</FieldValue>
<FieldValue>
<ReferenceName>System.Description</ReferenceName>
<Value>{WebHostHtmlMessage}</Value>
</FieldValue>
<FieldValue>
<ReferenceName>Company.Custom.MethodName</ReferenceName>
<Value>{Exception.TargetSite.Name}</Value>
</FieldValue>
</FieldValues>
<WorkItemTypeName>Bug</WorkItemTypeName>
<TeamServerUri>http://tfs01.company.biz:8080/</TeamServerUri>
<TeamProjectName>TestProject1</TeamProjectName>
<Description />
</Template>
We can then apply those values with a little reflection by parsing out the value and applying the retrieved object values to the work item.
Private Sub ApplyErrorFieldValues(ByVal wi As WorkItem, ByVal [error] As [Error])
For Each i In m_TemplateErrorMap.Fields
Dim value As String = GetPropertyValue(i.Value, [error])
If wi.Fields(i.ReferenceName).AllowedValues.Contains(value) Then
wi.Fields(i.ReferenceName).Value = value
Else
Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format("Unable to set the work item field '{0}' to '{1}' as '{1}' is not in the Allowed Values list.", i.ReferenceName, value))
End If
Next
End Sub
Private Function GetPropertyValue(ByVal path As String, ByVal target As Object) As String
Dim bits() As String = path.Split(".")
Dim ll As New LinkedList(Of String)
Array.ForEach(bits, Function(b) ll.AddLast(b))
Return GetPropertyRecurse(ll.First, target)
End Function
Private Function GetPropertyRecurse(ByVal node As LinkedListNode(Of String), ByVal target As Object) As String
' ToDo: add ability to support propertyName(0) [arrays]
Dim r As System.Reflection.PropertyInfo = target.GetType.GetProperty(node.Value, BindingFlags.Static Or BindingFlags.Public Or BindingFlags.GetField Or BindingFlags.GetProperty)
If r.PropertyType.IsClass And Not node.Next Is Nothing Then
Return GetPropertyRecurse(node.Next, r.GetValue(target, Nothing))
Else
Return r.GetValue(target, Nothing).ToString
End If
End Function
Like I said this is work in progress and it does not support arrays as sub values, but it does add a certain level of versatility to the logging. My last project used a logging system, not Elmah , to log errors to TFS in this way and I also added functionality to update the work item in different ways if it was Closed or Resolved to reactivate it depending on the Build number values.
We have now created a new work item, but what about loading an existing one?
Private Function GetExistingWorkItem(ByVal Title As String) As WorkItem
' Query for work items
Dim query As String = "SELECT [System.Id], [System.Title] " _
& "FROM WorkItems " _
& "WHERE [System.TeamProject] = @Project " _
& "AND [System.WorkItemType] = @WorkItemType " _
& "AND [System.Title] = @Title " _
& "ORDER BY [System.Id]"
Dim paramiters As New Hashtable
paramiters.Add("Project", m_TemplateDefault.TeamProjectName)
paramiters.Add("WorkItemType", m_TemplateDefault.WorkItemTypeName)
paramiters.Add("Title", m_TemplateDefault.WorkItemTypeName)
Dim y As WorkItemCollection = TfsWorkItemStore.Query(query, paramiters)
Return y(0)
End Function
This is a simple search for the title that we created and pass back the first match, just in case we have duplicates.
And that’s all there is to saving your logs into VSTS, but how do we get them out! This is pretty easy as all of our log entries have now been saved to a TFS work item and if you remember from before we used the “String.Format("{0}|{1}", wi.Id, errorId.ToString)“ for the ID so we can find the work item again.
The two thing we have left is loading a single error, and loading all of the errors. Getting a single error is a little tricky, which is why we passed back the ID in a format that included the Work Item ID.
Public Overrides Function GetError(ByVal id As String) As ErrorLogEntry
Dim idBits() As String = id.Split("|")
Dim wiId As Integer
Dim errGuid As String
If Not idBits.Length = 2 Then
Throw New ArgumentException("Invalid ID, it must be made in the format {workItemId}|{guid}", "id")
End If
If Not IsNumeric(idBits(0)) Then
Throw New ArgumentException("The workItemId part of the ID must be an integer. Format: {workItemId}|{guid}", "id")
End If
wiId = CInt(idBits(0))
Try
errGuid = New Guid(idBits(1)).ToString
Catch ex As Exception
Throw New ArgumentException("The guid part of the ID must be an integer. Format: {workItemId}|{guid}", "id")
End Try
Dim wi As WorkItem = TfsWorkItemStore.GetWorkItem(wiId)
If wi Is Nothing Then
Throw New ApplicationException("A work item with that id does not exits")
End If
Dim a = (From attachemnt As Attachment In wi.Attachments Where attachemnt.Name.Contains(errGuid) Select attachemnt).SingleOrDefault
If a Is Nothing Then
Throw New ApplicationException("The attachment does not exits or has been removed")
End If
Return GetErrorLogEntryFromTfsAttachement(wi, a)
End Function
In this method we do a little validation while parsing out the Work Item ID and the Elmah ID, we then load the specified work item, and find the attachment, and return it. I have a little helper method to make a log item from an attachment, but it fairly simple:
Private Function GetErrorLogEntryFromTfsAttachement(ByVal wi As WorkItem, ByVal a As Attachment) As ErrorLogEntry
Using reader = XmlReader.Create(a.Uri.ToString)
If Not reader.IsStartElement("error") Then
Return Nothing
End If
Dim errid = String.Format("{0}|{1}", wi.Id, reader.GetAttribute("errorId"))
Dim [error] = ErrorXml.Decode(reader)
Return New ErrorLogEntry(Me, errid, [error])
End Using
Return Nothing
End Function
And voila! You havve a single Error Log Entry. As you have probably guesses, getting all the errors is easy now. We just need to find all attachements that have a . elmah extension in our project. A little linq can help with this.
Public Overrides Function GetErrors(ByVal pageIndex As Integer, ByVal pageSize As Integer, ByVal errorEntryList As System.Collections.IList) As Integer
If pageIndex < 0 Then Throw New ArgumentOutOfRangeException("pageIndex", pageIndex, Nothing)
If pageSize < 0 Then Throw New ArgumentOutOfRangeException("pageSize", pageSize, Nothing)
' Query for work items
Dim query As String = "SELECT [System.Id], [System.Title] " _
& "FROM WorkItems " _
& "WHERE [System.TeamProject] = @Project " _
& "AND [System.WorkItemType] = @WorkItemType " _
& "ORDER BY [System.Id]"
Dim paramiters As New Hashtable
paramiters.Add("Project", m_TemplateDefault.TeamProjectName)
paramiters.Add("WorkItemType", m_TemplateDefault.WorkItemTypeName)
Dim y As WorkItemCollection = TfsWorkItemStore.Query(query, paramiters)
' Query work items for attachments
Dim wiats = From wi As WorkItem In y, a As Attachment In wi.Attachments Where a.Name.Contains(".elmah") Order By a.Name Select a, wi
If Not wiats Is Nothing Then
' Select specific attachemnts
Dim results = From wiat In wiats Skip pageIndex * pageSize Take pageSize Select wiat
' Add to output
For Each el In results
errorEntryList.Add(GetErrorLogEntryFromTfsAttachement(el.wi, el.a))
Next
End If
' return count
Return errorEntryList.Count
End Function
And there we go, errors from Elmah saved into Team Foundation Server and then loaded back out. I don’t know how useful this would be in the real world, but it was good for a little boredom relief.
Full Source
Imports Elmah
Imports Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client
Imports Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client
Imports Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerTools.Client.WorkItemTracking.Templates
Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Reflection
Public Class TfsErrorLog
Inherits ErrorLog
Private Shared m_TemplateDefault As Template
Private Shared m_TemplateErrorMap As Template
Private Shared sm_Tfs As TeamFoundationServer
Private Shared sm_TfsStore As WorkItemStore
Private Shared sm_TfsProject As Project
Private Shared sm_Config As IDictionary
Public ReadOnly Property TfsServer() As TeamFoundationServer
Get
If sm_Tfs Is Nothing Then
sm_Tfs = GetTeamFoundationServer()
End If
Return sm_Tfs
End Get
End Property
Public ReadOnly Property TfsWorkItemStore() As WorkItemStore
Get
If sm_TfsStore Is Nothing Then
sm_TfsStore = GetTeamFoundationServerWorkItemStore()
End If
Return sm_TfsStore
End Get
End Property
Public ReadOnly Property TfsProject() As Project
Get
If sm_TfsProject Is Nothing Then
sm_TfsProject = GetTeamFoundationServerProject()
End If
Return sm_TfsProject
End Get
End Property
Public Sub New(ByVal config As IDictionary)
If config Is Nothing Then
Throw New ArgumentNullException("config")
End If
sm_Config = config
Dim store As ITemplateStore = GetStore()
m_TemplateDefault = GetTemplate("Defaults", store)
m_TemplateErrorMap = GetTemplate("ErrorMap", store)
If m_TemplateDefault Is Nothing Or m_TemplateErrorMap Is Nothing Then
Throw New ApplicationException("Unable to load the templates from the store.")
End If
End Sub
Private Function GetStore()
Dim TfsWorkItemTemplateStore As String = GetStorePath()
Try
Dim storeProvider As New FileSystemTemplateStoreProvider
Return New TemplateStore(storeProvider, TfsWorkItemTemplateStore, ":)Store")
Catch ex As Exception
Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format("Unable to load the store from '{0}'.", TfsWorkItemTemplateStore), ex)
End Try
End Function
Private Function GetStorePath() As String
Dim storePath As String = sm_Config("TfsWorkItemTemplateStore")
If String.IsNullOrEmpty(storePath) Then
Throw New ApplicationException("Tfs Server Name is missing for the TFS based error log.")
End If
Try
If storePath.StartsWith("~/") Then
storePath = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(storePath)
End If
Return storePath
Catch ex As Exception
Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format("Unable to produce the store path from '{0}'.", storePath), ex)
End Try
End Function
Private Function GetTemplate(ByVal TemplateName As String, ByVal store As ITemplateStore) As ITemplate
Try
Dim t As ITemplate
If Not store.TemplateExists("/", TemplateName) Then
t = store.CreateTemplate()
t.Name = TemplateName
t.ParentFolder = "/"
t.TeamServerUri = "https://tfs01.codeplex.biz:443"
t.TeamProjectName = "RDdotNet"
t.WorkItemTypeName = "WorkItem"
store.AddTemplate(t)
End If
Return store.GetTemplate("/", TemplateName)
Catch ex As Exception
Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format("Unable to load the template '{0}' from the store.", TemplateName), ex)
End Try
End Function
Private Function GetTeamFoundationServer() As TeamFoundationServer
Dim tfs As TeamFoundationServer = Nothing
Try
tfs = New TeamFoundationServer(m_TemplateDefault.TeamServerUri)
tfs.Authenticate()
If Not tfs.HasAuthenticated Then
Throw New ApplicationException("Unable to authenticate against TFS server")
End If
Catch ex As Exception
Throw New ApplicationException("Failed to authenticate against TFS server", ex)
End Try
Return tfs
End Function
Private Function GetTeamFoundationServerWorkItemStore() As WorkItemStore
Dim store As WorkItemStore = Nothing
If TfsServer.HasAuthenticated Then
store = DirectCast(TfsServer.GetService(GetType(WorkItemStore)), WorkItemStore)
End If
Return store
End Function
Private Function GetTeamFoundationServerProject() As Project
Dim Project As Project = Nothing
Try
If TfsServer.HasAuthenticated Then
Project = TfsWorkItemStore.Projects(m_TemplateDefault.TeamProjectName)
End If
Catch ex As Exception
Throw New ApplicationException("Unable to retrieve Tfs Project", ex)
End Try
If Project Is Nothing Then
Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format("Unable to locate project with the name '{0}'", m_TemplateDefault.TeamProjectName))
End If
Return Project
End Function
Public Overrides Function GetError(ByVal id As String) As ErrorLogEntry
Dim idBits() As String = id.Split("|")
Dim wiId As Integer
Dim errGuid As String
If Not idBits.Length = 2 Then
Throw New ArgumentException("Invalid ID, it must be made in the format {workItemId}|{guid}", "id")
End If
If Not IsNumeric(idBits(0)) Then
Throw New ArgumentException("The workItemId part of the ID must be an integer. Format: {workItemId}|{guid}", "id")
End If
wiId = CInt(idBits(0))
Try
errGuid = New Guid(idBits(1)).ToString
Catch ex As Exception
Throw New ArgumentException("The guid part of the ID must be an integer. Format: {workItemId}|{guid}", "id")
End Try
Dim wi As WorkItem = TfsWorkItemStore.GetWorkItem(wiId)
If wi Is Nothing Then
Throw New ApplicationException("A work item with that id does not exits")
End If
Dim a = (From attachemnt As Attachment In wi.Attachments Where attachemnt.Name.Contains(errGuid) Select attachemnt).SingleOrDefault
If a Is Nothing Then
Throw New ApplicationException("The attachment does not exits or has been removed")
End If
Return GetErrorLogEntryFromTfsAttachement(wi, a)
End Function
Public Overrides Function GetErrors(ByVal pageIndex As Integer, ByVal pageSize As Integer, ByVal errorEntryList As System.Collections.IList) As Integer
If pageIndex < 0 Then Throw New ArgumentOutOfRangeException("pageIndex", pageIndex, Nothing)
If pageSize < 0 Then Throw New ArgumentOutOfRangeException("pageSize", pageSize, Nothing)
' Query for work items
Dim query As String = "SELECT [System.Id], [System.Title] " _
& "FROM WorkItems " _
& "WHERE [System.TeamProject] = @Project " _
& "AND [System.WorkItemType] = @WorkItemType " _
& "ORDER BY [System.Id]"
Dim paramiters As New Hashtable
paramiters.Add("Project", m_TemplateDefault.TeamProjectName)
paramiters.Add("WorkItemType", m_TemplateDefault.WorkItemTypeName)
Dim y As WorkItemCollection = TfsWorkItemStore.Query(query, paramiters)
' Query work items for attachments
Dim wiats = From wi As WorkItem In y, a As Attachment In wi.Attachments Where a.Name.Contains(".elmah") Order By a.Name Select a, wi
If Not wiats Is Nothing Then
' Select specific attachemnts
Dim results = From wiat In wiats Skip pageIndex * pageSize Take pageSize Select wiat
' Add to output
For Each el In results
errorEntryList.Add(GetErrorLogEntryFromTfsAttachement(el.wi, el.a))
Next
End If
' return count
Return errorEntryList.Count
End Function
''' <summary>
''' Logs the error as an attachement to an existing work item, or adds a new work item if this error has not occured.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="error">The error to be logged</param>
''' <returns>The ID of the error</returns>
''' <remarks></remarks>
Public Overrides Function Log(ByVal [error] As [Error]) As String
'TODO: Log
Dim errorId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString()
Dim timeStamp = DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddHHmmssZ", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
Dim Filename = String.Format("error-{0}-{1}.elmah", timeStamp, errorId)
Dim temp = System.IO.Path.Combine(".", Filename)
' Temp Log to disk
Using writer = New XmlTextWriter(temp, Encoding.UTF8)
writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented
writer.WriteStartElement("error")
writer.WriteAttributeString("errorId", errorId)
ErrorXml.Encode([error], writer)
writer.WriteEndElement()
writer.Flush()
End Using
Dim Title As String = String.Format("{0}-{1}", [error].ApplicationName, [error].Message)
Dim wi As WorkItem = GetWorkItemForException(Title, [error])
Dim a As New Attachment(temp, "Elmah error log")
wi.Attachments.Add(a)
If wi.IsValid Then
wi.Save()
Return String.Format("{0}|{1}", wi.Id, errorId.ToString)
Else
Dim message As New System.Text.StringBuilder
Dim results = wi.Validate()
Dim isFirst As Boolean = True
For Each r In results
message.AppendLine(String.Format(IIf(isFirst, "{0}", ", {0}"), r))
isFirst = False
Next
Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format("Unable to save the work item becuse the following fields produced a validation error '{0}'.", message.ToString))
End If
End Function
Protected Function GetWorkItemForException(ByVal Title As String, ByVal [error] As [Error]) As WorkItem
Dim wi As WorkItem = GetExistingWorkItem(Title)
If wi Is Nothing Then
wi = CreateNewWorkItem(Title)
End If
m_TemplateDefault.Fields.ApplyFieldValues(wi, False)
ApplyErrorFieldValues(wi, [error])
Return wi
End Function
Private Function GetExistingWorkItem(ByVal Title As String) As WorkItem
' Query for work items
Dim query As String = "SELECT [System.Id], [System.Title] " _
& "FROM WorkItems " _
& "WHERE [System.TeamProject] = @Project " _
& "AND [System.WorkItemType] = @WorkItemType " _
& "AND [System.Title] = @Title " _
& "ORDER BY [System.Id]"
Dim paramiters As New Hashtable
paramiters.Add("Project", m_TemplateDefault.TeamProjectName)
paramiters.Add("WorkItemType", m_TemplateDefault.WorkItemTypeName)
paramiters.Add("Title", m_TemplateDefault.WorkItemTypeName)
Dim y As WorkItemCollection = TfsWorkItemStore.Query(query, paramiters)
Return y(0)
End Function
Private Function CreateNewWorkItem(ByVal Title As String) As WorkItem
Dim wit As WorkItemType = (From t As WorkItemType In TfsProject.WorkItemTypes Where t.Name = m_TemplateDefault.WorkItemTypeName).SingleOrDefault
If wit Is Nothing Then
Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format("Unable to find the work item type '{0}' in the project '{1}'", m_TemplateDefault.WorkItemTypeName, TfsProject.Name))
End If
Dim wi As New WorkItem(wit)
wi.Title = Title
Return wi
End Function
Private Sub ApplyErrorFieldValues(ByVal wi As WorkItem, ByVal [error] As [Error])
For Each i In m_TemplateErrorMap.Fields
Dim value As String = GetPropertyValue(i.Value, [error])
If wi.Fields(i.ReferenceName).AllowedValues.Contains(value) Then
wi.Fields(i.ReferenceName).Value = value
Else
Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format("Unable to set the work item field '{0}' to '{1}' as '{1}' is not in the Allowed Values list.", i.ReferenceName, value))
End If
Next
End Sub
Private Function GetPropertyValue(ByVal path As String, ByVal target As Object) As String
Dim bits() As String = path.Split(".")
Dim ll As New LinkedList(Of String)
Array.ForEach(bits, Function(b) ll.AddLast(b))
Return GetPropertyRecurse(ll.First, target)
End Function
Private Function GetPropertyRecurse(ByVal node As LinkedListNode(Of String), ByVal target As Object) As String
' ToDo: addd ability to support propertyName(0) [arrays]
Dim r As System.Reflection.PropertyInfo = target.GetType.GetProperty(node.Value, BindingFlags.Static Or BindingFlags.Public Or BindingFlags.GetField Or BindingFlags.GetProperty)
If r.PropertyType.IsClass And Not node.Next Is Nothing Then
Return GetPropertyRecurse(node.Next, r.GetValue(target, Nothing))
Else
Return r.GetValue(target, Nothing).ToString
End If
End Function
Private Function GetErrorLogEntryFromTfsAttachement(ByVal wi As WorkItem, ByVal a As Attachment) As ErrorLogEntry
Using reader = XmlReader.Create(a.Uri.ToString)
If Not reader.IsStartElement("error") Then
Return Nothing
End If
Dim errid = String.Format("{0}|{1}", wi.Id, reader.GetAttribute("errorId"))
Dim [error] = ErrorXml.Decode(reader)
Return New ErrorLogEntry(Me, errid, [error])
End Using
Return Nothing
End Function
End Class
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