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Destructurama.Attributed

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This package makes it possible to manipulate how objects are logged to Serilog using attributes.

Installation

Install from NuGet:

Install-Package Destructurama.Attributed

Usage

Modify logger configuration:

using Destructurama;
...
var log = new LoggerConfiguration()
  .Destructure.UsingAttributes()
  ...

1. Changing a property name

Apply the LogWithName attribute:

using Destructurama.Attributed;
...
public class PersonalData
{
    [LogWithName("FullName")]
    public string? Name { get; set; }
}

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2. Ignoring a property

Apply the NotLogged attribute:

using Destructurama.Attributed;
...
public class LoginCommand
{
    public string? Username { get; set; }

    [NotLogged]
    public string? Password { get; set; }
}

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When the object is passed using {@...} syntax the attributes will be consulted.

var command = new LoginCommand { Username = "logged", Password = "not logged" };
log.Information("Logging in {@Command}", command);

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3. Ignoring a property if it has default value

Apply the NotLoggedIfDefault attribute:

public class LoginCommand
{
  public string Username { get; set; }

  [NotLoggedIfDefault]
  public string Password { get; set; }

  [NotLoggedIfDefault]
  public DateTime TimeStamp { get; set; }
}

4. Ignoring a property if it has null value

Apply the NotLoggedIfNull attribute:

public class LoginCommand
{
  /// <summary>
  /// `null` value results in removed property
  /// </summary>
  [NotLoggedIfNull]
  public string Username { get; set; }

  /// <summary>
  /// Can be applied with [LogMasked] or [LogReplaced] attributes
  /// `null` value results in removed property
  /// "123456789" results in "***"
  /// </summary>
  [NotLoggedIfNull]
  [LogMasked]
  public string Password { get; set; }

  /// <summary>
  /// Attribute has no effect on non-reference and non-nullable types
  /// </summary>
  [NotLoggedIfNull]
  public int TimeStamp { get; set; }
}

Ignore null properties can be globally applied during logger configuration without need to apply attributes:

var log = new LoggerConfiguration()
  .Destructure.UsingAttributes(x => x.IgnoreNullProperties = true)
  ...

5. Treating types and properties as scalars

To prevent destructuring of a type or property at all, apply the LogAsScalar attribute.

6. Masking a string property

Apply the LogMasked attribute with various settings:

Note that masking also works for properties of type IEnumerable<string> or derived from it, for example, string[] or List<string>.

Examples

using Destructurama.Attributed;
...
public class CustomizedMaskedLogs
{
    /// <summary>
    /// 123456789 results in "***"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked]
    public string? DefaultMasked { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// [123456789,123456789,123456789] results in [***,***,***]
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked]
    public string[]? DefaultMaskedArray { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// 123456789 results in "*********"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked(PreserveLength = true)]
    public string? DefaultMaskedPreserved { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// "" results in "***"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked]
    public string? DefaultMaskedNotPreservedOnEmptyString { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    ///  123456789 results in "#"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked(Text = "_REMOVED_")]
    public string? CustomMasked { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    ///  123456789 results in "#"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked(Text = "")]
    public string? CustomMaskedWithEmptyString { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    ///  123456789 results in "#########"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked(Text = "#", PreserveLength = true)]
    public string? CustomMaskedPreservedLength { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    ///  123456789 results in "123******"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked(ShowFirst = 3)]
    public string? ShowFirstThreeThenDefaultMasked { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// 123456789 results in "123******"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked(ShowFirst = 3, PreserveLength = true)]
    public string? ShowFirstThreeThenDefaultMaskedPreservedLength { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// 123456789 results in "***789"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked(ShowLast = 3)]
    public string? ShowLastThreeThenDefaultMasked { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// 123456789 results in "******789"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked(ShowLast = 3, PreserveLength = true)]
    public string? ShowLastThreeThenDefaultMaskedPreservedLength { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    ///  123456789 results in "123REMOVED"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked(Text = "_REMOVED_", ShowFirst = 3)]
    public string? ShowFirstThreeThenCustomMask { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    ///  123456789 results in "123_REMOVED_"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked(Text = "_REMOVED_", ShowFirst = 3, PreserveLength = true)]
    public string? ShowFirstThreeThenCustomMaskPreservedLengthIgnored { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    ///  123456789 results in "_REMOVED_789"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked(Text = "_REMOVED_", ShowLast = 3)]
    public string? ShowLastThreeThenCustomMask { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    ///  123456789 results in "_REMOVED_789"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked(Text = "_REMOVED_", ShowLast = 3, PreserveLength = true)]
    public string? ShowLastThreeThenCustomMaskPreservedLengthIgnored { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// 123456789 results in "123***789"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked(ShowFirst = 3, ShowLast = 3)]
    public string? ShowFirstAndLastThreeAndDefaultMaskInTheMiddle { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// 123456789 results in "123***789"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked(ShowFirst = 3, ShowLast = 3, PreserveLength = true)]
    public string? ShowFirstAndLastThreeAndDefaultMaskInTheMiddlePreservedLength { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    ///  123456789 results in "123_REMOVED_789"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked(Text = "_REMOVED_", ShowFirst = 3, ShowLast = 3)]
    public string? ShowFirstAndLastThreeAndCustomMaskInTheMiddle { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    ///  123456789 results in "123_REMOVED_789". PreserveLength is ignored"
    /// </summary>
    [LogMasked(Text = "_REMOVED_", ShowFirst = 3, ShowLast = 3, PreserveLength = true)]
    public string? ShowFirstAndLastThreeAndCustomMaskInTheMiddlePreservedLengthIgnored { get; set; }
}

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7. Masking a string property with regular expressions

Apply the LogReplaced attribute on a string to apply a RegEx replacement during Logging.

This is applicable in scenarios when a string contains both Sensitive and Non-Sensitive information. An example of this could be a string such as “Sensitive|NonSensitive”. Then apply the attribute like the following snippet:

[LogReplaced(@"([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\|([a-zA-Z0-9]+)", "***|$2")]
public property Information { get; set; }

// Will log: "***|NonSensitive"

LogReplaced attribute is available with the following constructor:

LogReplaced(string pattern, string replacement)

Constructor arguments:

Available properties:

Examples

public class WithRegex
{
    private const string REGEX_WITH_VERTICAL_BARS = @"([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\|([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\|([a-zA-Z0-9]+)";

    /// <summary>
    /// 123|456|789 results in "***|456|789"
    /// </summary>
    [LogReplaced(REGEX_WITH_VERTICAL_BARS, "***|$2|$3")]
    public string? RegexReplaceFirst { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// 123|456|789 results in "123|***|789"
    /// </summary>
    [LogReplaced(REGEX_WITH_VERTICAL_BARS, "$1|***|$3")]
    public string? RegexReplaceSecond { get; set; }
}

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