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Represents an operation with context to be used for logging.
public ref class Activity : IDisposablepublic ref class Activitypublic class Activity : IDisposablepublic class Activitytype Activity = class interface IDisposabletype Activity = classPublic Class ActivityImplements IDisposablePublic Class ActivityAnActivity has an operation name, an ID, a start time and duration, tags, and baggage.
The current activity can be accessed with the staticActivity.Current property.
Activities should be created by calling the constructor, configured as necessary, and then started with theStart method, which maintains parent-child relationships for the activities and setsActivity.Current.
When an activity is finished, it should be stopped with theActivity.Stop() method.
However, if you dispose theActivity object, that stops it so you don't need to explicitly callActivity.Stop(). That simplifies the coding pattern. For more information, see theDispose method.
NoActivity methods allow exceptions to escape as a response to bad inputs. They are thrown and caught (which allows debuggers and monitors to see the error), but the exception is suppressed, and the operation does something reasonable (typically it does nothing).
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Activity(String) | Initializes a new instance of theActivity class. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ActivityTraceFlags | Gets or sets the flags (defined by the W3C ID specification) associated with the activity. |
| Baggage | Gets a collection of key/value pairs that represents information that is passed to children of thisActivity. |
| Context | Gets the context of the activity. Context becomes valid only if the activity has been started. |
| Current | Gets or sets the current operation (Activity) for the current thread. This flows across async calls. |
| DefaultIdFormat | Gets or sets the default ID format for theActivity. |
| DisplayName | Gets or sets the display name of the activity. |
| Duration | Gets the duration of the operation. |
| Events | Gets the list of all the activity events attached to this activity. |
| ForceDefaultIdFormat | Gets or sets a value that detrmines if theDefaultIdFormat is always used to define the default ID format. |
| HasRemoteParent | Gets a value that indicates whether the parent context was created from remote propagation. |
| Id | Gets an identifier that is specific to a particular request. |
| IdFormat | Gets the format for theId. |
| IsAllDataRequested | Gets or sets a value that indicates whether this activity should be populated with all the propagation information, as well as all the other properties, such as links, tags, and events. |
| IsStopped | Gets a value that indicates whether thisActivity object is stopped or not. |
| Kind | Gets the relationship between the activity, its parents, and its children in a trace. |
| Links | Gets the list of all the activity links attached to this activity. |
| OperationName | Gets the operation name. |
| Parent | Gets the parentActivity that created this activity. |
| ParentId | Gets the ID of this activity's parent. |
| ParentSpanId | Gets the parent'sSpanId. |
| Recorded | Gets a value that indicates whether the W3CIdFlags.Recorded flag is set. |
| RootId | Gets the root ID of thisActivity. |
| Source | Gets the activity source associated with this activity. |
| SpanId | Gets the SPAN part of theId. |
| StartTimeUtc | Gets the time when the operation started. |
| Status | Gets status code of the current activity object. |
| StatusDescription | Gets the status description of the current activity object. |
| TagObjects | Gets the list of tags that represent information to log along with the activity. This information is not passed on to the children of this activity. |
| Tags | Gets a collection of key/value pairs that represent information that will be logged along with theActivity to the logging system. |
| TraceId | Gets the TraceId part of theId. |
| TraceIdGenerator | When starting an Activity which does not have a parent context, the Trace Id will automatically be generated using random numbers.TraceIdGenerator can be used to override the runtime's default Trace Id generation algorithm. |
| TraceStateString | Gets or sets the W3C |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| AddBaggage(String, String) | Updates theActivity to have a new baggage item with the specified key and value. |
| AddEvent(ActivityEvent) | Adds the specified activity event to the events list. |
| AddException(Exception, TagList, DateTimeOffset) | Add anActivityEvent object containing the exception information to theEvents list. |
| AddLink(ActivityLink) | Adds anActivityLink to theLinks list. |
| AddTag(String, Object) | Updates the activity to have a tag with an additional |
| AddTag(String, String) | Updates theActivity to have a new tag with the provided |
| Dispose() | Stops the activity if it is already started and notifies any event listeners. Nothing will happen otherwise. |
| Dispose(Boolean) | When overriden by a derived type, this method releases any allocated resources. |
| EnumerateEvents() | Enumerates theActivityEvent objects attached to this Activity object. |
| EnumerateLinks() | Enumerates theActivityLink objects attached to this Activity object. |
| EnumerateTagObjects() | Enumerates the tags attached to this Activity object. |
| Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited fromObject) |
| GetBaggageItem(String) | Returns the value of a key-value pair added to the activity withAddBaggage(String, String). |
| GetCustomProperty(String) | Returns the object mapped to the specified property name. |
| GetHashCode() | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited fromObject) |
| GetTagItem(String) | Returns the value of the Activity tag mapped to the input key.Returns |
| GetType() | Gets theType of the current instance. (Inherited fromObject) |
| MemberwiseClone() | Creates a shallow copy of the currentObject. (Inherited fromObject) |
| SetBaggage(String, String) | Add or update the Activity baggage with the input key and value.If the input value is |
| SetCustomProperty(String, Object) | Attaches any custom object to this activity. If the specified |
| SetEndTime(DateTime) | Updates theActivity to set itsDuration as the difference betweenStartTimeUtc and the specified stop time. |
| SetIdFormat(ActivityIdFormat) | Sets the ID format on thisActivity before it is started. |
| SetParentId(ActivityTraceId, ActivitySpanId, ActivityTraceFlags) | Sets the parent ID using the W3C convention of a TraceId and a SpanId. |
| SetParentId(String) | Updates thisActivity to indicate that theActivity with an ID of |
| SetStartTime(DateTime) | Sets the start time of thisActivity. |
| SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode, String) | Sets the status code and description on the current activity object. |
| SetTag(String, Object) | Adds or update the activity tag with the input key and value. |
| Start() | Starts the activity. |
| Stop() | Stops the activity. |
| ToString() | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited fromObject) |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| CurrentChanged | Occurs when theCurrent value changes. |
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