Bodoconsult.App.BackgroundServices

Overview

What does the library

Bodoconsult.App is a library with basic functionality for multilayered monolithic applications like database based client server apps or windows services.

Bodoconsult.App.BackgroundServices enhances the functionality of Bodoconsult.App for Windows services NOT using GRPC.

It delivers the following main functionality:

1. App start infrastructure for Windows services apps NOT using GRPC

How to use the library

The source code contains NUnit test classes the following source code is extracted from. The samples below show the most helpful use cases for the library.

App start infrastructure basics

See page app start infrastructure for details.

Using app start infrastructure for a Windows service

Here a sample from Program.cs Main() how to setup the console app in project WorkerService1 contained in this repo:

var globals = Globals.Instance; globals.LoggingConfig.AddDefaultLoggerProviderConfiguratorsForBackgroundServiceApp(); // Set additional app start parameters as required var param = globals.AppStartParameter; param.AppName = "WorkerService1: Demo app"; param.SoftwareTeam = "Robert Leisner"; param.LogoRessourcePath = "WorkerService1.Resources.logo.jpg"; param.AppFolderName = "WorkerService1"; const string performanceToken = "--PERF"; if (args.Contains(performanceToken)) { param.IsPerformanceLoggingActivated = true; } // Now start app buiding process IAppBuilder builder = new WorkerService1AppBuilder(globals); #if !DEBUG AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += builder.CurrentDomainOnUnhandledException; #endif // Load basic app metadata builder.LoadBasicSettings(typeof(Program)); // Process the config file builder.ProcessConfiguration(); // Now load the globally needed settings builder.LoadGlobalSettings(); // Write first log entry with default logger Globals.Instance.Logger.LogInformation($"{param.AppName} {param.AppVersion} starts..."); Console.WriteLine("Logging started..."); // App is ready now for doing something Console.WriteLine($"Connection string loaded: {param.DefaultConnectionString}"); Console.WriteLine(""); Console.WriteLine(""); Console.WriteLine($"App name loaded: {param.AppName}"); Console.WriteLine($"App version loaded: {param.AppVersion}"); Console.WriteLine($"App path loaded: {param.AppPath}"); Console.WriteLine(""); Console.WriteLine(""); Console.WriteLine($"Logging config: {ObjectHelper.GetObjectPropertiesAsString(Globals.Instance.LoggingConfig)}"); // Prepare the DI container package builder.LoadDiContainerServiceProviderPackage(); builder.RegisterDiServices(); // builder.FinalizeDiContainerSetup(); Do call this method for a background service. It is too early for it // Now finally start the app and wait builder.StartApplication(); Environment.Exit(0);