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# IRawLayout Interface

Interface for raw layout objects

For a list of all members of this type, see IRawLayout Members.

[Visual Basic]
Public Interface IRawLayout
[C#]
public interface IRawLayout

#### Types that implement IRawLayout

Type | Description
--- | ---
Layout2RawLayoutAdapter | Adapts any ILayout to a IRawLayout
RawPropertyLayout | Extract the value of a property from the LoggingEvent
RawTimeStampLayout | Extract the date from the LoggingEvent
RawUtcTimeStampLayout | Extract the date from the LoggingEvent

#### Remarks

Interface used to format a LoggingEvent to an object.

This interface should not be confused with the ILayout interface. This interface is used in only certain specialized situations where a raw object is required rather than a formatted string. The ILayout is not generally useful than this interface.

#### Requirements

Namespace: log4net.Layout

Assembly: log4net (in log4net.dll)

#### See Also

IRawLayout Members | log4net.Layout Namespace