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# XmlConfigurator.Configure Method (ILoggerRepository)

Automatically configures the ILoggerRepository using settings stored in the application's configuration file.

[Visual Basic]
Overloads Public Shared Sub Configure( _
ByVal repository As ILoggerRepository _
)
[C#]
public static void Configure(
ILoggerRepository repository
);

#### Parameters

repository
  The repository to configure.

#### Remarks

Each application has a configuration file. This has the same name as the application with '.config' appended. This file is XML and calling this function prompts the configurator to look in that file for a section called `log4net` that contains the configuration data.

To use this method to configure log4net you must specify the Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler section handler for the `log4net` configuration section. See the Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler for an example.

#### See Also

XmlConfigurator Class | log4net.Config Namespace | XmlConfigurator.Configure Overload List