C# Developeramp;#039;s Guide to ASP.NET, XML, and ADO.NET [Electronic resources]

Reference

This section provides a quick reference to the key objects described in this chapter. Space constraints prevent us from documenting every object in the .NET framework in this book. For the sake of brevity and conciseness, we include only the most important objects here. For more information on the other objects in the .NET framework, consult the .NET Framework Reference online help file.

This chapter covers the debugging, performance-monitoring, and event-logging classes in ASP.NET. The following sections provide a brief reference to the properties, methods, and events provided by those classes.

Debug Class

Member of System.Diagnostics.

The Debug object gives developers access to a number of useful tools to manage the debugging process.

It is not necessary to instantiate a Debug object; an instance of the object is always available in an ASP.NET page.

EventLog Class

Member of System.Diagnostics.

The EventLog class is used to read and write information from the Windows event log. This is used primarily to record diagnostic information pertaining to an application, particularly failure information.

PerformanceCounter Class

Member of System.Diagnostics.

You create an instance of this class to expose your application's performance information to performance monitors.

TraceContext Class

Member of System.Web.

TraceContext provides Trace mode functionality in ASP.NET Web application development. It is typically accessed as the Trace object contained by the ASP.NET Page object.