using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace sharp.trading.logging
{
	public abstract class Logger : MarshalByRefObject
	{

		protected abstract void log(string line);

		public void Log(string format, params object[] args)
		{
			string preformat = string.Format(format, args);
			string postformat = string.Format("{0} {1} {2}", DateTime.Now.ToLocalTime(), Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id, preformat);
			lock (this)
			{
				log(postformat);
			}
		}

		public void Log(Exception e){
			Log("An Exception occured: {0} in {1}", e.ToString(),e.StackTrace);
		}

		public virtual void Close(){
		}
	}
}