Dependency on SeriLog: why not use Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions?

[bald123]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. When using the API's for the twin/publisher etc, I'm pretty much forced to use the SeriLog logging framework. I'm wondering why the Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions is not used, as it seems to me this abstraction is a bit more neutral.

Describe the solution you'd like Instead of being forced to use SeriLog, I would like to use the "neutral" Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions definitions.

Describe alternatives you've considered N.A.

Additional context N.A.

[hansgschossmann]

@bald123 are you using the REST API calls or are you referring to the edge modules? Can you describe the scenario/use case in a bit more detail?

[bald123]

I'm using the API's to call the microservices in the cloud. For example, when I want to call the REST microservice for the OPC Publisher, I'm using the class "PublisherServiceClient", with the following constructors:

    public PublisherServiceClient(IHttpClient httpClient, IPublisherConfig config,
        ISerializer serializer) :
        this(httpClient, config?.OpcUaPublisherServiceUrl, serializer) {
    }

    public PublisherServiceClient(IHttpClient httpClient, string serviceUri,
        ISerializer serializer) {
        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(serviceUri)) {
            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(serviceUri),
                "Please configure the Url of the endpoint micro service.");
        }
        _serializer = serializer ?? new NewtonSoftJsonSerializer();
        _serviceUri = serviceUri.TrimEnd('/');
        _httpClient = httpClient ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(httpClient));
    }

To inject the IHttpClient, I'm using the Microsoft.Azure.IIoT.Http.Default.HttpClient. This client has the following constructors:

    public HttpClient(**ILogger** logger) :
        this(null, logger) {
    }

   public HttpClient(IHttpClientFactory factory, **ILogger** logger) {
        _factory = factory ?? new HttpClientFactory(null, logger);
        _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));

        ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls12;
    }

I'm not able to use the Microsoft.Azure.IIoT.Http.Default.HttpClient without using SeriLog.