Category Archives: .net

Write to file from multiple threads async with C# and .NET Core

Posted on January 12, 2021 by briancaos

There are several patterns on how to allow multiple threads to write to the same file. the ReaderWriterLock class is invented for this purpose. Another classic is using semaphors and the lock statement to lock a shared resource. This article … Continue reading →

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HttpClient retry on HTTP timeout with Polly and IHttpClientBuilder

Posted on December 16, 2020 by briancaos

The Polly retry library and the IHttpClientBuilder is a match made in heaven as it defines all the retry logic at startup. The actual HttpClient  calls are therefore untouched by any retry code. The retry logic is called policies, and … Continue reading →

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Sitecore LinkField TargetItem is NULL – what’s wrong?

Posted on November 20, 2020 by briancaos

An ancient topic, that pops up once or twice every year. The TargetItem of Sitecore.Data.Links.LinkField returns NULL and you are CERTAIN that the item is published. What to do? CASE 1: THERE IS SECURITY SET ON THE TARGETITEM Items where … Continue reading →

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Filtering Application Insights telemetry using a ITelemetryProcessor

Posted on November 17, 2020 by briancaos

Application Insights is a wonderful tool. Especially when you have a microservice or multi-application environment and you need one place for all the logs and metrics. But it’s not free, and the costs can run wild if you are not … Continue reading →

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Add a UserAgent to the IHttpClientFactory in .NET Core

Posted on October 21, 2020 by briancaos

Using a IHttpClientFactory to create HttpClient connections have a number of advantages, as you can configure several httpclients on startup. Each client will be reused, including the properties attached to that client. In a previous post I showed how to … Continue reading →

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Method not found: ‘Void Sitecore.ContentSearch.Diagnostics.AbstractLog.SingleWarn(System.String, System.Exception)’.

Posted on July 31, 2020 by briancaos

I struggled with this error in my development environment: Method not found: ‘Void Sitecore.ContentSearch.Diagnostics.AbstractLog.SingleWarn(System.String, System.Exception)’. at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, Boolean constructor) at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.UnsafeInvokeInternal(Object obj, Object[] parameters, Object[] arguments) at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, … Continue reading →

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Manipulating XML Google Merchant Data using C# and LINQ

Posted on May 29, 2020 by briancaos

Receiving a Google Merchant Data feed (also known as a Google Product Feed) can be fairly easily manipulated on import time using a little C# and LINQ. The feed is basically a XML RSS 2.0 feed with some added properties … Continue reading →

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C# Azure TelemetryClient will leak memory if not implemented as a singleton

Posted on May 7, 2020 by briancaos

I noticed that my classic .net web application would leak memory after I implemented metrics for some background tasks. Further investigation showed that my MetricAggregationManager would not release its memory. Since one of the major changes was the implementation of … Continue reading →

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Remove duplicates from XML feed

Posted on April 1, 2020 by briancaos

Apparently XML isn’t dead yet, and today I received a Google Product Feed in the RSS 2.0 XML format. The feed was full of duplicates and my job is to remove them: As you can see, “Product 100” appears twice. … Continue reading →

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.NET Core Worker Services with Application Insights and Serilog

Posted on March 20, 2020 by briancaos

The .NET Core Worker service is yet another tool in the .NET toolbox. They are perfect for background processing like reading from a queue or making health checks. They are cross-platform (of course) and they can run on docker containers, … Continue reading →

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