Code walk-through
The sample illustrates the order of startup and shutdown steps for an NServiceBus endpoint. All usages of the public extension points API are stored in the ExtensionPoints folder of the project.
Logger
For each step in the process, there is a corresponding log entry written both to the console and a text file.
static class Logger
{
static ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Logger));
public static string OutputFilePath;
static object locker = new object();
static Logger()
{
OutputFilePath = Path.GetFullPath("StartupShutdownSequence.txt");
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.ProcessExit += Exit;
File.Delete(OutputFilePath);
File.AppendAllText(OutputFilePath, "startcode");
File.AppendAllText(OutputFilePath, " StartupShutdownSequence\r\n");
}
static void Exit(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
File.AppendAllText(OutputFilePath, "endcode");
}
public static void WriteLine(string message)
{
message = $"Thread:{Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId} {message}\r\n";
log.Info(message);
lock (locker)
{
File.AppendAllText(OutputFilePath, message);
}
}
}
Console program
The main section of the console Program configures and starts the endpoint while logging all these actions.
Logger.WriteLine("Starting configuration");
var endpointConfiguration = new EndpointConfiguration("Samples.StartupShutdown");
endpointConfiguration.EnableInstallers();
endpointConfiguration.EnableFeature<MyFeature>();
endpointConfiguration.UseSerialization<SystemJsonSerializer>();
endpointConfiguration.UseTransport(new LearningTransport());
Logger.WriteLine("Calling Endpoint.Start");
var endpointInstance = await Endpoint.Start(endpointConfiguration);
// simulate some activity
await Task.Delay(500);
Logger.WriteLine("Endpoint is processing messages");
Logger.WriteLine("Calling IEndpointInstance.Stop");
await endpointInstance.Stop();
Logger.WriteLine("Finished");
The resulting order
In some versions of NServiceBus, certain extension points are executed on separate threads.
Thread:1 Starting configuration
Thread:1 Calling Endpoint.Start
Thread:1 Inside INeedInitialization.Customize
Thread:1 Inside WantToRunBeforeConfigurationIsFinalized.Run
Thread:1 Inside Feature.Setup
Thread:1 Inside INeedToInstallSomething.Install
Thread:1 Inside FeatureStartupTask.OnStart
Thread:11 Endpoint is processing messages
Thread:11 Calling IEndpointInstance.Stop
Thread:7 Inside FeatureStartupTask.OnStop
Thread:7 Finished