Injecting DbContext into LoggerProvider throws StackOverflowException in .NET Core

Question

I'm using .net core 2.2 with entityframework core. I want to write logs in database using entityframework. So I'm trying to inject DbContext to LoggerProvider.

//Main function

new WebHostBuilder().ConfigureLogging((hostingContext, logging) =>
{
    logging.ClearProviders();                                        
    logging.AddDatabase(hostingContext.Configuration);
}).UseStartup<Startup>();

//Extension method

public static ILoggingBuilder AddDatabase(this ILoggingBuilder builder, IConfiguration configuration)
{
    builder.AddConfiguration();
    builder.Services.AddDbContext<LoggingContext>(options => options.UseSqlServer(configuration.GetConnectionString("DevelopmentConnection"), x => x.MigrationsHistoryTable("__LoggingMigrationHistory", "dbo")));
    builder.Services.TryAddEnumerable(ServiceDescriptor.Scoped<ILoggerProvider, DatabaseLoggerProvider>());
    builder.Services.TryAddEnumerable(ServiceDescriptor.Scoped<IConfigureOptions<LoggerOptions>, LoggerConfigurationOptions>());
    builder.Services.TryAddEnumerable(ServiceDescriptor.Scoped<IOptionsChangeTokenSource<LoggerOptions>, LoggerProviderOptionsChangeTokenSource<LoggerOptions, DatabaseLoggerProvider>>());
    return builder;
}

//LoggerOptions

public class LoggerOptions
{
    public string LogLevel { get; set; }     
}

//LoggerConfigurationOptions

public class LoggerConfigurationOptions : ConfigureFromConfigurationOptions<LoggerOptions>
{
    public LoggerConfigurationOptions(ILoggerProviderConfiguration<DatabaseLoggerProvider> providerConfiguration) : base(providerConfiguration.Configuration)
    {
    }
}

//Logging Context

public class LoggingContext : DbContext
{
    public LoggingContext(DbContextOptions<LoggingContext> options) : base(options) //In base constructor exception is thrown
    {
    }
}

//Logger Provider

[Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ProviderAlias("Database")]
public class DatabaseLoggerProvider : ILoggerProvider
{
    public DatabaseLoggerProvider(IOptionsMonitor<LoggerOptions> Settings, LoggingContext context) //I cannot inject context here
    {
    }
}

Problem is DbContext constructor throws StackOverflowException . Can anyone tell me where I'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

Whoever is using LoggingContext should create a new instance, perhaps in constructor or base class constructor.