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# DOMConfigurator.Configure Method (Stream)

NOTE: This method is now obsolete.

Use XmlConfigurator.Configure instead of DOMConfigurator.Configure

Configures log4net using the specified configuration file.

[Visual Basic]
Overloads Public Shared Sub Configure( _
ByVal configStream As Stream _
)
[C#]
public static void Configure(
Stream configStream
);

#### Parameters

configStream
  A stream to load the XML configuration from.

#### Remarks

DOMConfigurator is obsolete. Use XmlConfigurator instead of DOMConfigurator.

The configuration data must be valid XML. It must contain at least one element called `log4net` that holds the log4net configuration data.

Note that this method will NOT close the stream parameter.

#### See Also

DOMConfigurator Class | log4net.Config Namespace | DOMConfigurator.Configure Overload List