Way to add an Extension method?

Question

Say I have a class called LogHelper and it has a static method called GetLogger(string name).

Is there a way to add a static extension method that would just be GetLogger()?

I know that normally extension methods are static where they are declared, but is there a way to appear static on the class they are "Helping"?

Answer 1

You could use an extension method:

public static class StringExtensions
{
    public static ILogger GetLogger(this string value)
    {
        ...
    }
}

And then you could use like this:

string foo = "bar";
ILogger logger = foo.GetLogger();

Answer 2

You can also use

    public static ILogger GetLogger(string value)
    {
        ...
    }

    public static ILogger GetLogger()
    {
        return GetLogger("Default Value");
    }

This way when you called GetLogger() it would call GetLogger(string value) but with your default value.