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Anotar.Serilog.Fody cause System.NullReferenceException in static constructer.

See original GitHub issue

Anotar.Serilog.Fody cause System.NullReferenceException in static constructer.

Can I use in static constructer?

Core code is here.

    static class StaticClassFail
    {
        static StaticClassFail()
        {
            //Success
            Serilog.Log.Information("Static Constructor from Plane-Serilog");
            //Exception!
            Anotar.Serilog.LogTo.Information("Static Constructor from Fody-Serilog");
        }
    }

Log setup is already finished in Program class constructer.
It is not cause in Normal class.
It is not cause in normal static method.
It is not cause in plane Serilog.

Total code is here.

using Serilog;
using System;

namespace FodySerilogErrorSample
{
    class Program
    {
        static Program()
        {
            SetupLoggerConfig();
        }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Success
            var normal = new NormalClass();

            //Success
            StaticClassSuccess.WriteLog();

            //Exception!
            var failCall = StaticClassFail.PropertyForCallConstructor;

            Console.Read();
        }

        private static void SetupLoggerConfig()
        {
            string template = "| {Timestamp:HH:mm:ss.fff} | {Message:j} | {SourceContext} | {MethodName} | {LineNumber} L|{NewLine}{Exception}";

            Serilog.Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
                            .WriteTo.Console(outputTemplate: template)
                            .CreateLogger();
        }
    }

    class NormalClass
    {
        public NormalClass()
        {
            //Success
            Anotar.Serilog.LogTo.Information("Normal Constructor");
        }
    }

    static class StaticClassFail
    {
        public static string PropertyForCallConstructor { get; set; }

        static StaticClassFail()
        {
            //Success
            Serilog.Log.Information("Static Constructor from Plane-Serilog");
            //Exception!
            Anotar.Serilog.LogTo.Information("Static Constructor from Fody-Serilog");
        }
    }

    static class StaticClassSuccess
    {
        public static void WriteLog()
        //Success
            => Anotar.Serilog.LogTo.Information("Static Method");
    }
}

Console Output

| 22:37:51.362 | Normal Constructor | FodySerilogErrorSample.NormalClass | Void .ctor() | 42 L|
| 22:37:51.391 | Static Method | FodySerilogErrorSample.StaticClassSuccess | Void WriteLog() | 63 L|
| 22:37:51.393 | Static Constructor from Plane-Serilog |  |  |  L|

Exception Detail

System.NullReferenceException
  HResult=0x80004003
  Message=Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
  Source=FodySerilogErrorSample
  Stuck Trace:
   at FodySerilogErrorSample.StaticClassFail..cctor() in D:\Documents\VSProjects\FodySerilogErrorSample\FodySerilogErrorSample\Program.cs:line 55

Environment

VisualStudio2019 .NET Core 3.1 C#8

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Anotar.Serilog.Fody" Version="5.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="2.9.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="3.1.1" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>