Added new extension method to configure serilog from services.

Author: gertjvr

src/Serilog.Extensions.Logging/SerilogLoggerServicesExtensions.cs

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+using System;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Serilog.Extensions.Logging;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
+namespace Serilog
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Extends <see cref="IServiceCollection"/> with Serilog configuration methods.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class SerilogLoggerServicesExtensions
+    {   
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add Serilog to the logging pipeline.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="services">The <see cref="T:Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.IServiceCollection" /> to add services to.</param>
+        /// <param name="logger">The Serilog logger; if not supplied, the static <see cref="Serilog.Log"/> will be used.</param>
+        /// <returns>The logger factory.</returns>
+        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        public static IServiceCollection AddSerilog(this IServiceCollection services, ILogger logger)
+        {
+            if (services == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(services));
+
+            return services.AddSerilog(logger, false);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add Serilog to the logging pipeline.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="services">The <see cref="T:Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.IServiceCollection" /> to add services to.</param>
+        /// <param name="logger">The Serilog logger; if not supplied, the static <see cref="Serilog.Log"/> will be used.</param>
+        /// <param name="dispose">When true, dispose <paramref name="logger"/> when the framework disposes the provider. If the
+        /// logger is not specified but <paramref name="dispose"/> is true, the <see cref="Log.CloseAndFlush()"/> method will be
+        /// called on the static <see cref="Log"/> class instead.</param>
+        /// <returns>The logger factory.</returns>
+        public static IServiceCollection AddSerilog(this IServiceCollection services, Serilog.ILogger logger = null, bool dispose = false)
+        {
+            if (services == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(services));
+
+            services.AddLogging(builder => builder.AddProvider(new SerilogLoggerProvider(logger, dispose)));
+
+            return services;
+        }
+    }
+}