From 5ab6fd855ee8c5bfaaf1154128cfea14d78b5428 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ellpeck <me@ellpeck.de>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2021 18:11:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] expose the string sink's string builder

---
 ExtremelySimpleLogger/StringSink.cs | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ExtremelySimpleLogger/StringSink.cs b/ExtremelySimpleLogger/StringSink.cs
index 00e2a41..e8dee6b 100644
--- a/ExtremelySimpleLogger/StringSink.cs
+++ b/ExtremelySimpleLogger/StringSink.cs
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ namespace ExtremelySimpleLogger {
     /// </summary>
     public class StringSink : Sink {
 
-        private readonly StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
         /// <summary>
-        /// The string that this sink currently contains.
+        /// The string that this sink currently contains, constructed from the underlying <see cref="StringBuilder"/>.
         /// Can be cleared using <see cref="Clear"/>.
         /// </summary>
         public string Value {
@@ -18,6 +17,18 @@ namespace ExtremelySimpleLogger {
                     return this.builder.ToString();
             }
         }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The <see cref="StringBuilder"/> used to collect logged data from this sink.
+        /// To get its value directly, you can use <see cref="Value"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public StringBuilder StringBuilder {
+            get {
+                lock (this.builder)
+                    return this.builder;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private readonly StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Logs the given message, which has already been formatted using <see cref="Sink.Formatter"/>.