using System; using System.Diagnostics; class MyClass { public MyClass(int i) { this.i = i; } [Conditional("DEBUG")] public void VerifyState() { Debug.WriteLineIf(debugOutput.TraceInfo, "VerifyState Start"); Debug.WriteLineIf(debugOutput.TraceVerbose, "Starting field verification"); if (debugOutput.TraceInfo) Debug.WriteLine("VerifyState End"); } static TraceSwitch debugOutput = new TraceSwitch("MyClassDebugOutput", "Control debug output"); int i = 0; } public class TraceTraceSwitch { public static void Main() { Debug.Listeners.Clear(); Debug.Listeners.Add(new TextWriterTraceListener(Console.Out)); MyClass c = new MyClass(1); c.VerifyState(); } }