# Trace

Traces messages into the tracing facilites so they can be display by the running runtime either in console, or debug output or whatever the runtime is configured to do.

## Component Signature

```
<bx:Trace abort=[boolean]
category=[String]
text=[string]
type=[string]
extrainfo=[any] />
```

### Attributes

| Atrribute   | Type      | Required | Description                                                                                                                                  | Default       |
| ----------- | --------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- |
| `abort`     | `boolean` | `false`  | If true, the current request will be aborted after the trace call. Default is false.                                                         | `false`       |
| `category`  | `String`  | `false`  | The category of the trace message. Default is an empty string.                                                                               |               |
| `text`      | `string`  | `true`   | The text of the trace message. Required.                                                                                                     |               |
| `type`      | `string`  | `true`   | The type of the trace message. Default is "Information".                                                                                     | `Information` |
| `extrainfo` | `any`     | `false`  | Any extra information to be logged with the trace message. This can be simple or a complex object. We will convert it to string for logging. |               |

## Examples