Using Custom Configuration Section and Configuration Manager class in .NET – 1
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Nishant Rana
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ReportAt times instead of using appSettings section we would like to define our own custom section within configuration file.
Suppose we want to create a custom config section in this following manner
<SimplConfigSection id=“myID“ name=“myName“ />
For implementing the above custom section we need to first define a class inheriting from ConfigurationSection class
Add reference to System.Configuration dll.
Create a new config section class in the following manner
// inherit the class ConfigurationSection
class SimpleConfigSection : ConfigurationSection
{
public SimpleConfigSection()
{
}
// using ConfigurationProperty attribute to define the attribute
[ConfigurationProperty(“id”,IsRequired = true)]
public String ID
{
get
{ return (String)this[“id”]; }
set
{ this[“id”] = value; }
}
// using ConfigurationProperty attribute to define the attribute
[ConfigurationProperty(“name”, IsRequired = true)]
public String Name
{
get
{ return (String)this[“name”]; }
set
{ this[“name”] = value; }
}
}
Now to register your custom section do the following
<configSections>
<section name=“SimplConfigSection“ type=“Namespace.SimpleConfigSection, Namespace“ />
</configSections>
And to use it within the application
SimpleConfigSection simpleConfig = (SimpleConfigSection)ConfigurationManager.GetSection(“SimplConfigSection”);
string id = simpleConfig.ID;
string name = simpleConfig.Name;
That’s it …
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