NameValueConfigurationCollection Class

Definition

public ref class NameValueConfigurationCollection sealed : System::Configuration::ConfigurationElementCollection

[System.Configuration.ConfigurationCollection(typeof(System.Configuration.NameValueConfigurationElement))]
public sealed class NameValueConfigurationCollection : System.Configuration.ConfigurationElementCollection

[<System.Configuration.ConfigurationCollection(typeof(System.Configuration.NameValueConfigurationElement))>]
type NameValueConfigurationCollection = class
    inherit ConfigurationElementCollection

Public NotInheritable Class NameValueConfigurationCollection
Inherits ConfigurationElementCollection

Inheritance

Object

ConfigurationElement

ConfigurationElementCollection

NameValueConfigurationCollection

Attributes

ConfigurationCollectionAttribute

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the NameValueConfigurationCollection type.

#region Using directives

using System;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Text;

#endregion

namespace Samples.AspNet
{
    class UsingNameValueConfigurationCollection
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                // Set the path of the config file.
                // Make sure that you have a Web site on the
                // same server called TestConfig.
                string configPath = "/TestConfig";

                // Get the Web application configuration object.
                Configuration config =
                  WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(configPath);

                // Get the section related object.
                AnonymousIdentificationSection configSection =
                  (AnonymousIdentificationSection)config.GetSection
                  ("system.web/anonymousIdentification");

                // Display title and info.
                Console.WriteLine("Configuration Info");
                Console.WriteLine();

                // Display Config details.
                Console.WriteLine("File Path: {0}",
                  config.FilePath);
                Console.WriteLine("Section Path: {0}",
                  configSection.SectionInformation.Name);
                Console.WriteLine();

                // Create a NameValueConfigurationCollection object.
                NameValueConfigurationCollection myNameValConfigCollection =
                  new NameValueConfigurationCollection();

                foreach (PropertyInformation propertyItem in
                  configSection.ElementInformation.Properties)
                {
                    // Assign  domain name.
                    if (propertyItem.Name == "domain")
                        propertyItem.Value = "MyDomain";

                    if (propertyItem.Value != null)
                    {
                        // Enable SSL for cookie exchange.
                        if (propertyItem.Name == "cookieRequireSSL")
                            propertyItem.Value = true;

                        NameValueConfigurationElement nameValConfigElement =
                            new NameValueConfigurationElement
                                (propertyItem.Name.ToString(), propertyItem.Value.ToString());

                        // Add a NameValueConfigurationElement
                        // to the collection.
                        myNameValConfigCollection.Add(nameValConfigElement);
                    }
                }

                // Count property.
                Console.WriteLine("Collection Count: {0}",
                 myNameValConfigCollection.Count);

                // Item property.
                Console.WriteLine("Value of property 'enabled': {0}",
                 myNameValConfigCollection["enabled"].Value);

                // Display the contents of the collection.
                foreach (NameValueConfigurationElement configItem
                  in myNameValConfigCollection)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine();
                    Console.WriteLine("Configuration Details:");
                    Console.WriteLine("Name: {0}", configItem.Name);
                    Console.WriteLine("Value: {0}", configItem.Value);
                }

                // Assign the domain calue.
                configSection.Domain = myNameValConfigCollection["domain"].Value;
                // Assign the SSL required value.
                if (myNameValConfigCollection["cookieRequireSSL"].Value == "true")
                    configSection.CookieRequireSSL = true;

                // Remove domain from the collection.
                NameValueConfigurationElement myConfigElement =
                    myNameValConfigCollection["domain"];
                // Remove method.
                myNameValConfigCollection.Remove(myConfigElement);

                // Save changes to the configuration file.
                // This modifies the Web.config of the TestConfig site.
                config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Minimal, true);

                // Clear the collection.
                myNameValConfigCollection.Clear();
            }

            catch (Exception e)
            {
                // Unknown error.
                Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
            }

            // Display and wait.
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Text


Namespace Samples.AspNet
    Class UsingNameValueConfigurationCollection
        Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
            Try
                ' Set the path of the config file. 
                ' Make sure that you have a Web site on the
                ' same server called TestConfig.
                Dim configPath As String = "/TestConfig"

                ' Get the Web application configuration object.
                Dim config As Configuration = _
                System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(configPath)

                ' Get the section related object.
                Dim configSection _
                As System.Web.Configuration.AnonymousIdentificationSection = _
                DirectCast(config.GetSection("system.web/anonymousIdentification"),  _
                System.Web.Configuration.AnonymousIdentificationSection)

                ' Display title and info.
                Console.WriteLine("Configuration Info")
                Console.WriteLine()

                ' Display Config details.
                Console.WriteLine("File Path: {0}", config.FilePath)
                Console.WriteLine("Section Path: {0}", configSection.SectionInformation.Name)
                Console.WriteLine()

                ' Create a NameValueConfigurationCollection object.
                Dim myNameValConfigCollection As New NameValueConfigurationCollection()

                For Each propertyItem As PropertyInformation In configSection.ElementInformation.Properties
                    ' Assign  domain name.
                    If propertyItem.Name = "domain" Then
                        propertyItem.Value = "MyDomain"
                    End If

                    If propertyItem.Value <> Nothing Then
                        ' Enable SSL for cookie exchange.
                        If propertyItem.Name = "cookieRequireSSL" Then
                            propertyItem.Value = True
                        End If

                        Dim nameValConfigElement As New NameValueConfigurationElement(propertyItem.Name.ToString(), propertyItem.Value.ToString())

                        ' Add a NameValueConfigurationElement
                        ' to the collection.

                        myNameValConfigCollection.Add(nameValConfigElement)
                    End If
                Next

                ' Count property.
                Console.WriteLine("Collection Count: {0}", myNameValConfigCollection.Count)

                ' Item property.
                Console.WriteLine("Value of property 'enabled': {0}", myNameValConfigCollection("enabled").Value)

                ' Display the contents of the collection.
                For Each configItem As NameValueConfigurationElement In myNameValConfigCollection
                    Console.WriteLine()
                    Console.WriteLine("Configuration Details:")
                    Console.WriteLine("Name: {0}", configItem.Name)
                    Console.WriteLine("Value: {0}", configItem.Value)
                Next

                ' Assign the domain calue.
                configSection.Domain = myNameValConfigCollection("domain").Value
                ' Assign the SSL required value.
                If myNameValConfigCollection("cookieRequireSSL").Value = "true" Then
                    configSection.CookieRequireSSL = True
                End If

                ' Remove domain from the collection.
                Dim myConfigElement As NameValueConfigurationElement = myNameValConfigCollection("domain")
                ' Remove method.
                myNameValConfigCollection.Remove(myConfigElement)

                ' Save changes to the configuration file.
                ' This modifies the Web.config of the TestConfig site.
                config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Minimal, True)

                ' Clear the collection.
                myNameValConfigCollection.Clear()
            Catch e As Exception

                ' Unknown error.
                Console.WriteLine(e.ToString())
            End Try

            ' Display and wait.
            Console.ReadLine()
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Remarks

The NameValueConfigurationCollection class allows you to programmatically access a collection of NameValueConfigurationElement objects.

Constructors

Properties

Methods

Explicit Interface Implementations

Extension Methods

Applies to

See also

• NameValueConfigurationElement