TypeNameConverter Class
Assembly: System.Configuration (in system.configuration.dll)
This type, like all the other configuration converter types, converts strings found in the configuration file to and from the related strongly typed properties.
In particular, the TypeNameConverter converts a String value, assigned to a configuration type, to a Type value and vice versa. The type we refer to is the class responsible for processing the configuration it is associated with.
The following code example shows how to obtain a type associated with a custom section.
For the implementation of the custom section, refer to the code example in the ConfigurationConverterBase class reference.
using System; using System.IO; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Configuration; namespace Samples.AspNet { public sealed class UsingTypeNameConverter { public static void GetTypeName() { try { CustomSection section = ConfigurationManager.GetSection("CustomSection") as CustomSection; Console.WriteLine("CustomSection type: {0", section); catch (System.Exception e) { Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
The following is a configuration excerpt used by the previous example.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="CustomSection"
type="Samples.AspNet.CustomSection,
ConfigurationConverters,
Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=null"
allowDefinition="Everywhere"
allowExeDefinition="MachineToApplication"
restartOnExternalChanges="true" />
</configSections>
<CustomSection fileName="default.txt" maxIdleTime="90"
timeDelay="infinite" cdStr="str0, str1" permission="Read"
maxUsers="Infinite"/>
</configuration>
System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
System.Configuration.ConfigurationConverterBase
System.Configuration.TypeNameConverter
Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.
