SectionInformation Class

The SectionInformation object contains the metadata about an individual section within the configuration hierarchy. This object can be used in order to validate and change the properties of an individual section.

The SectionInformation class is introduced in the .NET Framework version 4.

The following example shows how to get the SectionInformation metadata that is associated with a ConfigurationSection object.

static public SectionInformation 
    GetSectionInformation()
{

    // Get the current configuration file.
    System.Configuration.Configuration config =
            ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
            ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

    // Get the section.
    UrlsSection section =
        (UrlsSection)config.GetSection("MyUrls");


    SectionInformation sInfo = 
        section.SectionInformation;

    return sInfo;

}

The following example is an excerpt of the configuration file that is used by the previous example.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="MyUrls" type="Samples.AspNet.UrlsSection,
      ConfigurationElement, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
      PublicKeyToken=null" allowDefinition="Everywhere"
      allowExeDefinition="MachineToApplication"
      restartOnExternalChanges="true" />
  </configSections>
  <MyUrls name="MyFavorites">
    <simple name="Contoso" url="http://www.contoso.com" port="8080" />
    <urls>
      <clear />
      <add name="Microsoft" url="http://www.microsoft.com" port="0" />
    </urls>
  </MyUrls>
</configuration>

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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