System.Configuration Namespace

Contains the types that provide the programming model for handling configuration data.

Classes

ApplicationScopedSettingAttribute

Specifies that an application settings property has a common value for all users of an application. This class cannot be inherited.

ApplicationSettingsBase

Acts as a base class for deriving concrete wrapper classes to implement the application settings feature in Window Forms applications.

ApplicationSettingsGroup

Represents a grouping of related application settings sections within a configuration file. This class cannot be inherited.

AppSettingsReader

Provides a method for reading values of a particular type from the configuration.

AppSettingsSection

Provides configuration system support for the appSettings configuration section. This class cannot be inherited.

CallbackValidator

Provides dynamic validation of an object.

CallbackValidatorAttribute

Specifies a CallbackValidator object to use for code validation. This class cannot be inherited.

ClientSettingsSection

Represents a group of user-scoped application settings in a configuration file.

CommaDelimitedStringCollection

Represents a collection of string elements separated by commas. This class cannot be inherited.

CommaDelimitedStringCollectionConverter

Converts a comma-delimited string value to and from a CommaDelimitedStringCollection object. This class cannot be inherited.

Configuration

Represents a configuration file that is applicable to a particular computer, application, or resource. This class cannot be inherited.

ConfigurationBuilder

Represents the base class to be extended by custom configuration builder implementations.

ConfigurationBuilderCollection

Maintains a collection of ConfigurationBuilder objects by name.

ConfigurationBuilderSettings

Represents a group of configuration elements that configure the providers for the <configBuilders> configuration section.

ConfigurationBuildersSection

Provides programmatic access to the <configBuilders> section. This class can't be inherited.

ConfigurationCollectionAttribute

Declaratively instructs .NET to create an instance of a configuration element collection. This class cannot be inherited.

ConfigurationConverterBase

The base class for the configuration converter types.

ConfigurationElement

Represents a configuration element within a configuration file.

ConfigurationElementCollection

Represents a configuration element containing a collection of child elements.

ConfigurationElementProperty

Specifies the property of a configuration element. This class cannot be inherited.

ConfigurationErrorsException

The exception that is thrown when a configuration error has occurred.

ConfigurationException

The exception that is thrown when a configuration system error has occurred.

ConfigurationFileMap

Defines the configuration file mapping for the machine configuration file.

ConfigurationLocation

Represents a location element within a configuration file.

ConfigurationLocationCollection

Contains a collection of ConfigurationLocationCollection objects.

ConfigurationLockCollection

Contains a collection of locked configuration objects. This class cannot be inherited.

ConfigurationManager

Provides access to configuration files for client applications. This class cannot be inherited.

ConfigurationPermission

Provides a permission structure that allows methods or classes to access configuration files.

ConfigurationPermissionAttribute

Creates a ConfigurationPermission object that either grants or denies the marked target permission to access sections of configuration files.

ConfigurationProperty

Represents an attribute or a child of a configuration element. This class cannot be inherited.

ConfigurationPropertyAttribute

Declaratively instructs .NET to instantiate a configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.

ConfigurationPropertyCollection

Represents a collection of configuration-element properties.

ConfigurationSection

Represents a section within a configuration file.

ConfigurationSectionCollection

Represents a collection of related sections within a configuration file.

ConfigurationSectionGroup

Represents a group of related sections within a configuration file.

ConfigurationSectionGroupCollection

Represents a collection of ConfigurationSectionGroup objects.

ConfigurationSettings

Provides runtime versions 1.0 and 1.1 support for reading configuration sections and common configuration settings.

ConfigurationValidatorAttribute

Serves as the base class for the System.Configuration validator attribute types.

ConfigurationValidatorBase

Acts as a base class for deriving a validation class so that a value of an object can be verified.

ConfigXmlDocument

Wraps the corresponding XmlDocument type and also carries the necessary information for reporting file-name and line numbers.

ConnectionStringSettings

Represents a single, named connection string in the connection strings configuration file section.

ConnectionStringSettingsCollection

Contains a collection of ConnectionStringSettings objects.

ConnectionStringsSection

Provides programmatic access to the connection strings configuration-file section.

ContextInformation

Encapsulates the context information that is associated with a ConfigurationElement object. This class cannot be inherited.

DefaultSection

Represents a basic configuration-section handler that exposes the configuration section's XML for both read and write access.

DefaultSettingValueAttribute

Specifies the default value for an application settings property.

DefaultValidator

Provides validation of an object. This class cannot be inherited.

DictionarySectionHandler

Provides key/value pair configuration information from a configuration section.

DpapiProtectedConfigurationProvider

Provides a ProtectedConfigurationProvider object that uses the Windows data protection API (DPAPI) to encrypt and decrypt configuration data.

ElementInformation

Contains meta-information about an individual element within the configuration. This class cannot be inherited.

ExeConfigurationFileMap

Defines the configuration file mapping for an .exe application. This class cannot be inherited.

ExeContext

Manages the path context for the current application. This class cannot be inherited.

GenericEnumConverter

Converts between a string and an enumeration type.

IdnElement

Provides the configuration setting for International Domain Name (IDN) processing in the Uri class.

IgnoreSection

Provides a wrapper type definition for configuration sections that are not handled by the System.Configuration types.

IgnoreSectionHandler

Provides a legacy section-handler definition for configuration sections that are not handled by the System.Configuration types.

InfiniteIntConverter

Converts between a string and the standard infinite or integer value.

InfiniteTimeSpanConverter

Converts between a string and the standard infinite TimeSpan value.

IntegerValidator

Provides validation of an Int32 value.

IntegerValidatorAttribute

Declaratively instructs .NET to perform integer validation on a configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.

IriParsingElement

Provides the configuration setting for International Resource Identifier (IRI) processing in the Uri class.

KeyValueConfigurationCollection

Contains a collection of KeyValueConfigurationElement objects.

KeyValueConfigurationElement

Represents a configuration element that contains a key/value pair.

LocalFileSettingsProvider

Provides persistence for application settings classes.

LongValidator

Provides validation of an Int64 value.

LongValidatorAttribute

Declaratively instructs .NET to perform long-integer validation on a configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.

NameValueConfigurationCollection

Contains a collection of NameValueConfigurationElement objects. This class cannot be inherited.

NameValueConfigurationElement

A configuration element that contains a String name and String value. This class cannot be inherited.

NameValueFileSectionHandler

Provides access to a configuration file. This type supports the .NET configuration infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

NameValueSectionHandler

Provides name/value-pair configuration information from a configuration section.

NoSettingsVersionUpgradeAttribute

Specifies that a settings provider should disable any logic that gets invoked when an application upgrade is detected. This class cannot be inherited.

PositiveTimeSpanValidator

Provides validation of a TimeSpan object. This class cannot be inherited.

PositiveTimeSpanValidatorAttribute

Declaratively instructs .NET to perform time validation on a configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.

PropertyInformation

Contains meta-information on an individual property within the configuration. This type cannot be inherited.

PropertyInformationCollection

Contains a collection of PropertyInformation objects. This class cannot be inherited.

ProtectedConfiguration

Provides access to the protected-configuration providers for the current application's configuration file.

ProtectedConfigurationProvider

The base class to create providers for encrypting and decrypting protected configuration data.

ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection

Provides a collection of ProtectedConfigurationProvider objects.

ProtectedConfigurationSection

Provides programmatic access to the configProtectedData configuration section. This class cannot be inherited.

ProtectedProviderSettings

Represents a group of configuration elements that configure the providers for the <configProtectedData> configuration section.

ProviderSettings

Represents the configuration elements associated with a provider.

ProviderSettingsCollection

Represents a collection of ProviderSettings objects.

RegexStringValidator

Provides validation of a string based on the rules provided by a regular expression.

RegexStringValidatorAttribute

Declaratively instructs .NET to perform string validation on a configuration property using a regular expression. This class cannot be inherited.

RsaProtectedConfigurationProvider

Provides a ProtectedConfigurationProvider instance that uses RSA encryption to encrypt and decrypt configuration data.

SchemeSettingElement

Represents an element in a SchemeSettingElementCollection class.

SchemeSettingElementCollection

Represents a collection of SchemeSettingElement objects.

SectionInformation

Contains metadata about an individual section within the configuration hierarchy. This class cannot be inherited.

SettingAttribute

Represents a custom settings attribute used to associate settings information with a settings property.

SettingChangingEventArgs

Provides data for the SettingChanging event.

SettingElement

Represents a simplified configuration element used for updating elements in the configuration. This class cannot be inherited.

SettingElementCollection

Contains a collection of SettingElement objects. This class cannot be inherited.

SettingsAttributeDictionary

Represents a collection of key/value pairs used to describe a configuration object as well as a SettingsProperty object.

SettingsBase

Provides the base class used to support user property settings.

SettingsContext

Provides contextual information that the provider can use when persisting settings.

SettingsDescriptionAttribute

Provides a string that describes an individual configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.

SettingsGroupDescriptionAttribute

Provides a string that describes an application settings property group. This class cannot be inherited.

SettingsGroupNameAttribute

Specifies a name for application settings property group. This class cannot be inherited.

SettingsLoadedEventArgs

Provides data for the SettingsLoaded event.

SettingsManageabilityAttribute

Specifies special services for application settings properties. This class cannot be inherited.

SettingsProperty

Used internally as the class that represents metadata about an individual configuration property.

SettingsPropertyCollection

Contains a collection of SettingsProperty objects.

SettingsPropertyIsReadOnlyException

Provides an exception for read-only SettingsProperty objects.

SettingsPropertyNotFoundException

Provides an exception for SettingsProperty objects that are not found.

SettingsPropertyValue

Contains the value of a settings property that can be loaded and stored by an instance of SettingsBase.

SettingsPropertyValueCollection

Contains a collection of settings property values that map SettingsProperty objects to SettingsPropertyValue objects.

SettingsPropertyWrongTypeException

Provides an exception that is thrown when an invalid type is used with a SettingsProperty object.

SettingsProvider

Acts as a base class for deriving custom settings providers in the application settings architecture.

SettingsProviderAttribute

Specifies the settings provider used to provide storage for the current application settings class or property. This class cannot be inherited.

SettingsProviderCollection

Represents a collection of application settings providers.

SettingsSerializeAsAttribute

Specifies the serialization mechanism that the settings provider should use. This class cannot be inherited.

SettingValueElement

Contains the XML representing the serialized value of the setting. This class cannot be inherited.

SingleTagSectionHandler

Handles configuration sections that are represented by a single XML tag in the .config file.

SpecialSettingAttribute

Indicates that an application settings property has a special significance. This class cannot be inherited.

StringValidator

Provides validation of a string.

StringValidatorAttribute

Declaratively instructs .NET to perform string validation on a configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.

SubclassTypeValidator

Validates that an object is a derived class of a specified type.

SubclassTypeValidatorAttribute

Declaratively instructs .NET to perform validation on a configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.

TimeSpanMinutesConverter

Converts a time span expressed in minutes.

TimeSpanMinutesOrInfiniteConverter

Converts a TimeSpan expressed in minutes or as a standard infinite time span.

TimeSpanSecondsConverter

Converts a time span expressed in seconds.

TimeSpanSecondsOrInfiniteConverter

Converts a TimeSpan expressed in seconds or as a standard infinite time span.

TimeSpanValidator

Provides validation of a TimeSpan object.

TimeSpanValidatorAttribute

Declaratively instructs .NET to perform time validation on a configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.

TypeNameConverter

Converts between type and string values. This class cannot be inherited.

UriSection

Represents the Uri section within a configuration file.

UserScopedSettingAttribute

Specifies that an application settings group or property contains distinct values for each user of an application. This class cannot be inherited.

UserSettingsGroup

Represents a grouping of related user settings sections within a configuration file. This class cannot be inherited.

WhiteSpaceTrimStringConverter

Converts a string to its canonical format.

Interfaces

IApplicationSettingsProvider

Defines extended capabilities for client-based application settings providers.

IConfigurationSectionHandler

Handles the access to certain configuration sections.

IConfigurationSystem

Provides standard configuration methods.

IPersistComponentSettings

Defines standard functionality for controls or libraries that store and retrieve application settings.

ISettingsProviderService

Provides an interface for defining an alternate application settings provider.

Enums

ConfigurationAllowDefinition

Specifies the locations within the configuration-file hierarchy that can set or override the properties contained within a ConfigurationSection object.

ConfigurationAllowExeDefinition

Specifies the locations within the configuration-file hierarchy that can set or override the properties contained within a ConfigurationSection object.

ConfigurationElementCollectionType

Specifies the type of a ConfigurationElementCollectionType object.

ConfigurationPropertyOptions

Specifies the options to apply to a property.

ConfigurationSaveMode

Determines which properties are written out to a configuration file.

ConfigurationUserLevel

Used to specify which configuration file is to be represented by the Configuration object.

OverrideMode

Specifies the override behavior of a configuration element for configuration elements in child directories.

PropertyValueOrigin

Specifies the level in the configuration hierarchy where a configuration property value originated.

SettingsManageability

Provides values to indicate which services should be made available to application settings.

SettingsSerializeAs

Determines the serialization scheme used to store application settings.

SpecialSetting

Specifies the special setting category of a application settings property.

Delegates

SettingChangingEventHandler

Represents the method that will handle the SettingChanging event.

SettingsLoadedEventHandler

Represents the method that will handle the SettingsLoaded event.

SettingsSavingEventHandler

Represents the method that will handle the SettingsSaving event.

ValidatorCallback

Represents a method to be called after the validation of an object.