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ConfigurationPropertyCollection Class

Represents a collection of configuration-element properties.

System.Object
  System.Configuration.ConfigurationPropertyCollection

Namespace:  System.Configuration
Assembly:  System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)
public class ConfigurationPropertyCollection : ICollection, 
	IEnumerable

The ConfigurationPropertyCollection type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method ConfigurationPropertyCollection Initializes a new instance of the ConfigurationPropertyCollection class.
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  Name Description
Public property Count Gets the number of properties in the collection.
Public property IsSynchronized Gets a value indicating whether access to the collection is synchronized (thread safe).
Public property Item Gets the collection item with the specified name.
Public property SyncRoot Gets the object to synchronize access to the collection.
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  Name Description
Public method Add Adds a configuration property to the collection.
Public method Clear Removes all configuration property objects from the collection.
Public method Contains Specifies whether the configuration property is contained in this collection.
Public method CopyTo Copies this ConfigurationPropertyCollection to an array.
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetEnumerator Gets the IEnumerator object as it applies to the collection.
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Remove Removes a configuration property from the collection.
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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  Name Description
Public Extension Method AsParallel Enables parallelization of a query. (Defined by ParallelEnumerable.)
Public Extension Method AsQueryable Converts an IEnumerable to an IQueryable. (Defined by Queryable.)
Public Extension Method Cast<TResult> Converts the elements of an IEnumerable to the specified type. (Defined by Enumerable.)
Public Extension Method OfType<TResult> Filters the elements of an IEnumerable based on a specified type. (Defined by Enumerable.)
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  Name Description
Explicit interface implemetation Private method ICollection.CopyTo Copies this collection to an array.
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The ConfigurationPropertyCollection class represents the collection of the ConfigurationProperty objects that can be attributes or ConfigurationElement objects of a configuration element.

The ConfigurationProperty class represents an individual configuration setting. It allows you to get or set the name, type, and default value for a particular configuration entity (attribute or element). Additional options allow you to specify whether the attribute is required, is an element key, or represents a default element collection.

The following example shows one possible use of the ConfigurationPropertyCollection. Refer to the example of the related type ConfigurationProperty.


<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="CustomSection" type="ConfigurationPropertyExample.CustomSection, ConfigurationPropertyExample" 
      allowDefinition="Everywhere" allowExeDefinition="MachineToApplication" 
      restartOnExternalChanges="true" />
  </configSections>
  <CustomSection fileName="override.txt" alias="alias.txt" 
    maxUsers="1000" maxIdleTime="00:05:00" />
</configuration>


The following is an excerpt from the configuration used by the above example.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="CustomSection" type="Samples.AspNet, ConfigurationProperty, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" allowDefinition="Everywhere" allowExeDefinition="MachineToApplication" restartOnExternalChanges="true" />
    </configSections>
    <CustomSection fileName="default.txt" alias="alias.txt" maxUsers="1000"
      maxIdleTime="00:05:00" />
</configuration>

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

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

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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