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ConfigurationSettings Class

.NET Framework 4

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

System.Object
  System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings

Namespace:  System.Configuration
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)
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public sealed class ConfigurationSettings

The ConfigurationSettings type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public property Static member AppSettings Obsolete. Gets a read-only NameValueCollection of the application settings section of the configuration file.
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  Name Description
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 Static member GetConfig Obsolete. Returns the ConfigurationSection object for the passed configuration section name and path.
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 ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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Using the static methods and properties of the ConfigurationSettings type is the recommended method for reading configuration information at runtime for versions 1.0 and 1.1 applications.

Note Note

The ConfigurationSettings class provides backward compatibility only. For new applications you should use the ConfigurationManager class or WebConfigurationManager class instead. To use these two classes, you must add a reference in your project or application to the System.Configuration namespace.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.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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When obsolete provide an alternative
Unless I am missing something here that is obvious, it would be nice for the documentation to provide an alternative (recommendation) in case of obsolete entities.
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WebConfigurationManager namespace

WebConfigurationManager is actually in {namespace} System.Web.Configuration

Just thought I'd make that clear in case someone was wondering.

Other than that - cool stuff :)

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