SectionInformation Class
Contains metadata about an individual section within the configuration hierarchy. This class cannot be inherited.
Assembly: System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)
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 3.5 Service Pack 1. For more information, see .NET Framework 3.5 Architecture.
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>
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
