TypeNameConverter Class

This type, like all the other configuration converter types, converts strings found in the configuration file to and from the related strongly typed properties.

In particular, the TypeNameConverter class converts a String value, assigned to a configuration type, to a Type value and vice versa. The type referred to is the class responsible for processing the configuration it is associated with.

The following example shows how to obtain a type associated with a custom section. For the implementation of the custom section, refer to the code example in the ConfigurationConverterBase class reference.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Configuration;

namespace Samples.AspNet
{

    public sealed class UsingTypeNameConverter
    {
        public static void GetTypeName()
        {
            try
            {

                CustomSection section =
                    ConfigurationManager.GetSection("CustomSection")
                    as CustomSection;

                Console.WriteLine("CustomSection type: {0}",
                    section);
            }
            catch (System.Exception e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
            }
        }

    }
}

The following example is a configuration excerpt used by the previous example.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>

  <configSections>
    <section name="CustomSection" 
      type="Samples.AspNet.CustomSection, 
      ConfigurationConverters, 
      Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, 
      PublicKeyToken=null" 
      allowDefinition="Everywhere" 
      allowExeDefinition="MachineToApplication" 
      restartOnExternalChanges="true" />
  </configSections>
    
  <CustomSection fileName="default.txt" maxIdleTime="90" 
    timeDelay="infinite" cdStr="str0, str1" permission="Read"
    maxUsers="Infinite"/>

</configuration>

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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