ElementInformation Class
.NET Framework 4.6 and 4.5
Contains meta-information about an individual element within the configuration. This class cannot be inherited.
Namespace: System.Configuration
Assembly: System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)
The ElementInformation type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Errors | Gets the errors for the associated element and subelements |
| IsCollection | Gets a value indicating whether the associated ConfigurationElement object is a ConfigurationElementCollection collection. |
| IsLocked | Gets a value that indicates whether the associated ConfigurationElement object cannot be modified. |
| IsPresent | Gets a value indicating whether the associated ConfigurationElement object is in the configuration file. |
| LineNumber | Gets the line number in the configuration file where the associated ConfigurationElement object is defined. |
| Properties | Gets a PropertyInformationCollection collection of the properties in the associated ConfigurationElement object. |
| Source | Gets the source file where the associated ConfigurationElement object originated. |
| Type | Gets the type of the associated ConfigurationElement object. |
| Validator | Gets the object used to validate the associated ConfigurationElement object. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
The following example shows how to get the ElementInformation associated with a ConfigurationElement object.
static public ElementInformation GetElementInformation() { // Get the current configuration file. System.Configuration.Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( ConfigurationUserLevel.None); // Get the section. UrlsSection section = (UrlsSection)config.GetSection("MyUrls"); // Get the element. UrlConfigElement url = section.Simple; ElementInformation eInfo = url.ElementInformation; return eInfo; }
The following excerpt shows the configuration used by the previous code 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>
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