ConfigurationManager::GetSection Method (String^)

.NET Framework (current version)

Retrieves a specified configuration section for the current application's default configuration.

Namespace: System.Configuration
Assembly: System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)

Syntax

public:
static Object^ GetSection(
	String^ sectionName
)

Parameters

sectionName: Type: System::String^
The configuration section path and name.

Return Value

Type: System::Object^

The specified ConfigurationSection object, or null if the section does not exist.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ConfigurationErrorsException	A configuration file could not be loaded.

Remarks

For client applications, this method retrieves a configuration file obtained by merging the application configuration file, the local user configuration file, and the roaming configuration file.

The GetSection method accesses run-time configuration information that it cannot change. To change the configuration, you use the GetSection method on the configuration file that you obtain by using one of the following Open methods:

Notes to Implementers:

You must cast the return value to the expected configuration type. To avoid possible casting exceptions, you should use a conditional casting operation such as the as operator in C# or the function in Visual Basic.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the GetSection method. The example is part of a larger example that is provided for the ConfigurationManager class.

C++

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Version Information

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0