ElementInformation Class
Contains meta-information about an individual element within the configuration. This class cannot be inherited.
Assembly: System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)
The following example shows how to get the ElementInformation associated with a ConfigurationElement object.
Public Shared Function GetElementInformation() _ As ElementInformation ' Get the current configuration file. Dim config _ As System.Configuration.Configuration = _ ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _ ConfigurationUserLevel.None) ' Get the section. Dim section As UrlsSection = CType( _ config.GetSection("MyUrls"), UrlsSection) ' Get the element. Dim url As UrlConfigElement = _ section.Simple Dim eInfo As ElementInformation = _ url.ElementInformation Return eInfo End Function 'GetElementInformation
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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