ElementInformation Class
Contains meta-information about an individual element within the configuration. This class cannot be inherited.
Assembly: System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)
| 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() | |
![]() | ToString() | Returns a string that represents the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
The ElementInformation object contains meta-information about an individual element within the configuration. This object can be used when validating and changing the properties of an individual element.
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>
Available since 2.0
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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