ProviderSettings Class
Represents the configuration elements associated with a provider.
Assembly: System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)
ASP.NET uses providers to perform specific services required by a feature. For example, the membership feature uses a provider to coordinate the persistence of membership data in a database.
In a configuration file, individual providers are added to a providers element within a particular feature section.
The ProviderSettings class represents a particular group of settings that are added to the providers element within a configuration section. Typically the configuration attributes specified by the add directive include a name, type, and other properties.
The following code example shows how to use the ProviderSettings.
Imports System Imports System.Collections Imports System.Collections.Specialized Imports System.Text Imports System.Configuration Imports System.Security.Permissions ' Shows how to use the ProviderSettings. Namespace Samples.AspNet Public Class UsingProviderSettings <PermissionSet( _ SecurityAction.Demand, Name:="FullTrust")> _ Private Shared Sub GetProviderSettings() ' Get the application configuration file. Dim config _ As System.Configuration.Configuration = _ ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _ ConfigurationUserLevel.None) Dim pSection As _ ProtectedConfigurationSection = _ config.GetSection("configProtectedData") Dim providerSettings _ As ProviderSettingsCollection = _ pSection.Providers Dim pSettings As ProviderSettings For Each pSettings In providerSettings Console.WriteLine( _ "Provider settings name: {0}", _ pSettings.Name) Console.WriteLine( _ "Provider settings type: {0}", _ pSettings.Type) Dim parameters _ As NameValueCollection = pSettings.Parameters Dim pEnum _ As IEnumerator = parameters.GetEnumerator() Dim i As Integer = 0 While pEnum.MoveNext() Dim pLength As String = _ parameters(i).Length.ToString() Console.WriteLine( _ "Provider ssettings: {0} has {1} parameters", _ pSettings.Name, pLength) End While Next pSettings End Sub 'GetProviderSettings Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String) GetProviderSettings() End Sub 'Main End Class 'UsingProviderSettings End Namespace
The following is an excerpt of the configuration file used by the above example.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configProtectedData>
<providers>
<clear />
<add
name="TripleDESProtectedConfigurationProvider"
type="Samples.Aspnet.TripleDESProtectedConfigurationProvider, protectedconfigurationproviderlib, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=79e01ae0f5cfc66f, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
</providers>
</configProtectedData>
</configuration>
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