ProviderSettings Class
Represents the configuration elements associated with a provider.
Assembly: System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | ProviderSettings() | Initializes a new instance of the ProviderSettings class. |
| ProviderSettings(String^, String^) | Initializes a new instance of the ProviderSettings class. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | CurrentConfiguration | Gets a reference to the top-level Configuration instance that represents the configuration hierarchy that the current ConfigurationElement instance belongs to.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| ElementInformation | Gets an ElementInformation object that contains the non-customizable information and functionality of the ConfigurationElement object. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
 | ElementProperty | Gets the ConfigurationElementProperty object that represents the ConfigurationElement object itself.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| Item[ConfigurationProperty^] | Gets or sets a property or attribute of this configuration element.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| Item[String^] | Gets or sets a property, attribute, or child element of this configuration element.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| LockAllAttributesExcept | Gets the collection of locked attributes.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| LockAllElementsExcept | Gets the collection of locked elements.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| LockAttributes | Gets the collection of locked attributes (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| LockElements | Gets the collection of locked elements.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| LockItem | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the element is locked.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| Name | Gets or sets the name of the provider configured by this class. |
| Parameters | Gets a collection of user-defined parameters for the provider. |
| Properties | Gets the collection of properties.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| Type | Gets or sets the type of the provider configured by this class. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | DeserializeElement(XmlReader^, Boolean) | Reads XML from the configuration file.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| Equals(Object^) | Compares the current ConfigurationElement instance to the specified object.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| GetHashCode() | Gets a unique value representing the current ConfigurationElement instance.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| GetType() | |
| Init() | Sets the ConfigurationElement object to its initial state.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| InitializeDefault() | Used to initialize a default set of values for the ConfigurationElement object.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| IsModified() | Indicates whether this configuration element has been modified since it was last saved or loaded, when implemented in a derived class.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| IsReadOnly() | Gets a value indicating whether the ConfigurationElement object is read-only.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| Reset(ConfigurationElement^) | Resets the internal state of the ConfigurationElement object, including the locks and the properties collections.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| ResetModified() | Resets the value of the IsModified method to false when implemented in a derived class.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| SerializeElement(XmlWriter^, Boolean) | Writes the contents of this configuration element to the configuration file when implemented in a derived class.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| SerializeToXmlElement(XmlWriter^, String^) | Writes the outer tags of this configuration element to the configuration file when implemented in a derived class.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| SetReadOnly() | Sets the IsReadOnly property for the ConfigurationElement object and all subelements.(Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
| ToString() | Returns a string that represents the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
| Unmerge(ConfigurationElement^, ConfigurationElement^, ConfigurationSaveMode) | Modifies the ConfigurationElement object to remove all values that should not be saved. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.) |
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.
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>
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.