ConfigurationSectionGroup.IsDeclared Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Source:

ConfigurationSectionGroup.cs

Gets a value that indicates whether this ConfigurationSectionGroup object is declared.

C#

public bool IsDeclared { get; }

Property Value

Boolean

true if this ConfigurationSectionGroup is declared; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Examples

The following code example determines whether this instance of ConfigurationSectionGroup is declared. This is part of a larger example provided in the overview for the ConfigurationSectionGroup class.

C#

indent("Is Group Declared?: " + sectionGroup.IsDeclared);

Remarks

If the section group is declared in the configuration file, the IsDeclared property returns true.

The IsDeclared property returns false if this section is inherited from Machine.config or a parent configuration file.

Applies to

See also

• ConfigurationSectionGroup
• ConfigurationSectionCollection
• ConfigurationSection