ElementInformation Class

Definition

Contains meta-information about an individual element within the configuration. This class cannot be inherited.

public sealed class ElementInformation
Inheritance
ElementInformation

Examples

The following example shows how to get the ElementInformation associated with a ConfigurationElement object.

static public ElementInformation
    GetElementInformation()
{

    // Get the current configuration file.
    System.Configuration.Configuration config =
            ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
            ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

    // Get the section.
    UrlsSection section =
        (UrlsSection)config.GetSection("MyUrls");

    // Get the element.
    UrlConfigElement url = section.Simple;

    ElementInformation eInfo =
        url.ElementInformation;

    return eInfo;
}

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>  

Remarks

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.

Properties

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.

Methods

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()

Gets the Type of the current instance.

(Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone()

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

(Inherited from Object)
ToString()

Returns a string that represents the current object.

(Inherited from Object)

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET 8 (package-provided), 9 (package-provided)
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7 (package-provided), 4.7, 4.7.1 (package-provided), 4.7.1, 4.7.2 (package-provided), 4.7.2, 4.8 (package-provided), 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0 (package-provided)
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

See also