ProtectedConfigurationSection.Providers Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Source:

ProtectedConfigurationSection.cs

Gets a ProviderSettingsCollection collection of all the ProtectedConfigurationProvider objects in all participating configuration files.

C#

public System.Configuration.ProviderSettingsCollection Providers { get; }

Property Value

ProviderSettingsCollection

A ProviderSettingsCollection collection of all the ProtectedConfigurationProvider objects in all participating configuration files.

Examples

The following code example shows how to use the Providers property.

C#

static void GetProviderCollection()
{

    try
    {
        // Get the application configuration.
        Configuration config =
            ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
            ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

        // Get the protected configuration section.
        ProtectedConfigurationSection pcSection =
            (System.Configuration.ProtectedConfigurationSection)
            config.GetSection("configProtectedData");

        Console.WriteLine(
       "Protected configuration section providers:");
        foreach (ProviderSettings ps in
        pcSection.Providers)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("  {0}", ps.Name);
        }
    }
    catch (ConfigurationErrorsException e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
    }
}

Applies to