SectionInformation.IsDeclared Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Source:

SectionInformation.cs

Gets a value that indicates whether the associated configuration section is declared in the configuration file.

C#

public bool IsDeclared { get; }

Property Value

Boolean

true if this ConfigurationSection is declared in the configuration file; otherwise, false. The default is true.

Examples

The examples in this section show how to get the IsDeclared property value after accessing the related section information in the configuration file.

The following example gets the SectionInformation object.

C#

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

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

SectionInformation sInfo =
    section.SectionInformation;

The following example gets the IsDeclared value.

C#

bool declared =
    sInfo.IsDeclared;
Console.WriteLine("Section declared?: {0}",
    declared.ToString());

Applies to