SectionInformation.Type Property

Definition

Gets or sets the section class name.

C#
public string Type { get; set; }

Property Value

The name of the class that is associated with this ConfigurationSection section.

Exceptions

The selected value is null or an empty string ("").

The selected value conflicts with a value that is already defined.

Examples

The following example shows how to get the Type value of a ConfigurationSection object.

C#
static public void GetSectionType()
{
    SectionInformation sInfo =
        GetSectionInformation();

    string sectionType = sInfo.Type;
    Console.WriteLine("Section type: {0}", sectionType);
}

Remarks

The Type property returns the name of the section class that handles this instance of the ConfigurationSection class.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET 8 (package-provided), 9 (package-provided), 10 (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, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0 (package-provided)
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10