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<sectionGroup> element for <configSections>

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Defines a namespace for configuration sections.

<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <sectionGroup>

Syntax

<sectionGroup name="section group name">
  <!-- Configuration sections -->
</sectionGroup>

Attribute

Description
name Required attribute.

Specifies the name of the section group you are defining.

Parent element

Description
<configSections> Element Contains configuration section and namespace declarations.

Child elements

Description
<section> Contains a configuration section declaration.

Remarks

Declaring a section group creates a container tag for configuration sections and ensures that there are no naming conflicts with configuration sections defined by someone else. You can nest <sectionGroup> elements within each other.

Example

The following example shows how to declare a section group and declare sections within a section group:

<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <sectionGroup name="mySectionGroup">
      <section name="mySection"
               type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler,System" />
    </sectionGroup>
  </configSections>
  <mySectionGroup>
    <mySection>
      <add key="key1" value="value1" />
    </mySection>
  </mySectionGroup>
</configuration>

Configuration file

This element can be used in the application configuration file, machine configuration file (Machine.config), and Web.config files that are not at the application directory level.

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