<sectionGroup> Element

Article
11/17/2006

Defines a namespace for configuration sections.

<configuration>
<configSections>
** <sectionGroup>**

<sectionGroup
   name="section group name"/>
</sectionGroup>

Required Attributes

Attribute	Description
name	Specifies the name of the section group you are defining.

Child Elements

Element	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.