ProvidersHelper.InstantiateProvider(ProviderSettings, Type) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Web.dll

Initializes and returns a single provider of the given type using the supplied settings.

public:
 static System::Configuration::Provider::ProviderBase ^ InstantiateProvider(System::Configuration::ProviderSettings ^ providerSettings, Type ^ providerType);

public static System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase InstantiateProvider (System.Configuration.ProviderSettings providerSettings, Type providerType);

static member InstantiateProvider : System.Configuration.ProviderSettings * Type -> System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase

Public Shared Function InstantiateProvider (providerSettings As ProviderSettings, providerType As Type) As ProviderBase

Parameters

providerSettings

ProviderSettings

The settings to be passed to the provider upon initialization.

providerType

Type

The Type of the provider to be initialized.

Returns

ProviderBase

A new provider of the given type using the supplied settings.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The provider type defined in configuration was null or an empty string ("").

-or-

The provider type defined in configuration is not compatible with the type used by the feature that is attempting to create a new instance of the provider.

ConfigurationErrorsException

The provider threw an exception while it was being initialized.

-or-

An error occurred while attempting to resolve a Type instance for the provider specified in providerSettings.