ProtectedConfigurationSection.Providers Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Gets a ProviderSettingsCollection collection of all the ProtectedConfigurationProvider objects in all participating configuration files.

public:
 property System::Configuration::ProviderSettingsCollection ^ Providers { System::Configuration::ProviderSettingsCollection ^ get(); };

public System.Configuration.ProviderSettingsCollection Providers { get; }

member this.Providers : System.Configuration.ProviderSettingsCollection

Public ReadOnly Property Providers As ProviderSettingsCollection

Property Value

ProviderSettingsCollection

A ProviderSettingsCollection collection of all the ProtectedConfigurationProvider objects in all participating configuration files.

Examples

The following code example shows how to use the Providers property.

static void GetProviderCollection()
{

    try
    {
        // Get the application configuration.
        Configuration config =
            ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
            ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

        // Get the protected configuration section.
        ProtectedConfigurationSection pcSection =
            (System.Configuration.ProtectedConfigurationSection)
            config.GetSection("configProtectedData");

        Console.WriteLine(
       "Protected configuration section providers:");
        foreach (ProviderSettings ps in
        pcSection.Providers)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("  {0}", ps.Name);
        }
    }
    catch (ConfigurationErrorsException e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
    }
}

Shared Sub GetProviderCollection() 
    
    Try
        ' Get the application configuration.
        Dim config As Configuration = _
        ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _
        ConfigurationUserLevel.None)

        ' Get the protected configuration section.
        Dim pcSection _
        As ProtectedConfigurationSection = _
        CType(config.GetSection( _
        "configProtectedData"), _
        System.Configuration.ProtectedConfigurationSection)

        Console.WriteLine( _
        "Protected configuration section providers:")
        Dim ps As ProviderSettings
        For Each ps In  pcSection.Providers
            Console.WriteLine("  {0}", ps.Name)
        Next ps
    
    Catch e As ConfigurationErrorsException
        Console.WriteLine(e.ToString())
    End Try

End Sub