ConfigurationSectionCollection.Item[] Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Gets the specified ConfigurationSection object.

Overloads

Item[Int32]	Gets the specified ConfigurationSection object.
Item[String]	Gets the specified ConfigurationSection object.

Item[Int32]

Gets the specified ConfigurationSection object.

public:
 property System::Configuration::ConfigurationSection ^ default[int] { System::Configuration::ConfigurationSection ^ get(int index); };

public System.Configuration.ConfigurationSection this[int index] { get; }

member this.Item(int) : System.Configuration.ConfigurationSection

Default Public ReadOnly Property Item(index As Integer) As ConfigurationSection

Parameters

index

Int32

The index of the ConfigurationSection object to be returned.

Property Value

ConfigurationSection

The ConfigurationSection object at the specified index.

Examples

The following code example shows how to use Item[].

static void GetItems()
{

    try
    {
        System.Configuration.Configuration config =
        ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
        ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

        ConfigurationSectionCollection sections =
            config.Sections;

        ConfigurationSection section1 =
            sections["runtime"];

        ConfigurationSection section2 =
            sections[0];

        Console.WriteLine(
             "Section1: {0}", section1.SectionInformation.Name);

        Console.WriteLine(
            "Section2: {0}", section2.SectionInformation.Name);
    }
    catch (ConfigurationErrorsException err)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(err.ToString());
    }
}

Shared Sub GetItems()

    Try
        Dim config _
        As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
        ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _
        ConfigurationUserLevel.None)

        Dim sections _
        As ConfigurationSectionCollection = _
        config.Sections


        Dim section1 As ConfigurationSection = _
        sections.Item("runtime")

        Dim section2 As ConfigurationSection = _
        sections.Item(0)

        Console.WriteLine("Section1: {0}", _
        section1.SectionInformation.Name)

        Console.WriteLine("Section2: {0}", _
        section2.SectionInformation.Name)

    Catch err As ConfigurationErrorsException
        Console.WriteLine(err.ToString())
    End Try
End Sub

Remarks

This property gets the specified entry of the ConfigurationSectionCollection object.

In C#, this property is the indexer for the ConfigurationSectionCollection class.

See also

• Configuration
• ConfigurationSectionGroup
• ConfigurationSection

Item[String]

Gets the specified ConfigurationSection object.

public:
 property System::Configuration::ConfigurationSection ^ default[System::String ^] { System::Configuration::ConfigurationSection ^ get(System::String ^ name); };

public System.Configuration.ConfigurationSection this[string name] { get; }

member this.Item(string) : System.Configuration.ConfigurationSection

Default Public ReadOnly Property Item(name As String) As ConfigurationSection

Parameters

name

String

The name of the ConfigurationSection object to be returned.

Property Value

ConfigurationSection

The ConfigurationSection object with the specified name.

Examples

The following code example shows how to use Item[].

static void GetItems()
{

    try
    {
        System.Configuration.Configuration config =
        ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
        ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

        ConfigurationSectionCollection sections =
            config.Sections;

        ConfigurationSection section1 =
            sections["runtime"];

        ConfigurationSection section2 =
            sections[0];

        Console.WriteLine(
             "Section1: {0}", section1.SectionInformation.Name);

        Console.WriteLine(
            "Section2: {0}", section2.SectionInformation.Name);
    }
    catch (ConfigurationErrorsException err)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(err.ToString());
    }
}

Shared Sub GetItems()

    Try
        Dim config _
        As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
        ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _
        ConfigurationUserLevel.None)

        Dim sections _
        As ConfigurationSectionCollection = _
        config.Sections


        Dim section1 As ConfigurationSection = _
        sections.Item("runtime")

        Dim section2 As ConfigurationSection = _
        sections.Item(0)

        Console.WriteLine("Section1: {0}", _
        section1.SectionInformation.Name)

        Console.WriteLine("Section2: {0}", _
        section2.SectionInformation.Name)

    Catch err As ConfigurationErrorsException
        Console.WriteLine(err.ToString())
    End Try
End Sub

Remarks

This property gets the specified entry of the ConfigurationSectionCollection object.

In C#, this property is the indexer for the ConfigurationSectionCollection class.

See also

• Configuration
• ConfigurationSectionGroup
• ConfigurationSection