ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Provides a collection of ProtectedConfigurationProvider objects.

public ref class ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection : System::Configuration::Provider::ProviderCollection

public class ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection : System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderCollection

type ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection = class
    inherit ProviderCollection

Public Class ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection
Inherits ProviderCollection

Inheritance

Object

ProviderCollection

ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection

Remarks

The Providers property of the ProtectedConfiguration class is a ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection collection of all protected-configuration providers available to your application.

You can encrypt sections of a configuration file to protect sensitive information used by your application. This improves security by making unauthorized access difficult, even if an attacker gains access to your configuration file.

The .NET Framework includes two protected configuration providers that can be used to encrypt sections of a configuration file: the RsaProtectedConfigurationProvider class, which uses the RSACryptoServiceProvider class to encrypt configuration sections, and the DpapiProtectedConfigurationProvider class, which uses the Windows Data Protection API (DPAPI) to encrypt configuration sections.

You might have a requirement to encrypt sensitive information using an algorithm other than the RSA or DPAPI providers. In this case, you can build your own custom protected-configuration provider. The ProtectedConfigurationProvider class is an abstract base class that you must inherit from to create your own protected-configuration provider.

For more information about protected configuration, see Encrypting Configuration Information Using Protected Configuration.

Constructors

ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection()

Initializes a new instance of the ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection class using default settings.

Properties

Count	Gets the number of providers in the collection. (Inherited from ProviderCollection)
IsSynchronized	Gets a value indicating whether access to the collection is synchronized (thread safe). (Inherited from ProviderCollection)
Item[String]	Gets a ProtectedConfigurationProvider object in the collection with the specified name.
SyncRoot	Gets the current object. (Inherited from ProviderCollection)

Methods

Add(ProviderBase)	Adds a ProtectedConfigurationProvider object to the collection.
Clear()	Removes all items from the collection. (Inherited from ProviderCollection)
CopyTo(ProviderBase[], Int32)	Copies the contents of the collection to the given array starting at the specified index. (Inherited from ProviderCollection)
Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
GetEnumerator()	Returns an object that implements the IEnumerator interface to iterate through the collection. (Inherited from ProviderCollection)
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
Remove(String)	Removes a provider from the collection. (Inherited from ProviderCollection)
SetReadOnly()	Sets the collection to be read-only. (Inherited from ProviderCollection)
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)

Explicit Interface Implementations

ICollection.CopyTo(Array, Int32)

Copies the elements of the ProviderCollection to an array, starting at a particular array index. (Inherited from ProviderCollection)

Extension Methods

See also

• ProtectedConfiguration
• ProtectedConfigurationProvider
• Encrypting Configuration Information Using Protected Configuration