SectionInformation.Type Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Source:

SectionInformation.cs

Gets or sets the section class name.

public:
 property System::String ^ Type { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public string Type { get; set; }

member this.Type : string with get, set

Public Property Type As String

Property Value

String

The name of the class that is associated with this ConfigurationSection section.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The selected value is null or an empty string ("").

ConfigurationErrorsException

The selected value conflicts with a value that is already defined.

Examples

The following example shows how to get the Type value of a ConfigurationSection object.

static public void GetSectionType()
{
    SectionInformation sInfo =
        GetSectionInformation();

    string sectionType = sInfo.Type;
    Console.WriteLine("Section type: {0}", sectionType);
}

Public Shared Sub GetSectionType() 
    Dim sInfo As SectionInformation = _
    GetSectionInformation()
    
    Dim sectionType As String = sInfo.Type
    Console.WriteLine("Section type: {0}", _
    sectionType)

End Sub

Remarks

The Type property returns the name of the section class that handles this instance of the ConfigurationSection class.