ProtectedConfiguration.Providers Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Source:

ProtectedConfiguration.cs

Gets a collection of the installed protected-configuration providers.

C#

public static System.Configuration.ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection Providers { get; }

Property Value

ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection

A ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection collection of installed ProtectedConfigurationProvider objects.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the Providers property to retrieve the collection of installed ProtectedConfigurationProvider objects.

C#

   [PermissionSet(SecurityAction.Demand, Name="FullTrust")]    
private static void GetProviders()
   {
       // Get the providers' collection.
       ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection
           providers = ProtectedConfiguration.Providers;

       IEnumerator pEnum =
           providers.GetEnumerator();

       foreach (ProtectedConfigurationProvider provider in
           providers)
       {
           Console.WriteLine
               ("Provider name: {0}",
                 provider.Name);
           Console.WriteLine
                    ("Provider description: {0}",
                     provider.Description);
       }
   }

Applies to

See also

• ProtectedConfigurationProvider