SectionInformation.IsDeclared Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Gets a value that indicates whether the associated configuration section is declared in the configuration file.

public:
 property bool IsDeclared { bool get(); };

public bool IsDeclared { get; }

member this.IsDeclared : bool

Public ReadOnly Property IsDeclared As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if this ConfigurationSection is declared in the configuration file; otherwise, false. The default is true.

Examples

The examples in this section show how to get the IsDeclared property value after accessing the related section information in the configuration file.

The following example gets the SectionInformation object.

// Get the current configuration file.
System.Configuration.Configuration config =
        ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
        ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

// Get the section.
UrlsSection section =
    (UrlsSection)config.GetSection("MyUrls");

SectionInformation sInfo =
    section.SectionInformation;

' Get the current configuration file.
Dim config _
As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _
ConfigurationUserLevel.None)

' Get the section.
Dim section As UrlsSection = _
CType(config.GetSection("MyUrls"), UrlsSection)
        
Dim sInfo As SectionInformation = _
section.SectionInformation

The following example gets the IsDeclared value.

bool declared =
    sInfo.IsDeclared;
Console.WriteLine("Section declared?: {0}",
    declared.ToString());

Dim declared As Boolean = _
sInfo.IsDeclared
Console.WriteLine("Section declared?: {0}", _
declared.ToString())