ConfigurationSectionGroup.IsDeclared Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Package:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager v9.0.0-rc.2.24473.5

Source:

ConfigurationSectionGroup.cs

Gets a value that indicates whether this ConfigurationSectionGroup object is declared.

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 ConfigurationSectionGroup is declared; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Examples

The following code example determines whether this instance of ConfigurationSectionGroup is declared. This is part of a larger example provided in the overview for the ConfigurationSectionGroup class.

indent("Is Group Declared?: " + sectionGroup.IsDeclared);

indent("Is Group Declared?: " + _
    sectionGroup.IsDeclared.ToString())

Remarks

If the section group is declared in the configuration file, the IsDeclared property returns true.

The IsDeclared property returns false if this section is inherited from Machine.config or a parent configuration file.

See also

• ConfigurationSectionGroup
• ConfigurationSectionCollection
• ConfigurationSection