AppSettingsReader Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Source:

AppSettingsReader.cs

Provides a method for reading values of a particular type from the configuration.

public ref class AppSettingsReader

public class AppSettingsReader

type AppSettingsReader = class

Public Class AppSettingsReader

Inheritance

Object

AppSettingsReader

Examples

The following example creates a configuration file that contains the <appSettings> section, and then uses the AppSettingsReader to read the settings just generated.

using System;  
using System.Configuration;  

class Program  
{  
    static void Main(string[] args)  
    {  
        var reader = new AppSettingsReader();  

        var stringSetting = reader.GetValue("String setting", typeof(string));  
        Console.WriteLine("String setting: " + stringSetting);  

        var dateTimeSetting = reader.GetValue("DateTime setting", typeof(DateTime));  
        Console.WriteLine("DateTime setting: " + dateTimeSetting);  

        try  
        {  
            var missingSetting = reader.GetValue("Int setting", typeof(Int32));  
        }  
        catch (InvalidOperationException e)  
        {  
            Console.WriteLine("Missing key error: " + e.Message);  
        }  

        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue");  
        Console.ReadKey();  
    }  
}  

The following example demonstrates a configuration file used by the previous example.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
<configuration>  
    <appSettings>  
        <add key="String setting" value="String retrieved from App.Config"/>  
        <add key="Date setting" value="Thursday, December 01, 2005 12:53:56 PM"/>  
    </appSettings>  
</configuration>  

Constructors

AppSettingsReader()

Initializes a new instance of the AppSettingsReader class.

Methods

Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
GetValue(String, Type)	Gets the value for a specified key from the AppSettings property and returns an object of the specified type containing the value from the configuration.
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)

See also

• AppSettingsSection