ConfigurationAttribute.SetMetadata(String, Object) Method
Definition
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Sets attribute metadata in the IIS 7 configuration system.
public:
void SetMetadata(System::String ^ metadataType, System::Object ^ value);public void SetMetadata (string metadataType, object value);member this.SetMetadata : string * obj -> unitPublic Sub SetMetadata (metadataType As String, value As Object)Parameters
- metadataType
- String
The name of the metadata to set.
- value
- Object
The value to assign to the metadata.
Examples
The following example gets the metadata for each of the configuration attributes. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the ConfigurationAttribute class.
ServerManager manager = new ServerManager();
Configuration config = manager.GetApplicationHostConfiguration();
ConfigurationSection configSection =
config.GetSection("system.web/anonymousIdentification");
ConfigurationAttributeCollection configAttributeCollection =
configSection.Attributes;
ConfigurationAttribute attribute = configAttributeCollection[1];
// Use any of the following encryption providers.
// attribute.SetMetadata("encryptionProvider", "IISWASOnlyRsaProvider");
// attribute.SetMetadata("encryptionProvider", "AesProvider");
attribute.SetMetadata("encryptionProvider", "IISWASOnlyAesProvider");
// Commit the changes to applicationHost.config
manager.CommitChanges();