ApplicationDataContainer Class

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.Storage

Represents a container for app settings. The methods and properties of this class support creating, deleting, enumerating, and traversing the container hierarchy.

public ref class ApplicationDataContainer sealed : IClosable

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
class ApplicationDataContainer final : IClosable

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
public sealed class ApplicationDataContainer : System.IDisposable

Public NotInheritable Class ApplicationDataContainer
Implements IDisposable

Inheritance

Object Platform::Object IInspectable ApplicationDataContainer

Attributes

ContractVersionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute

Implements

IClosable IDisposable

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Examples

Call the ApplicationDataContainer.CreateContainer method to create a settings container, or to return an existing container. This example creates a settings container named exampleContainer and adds a setting named exampleSetting. The Always value from the ApplicationDataCreateDisposition enumeration indicates that the container should be created if it does not already exist.

Use the ApplicationDataContainer.Values property to access the exampleSetting setting in the exampleContainer container.

Call the ApplicationDataContainer.DeleteContainer method to delete the exampleContainer settings container when you have finished with it.

Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataContainer localSettings = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings;

// Create a setting in a container

Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataContainer container = 
   localSettings.CreateContainer("exampleContainer", Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataCreateDisposition.Always);

if (localSettings.Containers.ContainsKey("exampleContainer"))
{
   localSettings.Containers["exampleContainer"].Values["exampleSetting"] = "Hello, Windows!";
}

// Read data from a setting in a container

bool hasContainer = localSettings.Containers.ContainsKey("exampleContainer");
bool hasSetting = false;

if (hasContainer)
{
   hasSetting = localSettings.Containers["exampleContainer"].Values.ContainsKey("exampleSetting");
}

// Delete a container

localSettings.DeleteContainer("exampleContainer");

Windows::Storage::ApplicationDataContainer localSettings{
    Windows::Storage::ApplicationData::Current().LocalSettings() };

// Create a setting in a container.
Windows::Storage::ApplicationDataContainer container{
    localSettings.CreateContainer(L"exampleContainer", Windows::Storage::ApplicationDataCreateDisposition::Always) };

if (localSettings.Containers().HasKey(L"exampleContainer"))
{
    auto values{ localSettings.Containers().Lookup(L"exampleContainer").Values() };
    values.Insert(L"exampleSetting", winrt::box_value(L"Hello, Windows!"));
}

// Read data from a setting in a container.
bool hasContainer{ localSettings.Containers().HasKey(L"exampleContainer") };
bool hasSetting{ false };

if (hasContainer)
{
    auto values{ localSettings.Containers().Lookup(L"exampleContainer").Values() };
    hasSetting = values.HasKey(L"exampleSetting");
}

// Delete a container.
localSettings.DeleteContainer(L"exampleContainer");

ApplicationDataContainer^ localSettings = ApplicationData::Current->LocalSettings;

// Create a setting in a container

ApplicationDataContainer^ container = 
   localSettings->CreateContainer("exampleContainer", ApplicationDataCreateDisposition::Always);

if (localSettings->Containers->HasKey("exampleContainer"))
{
   auto values = localSettings->Containers->Lookup("exampleContainer")->Values;
   values->Insert("exampleSetting", "Hello, Windows!");
}

// Read data from a setting in a container

bool hasContainer = localSettings->Containers->HasKey("exampleContainer");
bool hasSetting = false;

if (hasContainer)
{
   auto values = localSettings->Containers->Lookup("exampleContainer")->Values;
   hasSetting = values->HasKey("exampleSetting");
}

// Delete a container

localSettings->DeleteContainer("exampleContainer");

Dim localSettings As Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataContainer = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings

' Create a setting in a container

Dim container As Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataContainer = 
   localSettings.CreateContainer("exampleContainer", Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataCreateDisposition.Always)

If localSettings.Containers.ContainsKey("exampleContainer") Then
    localSettings.Containers("exampleContainer").Values("exampleSetting") = "Hello, Windows!"
End If

' Read data from a setting in a container

Dim hasContainer As Boolean = localSettings.Containers.ContainsKey("exampleContainer")
Dim hasSetting As Boolean = False

If hasContainer Then
    hasSetting = localSettings.Containers("exampleContainer").Values.ContainsKey("exampleSetting")
End If

' Delete a container

localSettings.DeleteContainer("exampleContainer")

Remarks

Note

There is no settings container for the temporary app data store.

The Values property gets an ApplicationDataContainerSettings object that provides access to the settings stored in the container.

Properties

Containers	Gets the child application settings containers of this application settings container.
Locality	Gets the type (local or roaming) of the app data store that is associated with the current settings container.
Name	Gets the name of the current settings container.
Values	Gets an object that represents the settings in this settings container.

Methods

Close()	Note This member is not implemented in C#.
CreateContainer(String, ApplicationDataCreateDisposition)	Creates or opens the specified settings container in the current settings container.
DeleteContainer(String)	Deletes the specified settings container, its subcontainers, and all application settings in the hierarchy.
Dispose()	Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources.

See also

• ApplicationData
• ApplicationDataCompositeValue
• ApplicationDataContainerSettings
• Store and retrieve settings and other app data
• Application data sample