ConfigurationSection.SerializeSection Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Source:

ConfigurationSection.cs

Creates an XML string containing an unmerged view of the ConfigurationSection object as a single section to write to a file.

protected:
 virtual System::String ^ SerializeSection(System::Configuration::ConfigurationElement ^ parentElement, System::String ^ name, System::Configuration::ConfigurationSaveMode saveMode);

protected virtual string SerializeSection (System.Configuration.ConfigurationElement parentElement, string name, System.Configuration.ConfigurationSaveMode saveMode);

abstract member SerializeSection : System.Configuration.ConfigurationElement * string * System.Configuration.ConfigurationSaveMode -> string
override this.SerializeSection : System.Configuration.ConfigurationElement * string * System.Configuration.ConfigurationSaveMode -> string

Protected Overridable Function SerializeSection (parentElement As ConfigurationElement, name As String, saveMode As ConfigurationSaveMode) As String

Parameters

parentElement

ConfigurationElement

The ConfigurationElement instance to use as the parent when performing the un-merge.

name

String

The name of the section to create.

saveMode

ConfigurationSaveMode

The ConfigurationSaveMode instance to use when writing to a string.

Returns

String

An XML string containing an unmerged view of the ConfigurationSection object.

Remarks

Serialization refers to the transformation of real-time data, contained in an object, to XML format and its storage to a configuration file.