MembershipSection.Providers Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Web.dll

Gets a ProviderSettingsCollection object of ProviderSettings objects.

public:
 property System::Configuration::ProviderSettingsCollection ^ Providers { System::Configuration::ProviderSettingsCollection ^ get(); };

[System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("providers")]
public System.Configuration.ProviderSettingsCollection Providers { get; }

[<System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("providers")>]
member this.Providers : System.Configuration.ProviderSettingsCollection

Public ReadOnly Property Providers As ProviderSettingsCollection

Property Value

ProviderSettingsCollection

A ProviderSettingsCollection that contains the provider's settings, defined within the providers subsection of the membership section of the configuration file.

Attributes

ConfigurationPropertyAttribute

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the Providers property. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the MembershipSection class.

// Display elements of the Providers collection property.
foreach (ProviderSettings providerItem in configSection.Providers)
{
  Console.WriteLine();
  Console.WriteLine("Provider Details:");
  Console.WriteLine("Name: {0}", providerItem.Name);
  Console.WriteLine("Type: {0}", providerItem.Type);
}

' Display elements of the Providers collection property.
For Each providerItem As ProviderSettings In configSection.Providers()
  Console.WriteLine()
  Console.WriteLine("Provider Details:")
  Console.WriteLine("Name: {0}", providerItem.Name)
  Console.WriteLine("Type: {0}", providerItem.Type)
Next

Remarks

Membership providers are components that provide access to the membership for a site. You can specify membership providers in the providers subsection of the membership section of the configuration file.

The DefaultProvider property contains the name of the provider that is used by default.