Strongly Typed Custom Configuration Sections using XML Serialization

Benzi K. Ahamed

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This article demonstrates a simple approach to get strongly typed configuration objects to use in your code using XML serialization

citrus.configuration.demo.zip
- Citrus.Configuration.Demo
  - App.config
  - bin
    - Debug
      - Citrus.Configuration.Demo.exe
      - Citrus.Configuration.Demo.exe.config
      - Citrus.Configuration.Demo.pdb
      - Citrus.Configuration.Demo.vshost.exe
      - Citrus.Configuration.Demo.vshost.exe.config
      - Citrus.Configuration.dll
      - Citrus.Configuration.pdb
      - EmailSettings.config
  - Citrus.Configuration.Demo.csproj
  - EmailSettings.config
  - obj
    - Citrus.Configuration.Demo.csproj.FileList.txt
    - Debug
      - Citrus.Configuration.Demo.exe
      - Citrus.Configuration.Demo.pdb
      - ResolveAssemblyReference.cache
      - TempPE
  - Program.cs
  - Properties
    - AssemblyInfo.cs
- Citrus.Configuration.sln
- Citrus.Configuration
  - bin
    - Debug
      - Citrus.Configuration.dll
      - Citrus.Configuration.vshost.exe
      - Citrus.Configuration.vshost.exe.config
      - ConfigTester.vshost.exe.config
  - Citrus.Configuration.csproj
  - EmailServerSettings.cs
  - Properties
    - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - XmlSection.cs
  - XmlSectionWriter.cs
Citrus.Configuration.zip
- Citrus.Configuration.Demo.sln
- Citrus.Configuration.Demo.suo
- Citrus.Configuration.Demo
  - App.config
  - bin
    - Release
      - Citrus.Configuration.Demo.exe
      - Citrus.Configuration.Demo.exe.config
      - Citrus.Configuration.Demo.pdb
      - Citrus.Configuration.dll
      - Citrus.Configuration.pdb
      - EmailServerSettings.config
    - Citrus.Configuration.Demo.csproj
    - Citrus.Configuration.Demo.csproj.user
    - EmailServerSettings.config
    - Program.cs
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - Release
      - Citrus.Configuration.dll
      - Citrus.Configuration.pdb
  - Citrus.Configuration.csproj
  - ConfigurationHelper.cs
  - EmailServerSettings.cs
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - XmlSectionHandler.cs
Citrus.Configuration.Demo.v1.1.zip
- Citrus.Configuration.Demo.sln
- App.config
- Citrus.Configuration.Demo.exe
- Citrus.Configuration.Demo.exe.config
- Citrus.Configuration.Demo.vshost.exe
- Citrus.Configuration.Demo.vshost.exe.config
- Citrus.Configuration.dll
- EmailSettings.xml
- Citrus.Configuration.Demo.csproj
- EmailServerSettings.cs
- EmailSettings.xml
- Program.cs
- AssemblyInfo.cs
- Citrus.Configuration.dll
- Citrus.Configuration.vshost.exe
- Citrus.Configuration.vshost.exe.config
- ConfigTester.vshost.exe.config
- Citrus.Configuration.csproj
- AssemblyInfo.cs
- SerializerCache.cs
- XmlSection.cs
- XmlSectionWriter.cs

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
	<configSections>
		<section name="EmailSettings" type="Citrus.Configuration.XmlSection`1[[Citrus.Configuration.Demo.EmailServerSettings, Citrus.Configuration.Demo]], Citrus.Configuration"/>
		<section name="ProxyEmailServer" type="Citrus.Configuration.XmlSection`1[[Citrus.Configuration.Demo.EmailServerSettings, Citrus.Configuration.Demo]], Citrus.Configuration"/>
	</configSections>
	<EmailSettings configSource="EmailSettings.xml" />
	<ProxyEmailServer>
		<Name>Proxy</Name>
		<IP>127.0.0.1</IP>
	</ProxyEmailServer>	
</configuration>

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Benzi K. Ahamed

Web Developer

United Kingdom

I work as a Technology Lead for an IT services company based in India.

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Strongly Typed Custom Configuration Sections using XML Serialization

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