<Type Name="ConfigurationSettings" FullName="System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings">
  <TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public sealed class ConfigurationSettings" Maintainer="auto" />
  <AssemblyInfo>
    <AssemblyName>System</AssemblyName>
    <AssemblyPublicKey>[00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00]</AssemblyPublicKey>
    <AssemblyVersion>1.0.3300.0</AssemblyVersion>
    <AssemblyVersion>1.0.5000.0</AssemblyVersion>
    <AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
  </AssemblyInfo>
  <ThreadSafetyStatement>Gtk# is thread aware, but not thread safe; See the &lt;link location="node:gtk-sharp/programming/threads"&gt;Gtk# Thread Programming&lt;/link&gt; for details.</ThreadSafetyStatement>
  <Base>
    <BaseTypeName>System.Object</BaseTypeName>
  </Base>
  <Interfaces />
  <Docs>
    <summary>Provides access to the configuration settings for the application.</summary>
    <remarks>To be added</remarks>
  </Docs>
  <Members>
    <Member MemberName="AppSettings">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public static System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection AppSettings { get; }" />
      <MemberType>Property</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Docs>
        <summary>Provides access to the &lt;appSettings&gt; element of the application configuration.</summary>
        <value>a <see cref="T:System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection" /> containing values of the keys contained in the &lt;appSettings&gt; element of the config file.</value>
        <remarks>
          <example>
The following example demonstrates the use of the AppSettings property.
  <code lang="C#">
/**
 * Simple demo of the dotnet Configuration management system
 * Building:
 * 	mcs -o ConfigurationSettingDemo.exe ConfigurationSettingDemo.cs
 */
using System.Configuration;
using System;
using System.Collections.Specialized;

namespace ConfigSettingsDemos {
	class ConfigurationSettingDemo {
		public static void Main(){
			// Fetch the generic settings object
			NameValueCollection settings=ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings;
			// Reference by the key name
			System.Console.WriteLine("The value of pi={0}",settings["pi"]);
			// Reference in a loop
			foreach(String key in settings.Keys){
				System.Console.WriteLine("{0}={1}",key,settings[key]);
			}
		}
	}
}
  </code></example>
        </remarks>
      </Docs>
      <AssemblyInfo>
        <AssemblyVersion>1.0.5000.0</AssemblyVersion>
        <AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
      </AssemblyInfo>
      <Attributes>
        <Attribute>
          <AttributeName>System.Obsolete("This property is obsolete.  Please use System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings")</AttributeName>
        </Attribute>
      </Attributes>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName="GetConfig">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public static object GetConfig (string sectionName);" />
      <MemberType>Method</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Object</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="sectionName" Type="System.String" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <param name="sectionName">The configuration file section to be accessed.</param>
        <summary>Provides access to the configuration settings for a user defined section of the configuration file.</summary>
        <returns>The configuration settings for the specified section.</returns>
        <remarks>
          <example>
            <code lang="C#">
/**
 * Demo of the dotnet Configuration management system
 * Shows how to create your own configuration options tree and the corresponding handlers
 *
 * Building:
 * 	mcs -o ConfigurationSettingDemo2.exe ConfigurationSettingDemo2.cs
 * Files:
 * 	ConfigurationSettingDemo2.cs
 * 	ConfigurationSettingDemo2.exe.config
 */
using System.Configuration;
using System;
using System.Xml;

namespace ConfigSettingsDemos {
	
	// Handler for settings sections containing &lt;username&gt; and &lt;password&gt; nodes
	class Testhandler: IConfigurationSectionHandler {
		public object Create(object parent, object context, XmlNode section){
			string username=section["username"].InnerText;
			string password=section["password"].InnerText;
			return new DbSettings(username, password);
		}
	}
	
	// Provides ConfigurationSettings objects for application use
	public class DbSettings {
		public string username;
		public string password;
		
		internal DbSettings(string username, string password){
			this.username=username;
			this.password=password;
		}
		
		public override string ToString() {
			return String.Format("server: localhost;user:{0};password:{1}",username,password);
		}
	}
	
	public class ConfigurationSettingDemo2 {
		public static void Main(){
			// Use dbconnectivity as a starting point for configuration parsing
			string sectionroot="dbconnectivity";
			DbSettings settings=(DbSettings)ConfigurationSettings.GetConfig(sectionroot);
			Console.WriteLine("DB Connectivity String is: {0}", settings);
		}
	}
}
  </code>
          </example>
        </remarks>
      </Docs>
      <AssemblyInfo>
        <AssemblyVersion>1.0.5000.0</AssemblyVersion>
        <AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
      </AssemblyInfo>
      <Attributes>
        <Attribute>
          <AttributeName>System.Obsolete("This method is obsolete, it has been replaced by System.Configuration!System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection")</AttributeName>
        </Attribute>
      </Attributes>
    </Member>
  </Members>
</Type>
