Namespace: System.Configuration

The System.Configuration namespace provides classes and interfaces that allow you to programmatically access .NET Framework configuration settings and handle errors in configuration files (.config files).

Members of System.Configuration Namespace

Classes

Class	Description
class AppSettingsReader	Provides a method for reading values of a particular type from the .config file.
class ConfigurationException	The exception that is thrown when an error occurs in a configuration setting.
class ConfigurationSettings	Provides access to configuration settings in a specified configuration section. This class cannot be inherited.
class ConfigXmlDocument	This type supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
class DictionarySectionHandler	Reads key-value pair configuration information for a configuration section.
class IgnoreSectionHandler	Provides a section handler definition for configuration sections read and handled by systems other than System.Configuration.
class NameValueFileSectionHandler	This type supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
class NameValueSectionHandler	Provides name-value pair configuration information from a configuration section.
class SingleTagSectionHandler	Provides a means of reading XML attributes in a configuration section as key/value pairs.

Interfaces

Interface	Description
interface IConfigurationSectionHandler	Defines the contract that all configuration section handlers must implement in order to participate in the resolution of configuration settings.
interface IConfigurationSystem	This type supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. The IConfigurationSystem interface defines the contract that a configuration system must implement.

Namepace hierarchy

System.Object

System.Configuration.AppSettingsReader

System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings

System.Configuration.DictionarySectionHandler --- System.Configuration.IConfigurationSectionHandler

System.Configuration.IgnoreSectionHandler --- System.Configuration.IConfigurationSectionHandler

System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler --- System.Configuration.IConfigurationSectionHandler

System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler --- System.Configuration.IConfigurationSectionHandler

System.Exception

System.SystemException

System.Configuration.ConfigurationException