smartconf.sources.appsettings

Implements a custom smartconf ConfigurationSource that integrates the traditional AppSettings object into the ConfigurationManager pipeline.

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• By default, the AppSettings key is the name of the property, camel cased (the first letter is forced to lowercase, all other characters stay the same).
• If the key name in the AppSettings is different than the property name, tag the property with a ConfigurationPropertyAttribute and give it the exact (case sensitive) name to use when retrieving settings.

Usage

App.config:

<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="age" value="43"/>
    <add key="name" value="Frank"/>
    <add key="Occupation" value="Unemployed"/>
  </appSettings>
</configuration>

Config object:

public class Config
{
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public int Age { get; set; }

    [ConfigurationProperty("Occupation")]
    public string Occupation { get; set; }
}

Test code:

var appSettingsSource = new AppSettingsConfigurationSource<Config>();
var configManager = new ConfigurationManager<Config>(appSettingsSource);

var config = configManager.Out;


Console.WriteLine(config.Name);
//> Frank

Console.WriteLine(config.Age);
//> 43

Console.WriteLine(config.Occupation);
//> Unemployed