GenericEnumConverter Class

Definition

public ref class GenericEnumConverter sealed : System::Configuration::ConfigurationConverterBase

public sealed class GenericEnumConverter : System.Configuration.ConfigurationConverterBase

type GenericEnumConverter = class
    inherit ConfigurationConverterBase

Public NotInheritable Class GenericEnumConverter
Inherits ConfigurationConverterBase

Inheritance

Object

TypeConverter

ConfigurationConverterBase

GenericEnumConverter

Examples

The following code example shows how to access a custom section property that uses the GenericEnumConverter type.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Configuration;

namespace Samples.AspNet
{
  
    public sealed class UsingGenericEnumConverter
    {
        public static void GetPermission()
        {
            try
            {
                CustomSection section =
                    ConfigurationManager.GetSection("CustomSection")
                    as CustomSection;
                
                Console.WriteLine("Default Permission: {0}", 
                    section.Permission.ToString());
            }
            catch (System.Exception e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
            }
        }

        public static void SetPermission()
        {
            try
            {
                System.Configuration.Configuration config =
                  ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
                  ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

                CustomSection section =
                    config.Sections.Get("CustomSection")
                    as CustomSection;

                section.Permission = 
                    CustomSection.Permissions.FullControl;

                section.SectionInformation.ForceSave = true;
                config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full); 
                config.Save();

                Console.WriteLine("Current Protection: {0}",
                    section.Permission.ToString());
            }
            catch (System.Exception e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports System.IO
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Configuration




NotInheritable Public Class UsingGenericEnumConverter
    
    Public Shared Sub GetPermission() 
        Try
            Dim section As CustomSection = _
            ConfigurationManager.GetSection("CustomSection")
            Console.WriteLine("Default Permission: {0}", _
            section.Permission.ToString())
        Catch e As System.Exception
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
        End Try
    
    End Sub
    
    
    Public Shared Sub SetPermission() 
        Try
            Dim config _
            As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
            ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _
            ConfigurationUserLevel.None)
            
            Dim section As CustomSection = _
            config.Sections.Get("CustomSection")
            
            section.Permission = _
            CustomSection.Permissions.FullControl
            
            section.SectionInformation.ForceSave = True
            config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full)
            config.Save()
            
            Console.WriteLine( _
            "Current Protection: {0}", _
            section.Permission.ToString())
        Catch e As System.Exception
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
        End Try
    
    End Sub
End Class

The following code example shows how to define a custom enumerator property accessed in the previous example. Notice that there is no need to specify the GenericEnumConverter type; it is implicitly invoked by the system.

public enum Permissions
{
    FullControl         = 0,
    Modify              = 1,
    ReadExecute         = 2,
    Read                = 3,
    Write               = 4,
    SpecialPermissions  = 5
}

[ConfigurationProperty("permission", DefaultValue = Permissions.Read)]
public Permissions Permission
{
    get
    {
        return (Permissions)this["permission"];
    }

    set
    {
        this["permission"] = value;
    }
}

Public Enum Permissions
    FullControl = 0
    Modify = 1
    ReadExecute = 2
    Read = 3
    Write = 4
    SpecialPermissions = 5
End Enum 'Permissions


<ConfigurationProperty("permission", _
DefaultValue:=Permissions.Read)> _
Public Property Permission() As Permissions
    Get
        Return CType(Me("permission"), Permissions)
    End Get

    Set(ByVal value As Permissions)
        Me("permission") = Value
    End Set
End Property

The following example is a configuration excerpt used by the previous example.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>

  <configSections>
    <section name="CustomSection"
      type="Samples.AspNet.CustomSection,
      ConfigurationConverters,
      Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
      PublicKeyToken=null"
      allowDefinition="Everywhere"
      allowExeDefinition="MachineToApplication"
      restartOnExternalChanges="true" />
  </configSections>

  <CustomSection fileName="default.txt" maxIdleTime="90" timeDelay="infinite" cdStr="str0, str1" permission="Read" maxUsers="Infinite"/>

</configuration>

Remarks

This type, like all the other configuration converter types, converts strings found in the configuration file to and from the related strongly typed properties.

In particular, the GenericEnumConverter object converts a String value, assigned to a configuration property, to an Enum value and vice versa.

See also

• InfiniteIntConverter
• InfiniteTimeSpanConverter
• TimeSpanMinutesOrInfiniteConverter
• TimeSpanSecondsConverter
• TimeSpanSecondsOrInfiniteConverter
• TypeNameConverter
• WhiteSpaceTrimStringConverter