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Configuration

Facilitates binding of Configuration Files into POCO objects. This then allows the config to be used within other classes via dependency injection etc

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How To Use

Registration

• Asp.Net Standard/Core Dependency Injection

  • Use the provided services.AddConfiguration() method

• Other Containers

  • Register an instance of ConfigurationBuilder as the IConfigurationBuilder type as a Singleton
  • Register an instance of ConfigurationManager as a Singleton aginst the IConfiguration interface

Usage

ConfigurationManager extends IConfiguration with the following useful methods

• TConfig Bind(string sectionName = default)

  • Binds the config settings found in the config section to the given TConfig type
  • sectionName allows the user to override the section name in the config file

• string GetConnectionString(string name)

  • Gets the Connection String with the given name

• TSetting GetSetting(string name, TSetting defaultValue = default)

  • Gets the setting from the config file with the given name as an instance of TSetting
  • If not found in the config file, the value of defaultValue will be returned