Question

I searched here for the answer. I’m sorry if this has been asked before (as I suspect it has).

Summary: How can I have strongly typed calls into my web.config without duplicating the property names?

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Details: In my code, I try to minimize string usage, and I don’t like defining something twice.

Complementing both of these wonts is my restriction of AppSettings usage (and its strings) to one class, which I reference throughout the project. The AppSettings class exposes public properties:

    12   public static string DateFormatString {
    13       get {
    14           return ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["DateFormatString"];
    15       }
    16   }

How can I keep this class and prevent the duplication (lines 12 & 14) of the property name?

Alternatively, what other solution might you recommend?

Answer 1

I like using Custom Configuration Handlers.

http://haacked.com/archive/2007/03/12/custom-configuration-sections-in-3-easy-steps.aspx