Question

Is this possible in anyway? For example through having named appSettings sections, or appSettings nested in other named sections.

I want to achieve something like the following:

<section name="development">
    <appSettings>
    </appSettings>
</section>

<section name="test">
    <appSettings>
    </appSettings>
</section>


string connectionString 
   = ConfigurationManager.GetSection("test").AppSettings["connectionString"];

What is the pattern for this?

Answer 1

The appSetting element supports a “file” attribute, which lets you specify a filename were key/values can be placed.

This lets you not share with the team the values you’ve specified in user.config.

I think, if you define a single key in both the parent and child config files, the child value will be ignored and the parent value will be respected.

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