Create Method

[shapper]

Hello,

I have the following code:

    MySection sect =
System.Configur ation.Configura tionManager.Get Section(Name) as
MySection;
    foreach (Person p in sect.People) {
        Interaction.Msg Box(p.Name);
    }

Now I am trying to create a method that is a little bit more generic.

As result as GetSection I will get a class. This class can be of many
types (MySection, Google, ...).
All I know is that this class inherits ConfigurationEl ementCollection .

Then I want to loop through each item of this class and find the item
which Name is equal to a Key value I provide.
The item can be of type People (if the collection is of type
MySection), Service (if the collection if of type Google), ...

The one thing I know is that any of this classes has a property named
Name to which I will compare to Key.

I would like to create a method for this, for example Get, and then
use it:

People p = (People)Get("My Section")

or

Service s = (Service)Get("G oogle")

Is this possible to create this generalization?

Or should I even do this?

Thanks,
Miguel

[shapper]

Re: Create Method

On Oct 3, 1:41 am, shapper <mdmo...@gmail. comwrote:

Hello,
>
I have the following code:
>
    MySection sect =
System.Configur ation.Configura tionManager.Get Section(Name) as
MySection;
    foreach (Person p in sect.People) {
        Interaction.Msg Box(p.Name);
    }
>
Now I am trying to create a method that is a little bit more generic.
>
As result as GetSection I will get a class. This class can be of many
types (MySection, Google, ...).
All I know is that this class inherits ConfigurationEl ementCollection .
>
Then I want to loop through each item of this class and find the item
which Name is equal to a Key value I provide.
The item can be of type People (if the collection is of type
MySection), Service (if the collection if of type Google), ...
>
The one thing I know is that any of this classes has a property named
Name to which I will compare to Key.
>
I would like to create a method for this, for example Get, and then
use it:
>
People p = (People)Get("My Section")
>
or
>
Service s = (Service)Get("G oogle")
>
Is this possible to create this generalization?
>
Or should I even do this?
>
Thanks,
Miguel

I am posting the entire code so it is better to explain:

Config

public class Config : ConfigurationSe ction {

[ConfigurationPr operty("Google" )]
public GoogleCollectio n Google {
get { return this["Google"] as GoogleCollectio n; }
}
[ConfigurationPr operty("Mail")]
public MailCollection Mail {
get { return this["Mail"] as MailCollection; }
}

public static object Get(string section, ConfigType type, string
key) {
object parent = ConfigurationMa nager.GetSectio n(section);
// ?????
}

} // Config

GoogleCollectio n

public class GoogleCollectio n : ConfigurationEl ementCollection {

protected override ConfigurationEl ement CreateNewElemen t() {
return new Google();
}
protected override object GetElementKey(C onfigurationEle ment
element) {
return (element as Google).Key;
}

}

Google

public class Google : ConfigurationEl ement {

[ConfigurationPr operty("Key", IsRequired = true)]
public string Access { get; set; }
public string Key { get; set; }
public string Type { get; set; }

}

These are configuration classes to create custom configuration section
in Web.Config.

As you can see in Config I can have many subsections, Google, Mail,
etc ...

The Web.Config looks as follows:

<MyApp>
<Google>
<add key ="AdSense" type ="Client" access = "" />
<add key ="Verify" type ="Id" access = "" />
</Google>
<Mail>
</Mail>
</MyApp>

So basically what I am trying to create is a method in Config that
given a section (Ex: MyApp) a type (Ex: ConfigType.Goog le) and a Key
(Ex: AdSense) I would get that part of the Web.Config.

In this case would be:

<add key ="AdSense" type ="Client" access = "" />

And this is an instance of Google.

I would like to have the get method inside Config ... this is my
problem.

Any idea?

Thanks,

Miguel