Web.config - custom section with list of items
Your web.config sections:
<section name="departmentSettings" type="Namespace.ConfigurationSections.DepartmentSettings, AssemblyName" />
Your web.config custom section:
<departmentSettings> Â Â <departments> Â Â <department departmentId="department1" name="My Super Department 1" email="[email protected]" /> Â Â <department departmentId="department2" name="My Awesome Department 2" email="[email protected] " /> Â Â <department departmentId="department3" name="My Amazing Department 3" email="[email protected] " /> Â Â <department departmentId="department4" name="My Beautiful Department 4" email="[email protected] " /> Â </departments> </departmentSettings>
Your class:
public class DepartmentSettings : ConfigurationSection   {     private static DepartmentSettings _settings = ConfigurationManager.GetSection("departmentSettings") as DepartmentSettings;     {       get       {         return _settings;       }     }     public DepartmentCollection Departments     {       get       {         return (DepartmentCollection)base["departments"];       }     }   }   public class DepartmentCollection : ConfigurationElementCollection   {     protected override ConfigurationElement CreateNewElement()     {       return new DepartmentElement();     }     {       return ((DepartmentElement)element).DepartmentId;     }   }   {     [ConfigurationProperty("departmentId")]     public string DepartmentId     {       get { return (string)this["departmentId"]; }       set { this["departmentId"] = value; }     }     public string Name     {       get { return (string)this["name"]; }       set { this["name"] = value; }     }     public string Email     {       get { return (string)this["email"]; }       set { this["email"] = value; }     }   }     public static DepartmentSettings Settings     [ConfigurationProperty("departments")]   [ConfigurationCollection(typeof(DepartmentElement), AddItemName = "department")]     protected override object GetElementKey(ConfigurationElement element)   public class DepartmentElement : ConfigurationElement     [ConfigurationProperty("name")]     [ConfigurationProperty("email")]
