Com base na resposta de Jay Walker acima, este é um exemplo de trabalho completo que adiciona a capacidade de fazer a indexação:
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="registerCompanies"
type="My.MyConfigSection, My.Assembly" />
</configSections>
<registerCompanies>
<add name="Tata Motors" code="Tata"/>
<add name="Honda Motors" code="Honda"/>
</registerCompanies>
</configuration>
Aqui está o código de amostra para implementar uma seção de configuração personalizada com coleção recolhida
using System.Configuration;
using System.Linq;
namespace My
{
public class MyConfigSection : ConfigurationSection
{
[ConfigurationProperty("", IsRequired = true, IsDefaultCollection = true)]
public MyConfigInstanceCollection Instances
{
get { return (MyConfigInstanceCollection)this[""]; }
set { this[""] = value; }
}
}
public class MyConfigInstanceCollection : ConfigurationElementCollection
{
protected override ConfigurationElement CreateNewElement()
{
return new MyConfigInstanceElement();
}
protected override object GetElementKey(ConfigurationElement element)
{
//set to whatever Element Property you want to use for a key
return ((MyConfigInstanceElement)element).Name;
}
public new MyConfigInstanceElement this[string elementName]
{
get
{
return this.OfType<MyConfigInstanceElement>().FirstOrDefault(item => item.Name == elementName);
}
}
}
public class MyConfigInstanceElement : ConfigurationElement
{
//Make sure to set IsKey=true for property exposed as the GetElementKey above
[ConfigurationProperty("name", IsKey = true, IsRequired = true)]
public string Name
{
get { return (string)base["name"]; }
set { base["name"] = value; }
}
[ConfigurationProperty("code", IsRequired = true)]
public string Code
{
get { return (string)base["code"]; }
set { base["code"] = value; }
}
}
}
Aqui está um exemplo de como acessar as informações de configuração do código.
MyConfigSection config =
ConfigurationManager.GetSection("registerCompanies") as MyConfigSection;
Console.WriteLine(config.Instances["Honda Motors"].Code);
foreach (MyConfigInstanceElement e in config.Instances)
{
Console.WriteLine("Name: {0}, Code: {1}", e.Name, e.Code);
}