Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration 10.0.11

About

Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration is combined with a core configuration abstraction under Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions that allows for building different kinds of configuration providers to retrieve key/value pair configuration values from in the form of IConfiguration. There are a number of built-in configuration provider implementations to read from environment variables, in-memory collections, JSON, INI or XML files. Aside from the built-in variations, there are more shipped libraries shipped by community for integration with various configuration service and other data sources.

Key Features

  • In-memory configuration provider
  • Chained configuration provider for chaining multiple confiugration providers together.
  • Base types that implement configuration abstraction interfaces that can be used when implementing other configuration providers.

How to Use

using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;

var configurationBuilder = new ConfigurationBuilder();

configurationBuilder.AddInMemoryCollection(
    new Dictionary<string, string?>
    {
        ["Setting1"] = "value",
        ["MyOptions:Enabled"] = bool.TrueString,
    });

configurationBuilder.AddInMemoryCollection(
    new Dictionary<string, string?>
    {
        ["Setting2"] = "value2",
        ["MyOptions:Enabled"] = bool.FalseString,
    });

var config = configurationBuilder.Build();

// note case-insensitive
Console.WriteLine(config["setting1"]);
Console.WriteLine(config["setting2"]);

// note last in wins
Console.WriteLine(config["MyOptions:Enabled"]);

Main Types

The main types provided by this library are:

  • Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.ConfigurationBuilder
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.ConfigurationManager
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.ConfigurationRoot
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.ConfigurationSection

Additional Documentation

Feedback & Contributing

Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration is released as open source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcome at the GitHub repository.

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Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureKeyVault
Azure KeyVault configuration provider implementation for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureKeyVault
Azure KeyVault configuration provider implementation for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder
Functionality to bind an object to data in configuration providers for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables
Environment variables configuration provider implementation for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables
Environment variables configuration provider implementation for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables
Environment variables configuration provider implementation for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration. When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions
Extension methods for configuring file-based configuration providers for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions
Provides a base class for file-based configuration providers used with Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration and extension methods for configuring them.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions
Provides a base class for file-based configuration providers used with Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration and extension methods for configuring them.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions
Provides a base class for file-based configuration providers used with Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration and extension methods for configuring them.
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INI configuration provider implementation for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration. This package enables you to read configuration parameters from INI files. You can use IniConfigurationExtensions.AddIniFile extension method on IConfigurationBuilder to add INI configuration provider to the configuration builder.
173
Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Ini
INI configuration provider implementation for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration. This package enables you to read configuration parameters from INI files. You can use IniConfigurationExtensions.AddIniFile extension method on IConfigurationBuilder to add INI configuration provider to the configuration builder.
175
Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Ini
INI configuration provider implementation for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration. This package enables you to read configuration parameters from INI files. You can use IniConfigurationExtensions.AddIniFile extension method on IConfigurationBuilder to add INI configuration provider to the configuration builder.
185
Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Xml
XML configuration provider implementation for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration. This package enables you to read configuration parameters from XML files. You can use XmlConfigurationExtensions.AddXmlFile extension method on IConfigurationBuilder to add XML configuration provider to the configuration builder.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Xml
XML configuration provider implementation for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration. This package enables you to read configuration parameters from XML files. You can use XmlConfigurationExtensions.AddXmlFile extension method on IConfigurationBuilder to add XML configuration provider to the configuration builder.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Xml
XML configuration provider implementation for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration. This package was built from the source at: https://github.com/aspnet/Configuration/tree/55a0df253ae1fdf4065b6f54fa3e6bac07a3e196
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This package includes the default implementation of IMeterFactory and additional extension methods to easily register it with the Dependency Injection framework.
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This package includes the default implementation of IMeterFactory and additional extension methods to easily register it with the Dependency Injection framework.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Configuration
Configuration support for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.
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