//****************************************************************************************************** // AppSettingsBase.cs - Gbtc // // Copyright © 2012, Grid Protection Alliance. All Rights Reserved. // // Licensed to the Grid Protection Alliance (GPA) under one or more contributor license agreements. See // the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. // The GPA licenses this file to you under the MIT License (MIT), the "License"; you may // not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: // // http://www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT // // Unless agreed to in writing, the subject software distributed under the License is distributed on an // "AS-IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. Refer to the // License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations. // // Code Modification History: // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // 01/30/2009 - J. Ritchie Carroll // Generated original version of source code. // 03/31/2009 - J. Ritchie Carroll // Made initialize during constructor optional for languages that do not initialize // member variables before call to constructor (e.g., Visual Basic.NET). // 09/14/2009 - Stephen C. Wills // Added new header and license agreement. // 12/14/2012 - Starlynn Danyelle Gilliam // Modified Header. // //****************************************************************************************************** using System; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Configuration; namespace GSF.Configuration { /// /// Represents the base class for application settings that are synchronized with the "appSettings" section in a configuration file. /// /// /// /// In order to make custom types serializable for the configuration file, implement a for the type.
/// See MSDN for details. ///
/// /// Here is an example class derived from that automatically /// serializes its fields and properties to the configuration file. /// /// public enum MyEnum /// { /// One, /// Two, /// Three /// } /// /// public class MySettings : AppSettingsBase /// { /// // Private property fields (private fields will not be serialized) /// private double m_doubleVal; /// /// // Public settings fields /// public bool BoolVal = true; /// public int IntVal = 1; /// public float FloatVal = 3.14F; /// public string StrVal = "This is a test..."; /// public MyEnum EnumVal = MyEnum.Three; /// /// [SettingName("UserOptions"), EncryptSetting()] /// public string Password = "default"; /// /// // Mark this field to not be serialized to INI file... /// [SerializeSetting(false)] /// public decimal DecimalVal; /// /// [Category("OtherSettings"), DefaultValue(1.159D)] /// public double DoubleVal /// { /// get /// { /// return m_doubleVal; /// } /// set /// { /// m_doubleVal = value; /// } /// } /// /// [SerializeSetting(false)] /// public bool DontSerializeMe { get; set; } /// } /// /// ///
public abstract class AppSettingsBase : SettingsBase { #region [ Members ] // Fields private ConfigurationFile m_configFile; #endregion #region [ Constructors ] /// /// Creates a new instance of the class for the application's configuration file. /// protected AppSettingsBase() : this(ConfigurationFile.Current, false, true) { } /// /// Creates a new instance of the class for the application's configuration file. /// /// Configuration file used for accessing settings. /// /// Assigns flag that determines if is required /// to exist before a field or property is serialized to the configuration file. /// /// Determines if method should be called from constructor. /// /// Note that some .NET languages (e.g., Visual Basic) will not initialize member elements before call to constuctor, /// in this case should be set to false, then the /// method should be called manually after all properties have been initialized. Alternately, consider using the /// on the fields or properties and this will be used to initialize the values. /// protected AppSettingsBase(ConfigurationFile configFile, bool requireSerializeSettingAttribute, bool initialize) : base(requireSerializeSettingAttribute) { m_configFile = configFile; // Make sure settings exist and load current values if (initialize) Initialize(); } #endregion #region [ Properties ] /// /// Gets or sets reference to working configuration file. /// /// value cannot be null. protected ConfigurationFile ConfigFile { get { return m_configFile; } set { if ((object)value == null) throw new NullReferenceException("value cannot be null"); m_configFile = value; } } #endregion #region [ Methods ] /// /// Create setting in configuration file if it doesn't already exist. /// This method is for internal use. /// /// Field or property name, if useful (can be different from setting name). /// Setting name. /// Setting value. [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)] protected override void CreateSetting(string name, string setting, string value) { KeyValueConfigurationCollection settings = m_configFile.Configuration.AppSettings.Settings; if ((object)settings[setting] == null) settings.Add(setting, value); } /// /// Retrieves setting from configuration file. /// This method is for internal use. /// /// Field or property name, if useful (can be different from setting name). /// Setting name. /// Setting value. [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)] protected override string RetrieveSetting(string name, string setting) { return m_configFile.Configuration.AppSettings.Settings[setting].Value; } /// /// Stores setting to configuration file. /// This method is for internal use. /// /// Field or property name, if useful (can be different from setting name). /// Setting name. /// Setting value. [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)] protected override void StoreSetting(string name, string setting, string value) { m_configFile.Configuration.AppSettings.Settings[setting].Value = value; } /// /// Persist any pending changes to configuration file. /// This method is for internal use. /// [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)] protected override void PersistSettings() { m_configFile.Save(); } #endregion } }