Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration 10.0.3

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.Maui.Controls.Compatibility
Compatibility APIs and objects for .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) apps. This package contains a collection of APIs and views that allow for easier migration from Xamarin.Forms.
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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.Maui.Controls.Xaml
.NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) is a cross-platform framework for creating native mobile and desktop apps with C# and XAML. This package only contains the XAML tooling. Please install the Microsoft.Maui.Controls package to start using .NET MAUI.
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Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Core
.NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) is a cross-platform framework for creating native mobile and desktop apps with C# and XAML. This package only contains the core C# and XAML objects used by .NET MAUI. Please install the Microsoft.Maui.Controls package to start using .NET MAUI.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables
Environment variables configuration provider implementation for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration. This package enables you to read configuration parameters from environment variables. You can use EnvironmentVariablesExtensions.AddEnvironmentVariables extension method on IConfigurationBuilder to add the environment variables configuration provider to the configuration builder.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics
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.Configuration.Json
JSON configuration provider implementation for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration. This package enables you to read your application's settings from a JSON file. You can use JsonConfigurationExtensions.AddJsonFile extension method on IConfigurationBuilder to add the JSON configuration provider to the configuration builder.
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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.CommandLine
Command line configuration provider implementation for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration. This package enables you to read configuration parameters from the command line arguments of your application. You can use CommandLineConfigurationExtensions.AddCommandLine extension method on IConfigurationBuilder to add the command line configuration provider to the configuration builder.
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Microsoft.FeatureManagement
Microsoft.FeatureManagement provides a way to develop and expose application functionality based on features. Many applications have special requirements when a new feature is developed such as when the feature should be enabled and under what conditions. This library provides a way to define these relationships, and also integrates into common .NET code patterns to make exposing these features possible.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Configuration
Configuration support for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.
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Microsoft.Extensions.AmbientMetadata.Application
Runtime information provider for application-level ambient metadata.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json
JSON configuration provider implementation for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration. This package enables you to read your application's settings from a JSON file. You can use JsonConfigurationExtensions.AddJsonFile extension method on IConfigurationBuilder to add the JSON configuration provider to the configuration builder.
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Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder
Provides the functionality to bind an object to data in configuration providers for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration. This package enables you to represent the configuration data as strongly-typed classes defined in the application code. To bind a configuration, use the Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.ConfigurationBinder.Get extension method on the IConfiguration object. To use this package, you also need to install a package for the configuration provider, for example, Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json for the JSON provider.
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Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool.DependencyInjection
Provides object pools from service containers.
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