File: sys\system\configuration\DictionarySectionHandler.cs
Project: ndp\fx\src\System.csproj (System)
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// <copyright file="DictionarySectionHandler.cs" company="Microsoft">
//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
// </copyright>
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
namespace System.Configuration {
    using System.Collections;
    using System.Collections.Specialized;
    using System.Xml;
    using System.Globalization;
 
    /// <devdoc>
    /// Simple dictionary config factory
    /// config is a dictionary mapping key-&gt;value
    /// 
    ///     &lt;add key="name" value="text"&gt;  sets key=text 
    ///     &lt;remove key="name"&gt;            removes the definition of key
    ///     &lt;clear&gt;                        removes all definitions
    /// 
    /// </devdoc>
    public class DictionarySectionHandler : IConfigurationSectionHandler {
 
        /// <devdoc>
        /// Given a partially composed config object (possibly null)
        /// and some input from the config system, return a
        /// further partially composed config object
        /// </devdoc>
        public virtual object Create(Object parent, Object context, XmlNode section) {
            Hashtable res;
 
            // start res off as a shallow clone of the parent
 
            if (parent == null)
                res = new Hashtable(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
            else
                res = (Hashtable)((Hashtable)parent).Clone();
 
            // process XML
 
            HandlerBase.CheckForUnrecognizedAttributes(section);
 
            foreach (XmlNode child in section.ChildNodes) {
 
                // skip whitespace and comments, throws if non-element
                if (HandlerBase.IsIgnorableAlsoCheckForNonElement(child))
                    continue;
 
                // handle <add>, <remove>, <clear> tags
                if (child.Name == "add") {
                    HandlerBase.CheckForChildNodes(child);
                    String key = HandlerBase.RemoveRequiredAttribute(child, KeyAttributeName);
                    String value;
                    if (ValueRequired)
                        value = HandlerBase.RemoveRequiredAttribute(child, ValueAttributeName);
                    else
                        value = HandlerBase.RemoveAttribute(child, ValueAttributeName);
                    HandlerBase.CheckForUnrecognizedAttributes(child);
 
                    if (value == null)
                        value = "";
 
                    res[key] = value;
                }
                else if (child.Name == "remove") {
                    HandlerBase.CheckForChildNodes(child);
                    String key = HandlerBase.RemoveRequiredAttribute(child, KeyAttributeName);
                    HandlerBase.CheckForUnrecognizedAttributes(child);
 
                    res.Remove(key);
                }
                else if (child.Name.Equals("clear")) {
                    HandlerBase.CheckForChildNodes(child);
                    HandlerBase.CheckForUnrecognizedAttributes(child);
                    res.Clear();
                }
                else {
                    HandlerBase.ThrowUnrecognizedElement(child);
                }
            }
 
            return res;
        }
 
        /// <devdoc>
        ///    Make the name of the key attribute configurable by derived classes.
        /// </devdoc>
        protected virtual string KeyAttributeName {
            get { return "key";}
        }
 
        /// <devdoc>
        ///    Make the name of the value attribute configurable by derived classes.
        /// </devdoc>
        protected virtual string ValueAttributeName {
            get { return "value";}
        }
 
        // 
        internal virtual bool ValueRequired {
            get { return false; }
        }
    }
}