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//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// <copyright file="ISettingsProviderService.cs" company="Microsoft">
// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
// </copyright>
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
namespace System.Configuration {
/// <devdoc>
/// The IPersistComponentSettings interface enables components hosted in an application to persist their
/// settings in a manner transparent to the application. However, in some cases, the application may want to
/// override the provider(s) specified by a component. For example, at design time, we may want to persist
/// settings differently. This service enables this scenario. The ApplicationSettingsBase class queries this
/// service from the owner component's site.
/// </devdoc>
public interface ISettingsProviderService {
/// <devdoc>
/// Queries the service whether it wants to override the provider for the given SettingsProperty. If it
/// doesn't want to, it should return null, in which the provider will remain unchanged.
/// </devdoc>
SettingsProvider GetSettingsProvider(SettingsProperty property);
}
}
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