ConfigDotNet

What is ConfigDotNet?

The repo provides a convenient way to work with configurations

Features

• Projecting a config onto classes and vice versa
• Interfaces allow you to build a single code base
• Immutability, thread safety and fastness

Coming soon

• Ability to work with files (xml, json and txt).
• Specialized classes for obtaining specific data from a file (database configuration, programs, etc.)

Installation

Requires .NET 7+ to use

How it works

We will create Configuration<T> which contains key value pairs (string - T) using:

• an object derived from IDictionry<string, Т>,
• two IEnumerable<Т> objects representing collections of keys and values,
• a collection of specialized classes Section<Т>.

Example (C#):

var config = new Configuration<int>(dict); // dicts type is Dictionary<string, int>
var config = new Configuration<int>(keys, values); // keys is List<string>, values is IEnumerable<int>
var config = new Configuration<int>(sections); // sections is IEnumerable<Section<int>>

Model mapping:

Example (C#):

• TestModel.cs

using ConfigDotNet.ObjectModel;

// Model should have a constructor without parameters
[ConfigurationModel<int>] // Marks that all section should be Int32 type
public class Model
{
    // Member of model with SectionAttribute shouldn't be a readonly
    [Section("A")] public int A; // You need to define the section name for the fields explicitly
    [Section] public int B { get; set; } // If the name is not specified explicitly, 
                                         //the property name will be used by default
    [Section("D")] public int C { get; set; } // You can change the section name
}

• Program.cs

using ConfigDotNet.ObjectModel;
using ConfigDotNet;

var dict = new Dictionary<string, int>()
{
    { "A", 1 },
    { "B", 2 },
    { "D", 3 }
};

var config = new Configuration<int>(dict);

Model model = ConfigurationMapper.MapToModel<Model, int>(config);
Configuration<int> configOnModel = ConfigurationMapper.MapToConfig<Model, int>(config);

Assert.Debug(config == configOnModel); // expression is true

License

ConfigDotNet is licensed under the MIT license.

Free Software, Hell Yeah!