ConfigurationElementCollection.GetElementKey(ConfigurationElement) Method

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Configuration
Assembly:
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll
Assembly:
System.Configuration.dll
Package:
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager v8.0.1
Package:
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager v9.0.0-rc.2.24473.5
Source:
ConfigurationElementCollection.cs
Source:
ConfigurationElementCollection.cs
Source:
ConfigurationElementCollection.cs
Source:
ConfigurationElementCollection.cs
Source:
ConfigurationElementCollection.cs

Gets the element key for a specified configuration element when overridden in a derived class.

protected:
 abstract System::Object ^ GetElementKey(System::Configuration::ConfigurationElement ^ element);
protected abstract object GetElementKey (System.Configuration.ConfigurationElement element);
abstract member GetElementKey : System.Configuration.ConfigurationElement -> obj
Protected MustOverride Function GetElementKey (element As ConfigurationElement) As Object

Parameters

element
ConfigurationElement

The ConfigurationElement to return the key for.

Returns

Object

An Object that acts as the key for the specified ConfigurationElement.

Examples

The following code example shows how to override GetElementKey method.

protected override Object GetElementKey(ConfigurationElement element)
{
    return ((UrlConfigElement)element).Name;
}

Protected Overrides Function GetElementKey(ByVal element As ConfigurationElement) As Object
    Return (CType(element, UrlConfigElement)).Name
End Function

Applies to