public object GetSection(string configKey)
{
// get the section from the default location (web.config or app.config)
object section = clientConfigSystem.GetSection(configKey);
switch (configKey)
{
case "appSettings":
if (this.appsettings != null)
{
return(this.appsettings);
}
if (section is NameValueCollection)
{
// create a new collection because the underlying collection is read-only
var cfg = new NameValueCollection();
NameValueCollection localSettings = (NameValueCollection)section;
foreach (string key in localSettings)
{
cfg.Add(key, localSettings[key]);
}
// merge the settings from core with the local appsettings
this.appsettings = cfg.Merge(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings);
section = this.appsettings;
}
break;
case "connectionStrings":
if (this.connectionStrings != null)
{
return(this.connectionStrings);
}
// create a new collection because the underlying collection is read-only
var cssc = new ConnectionStringSettingsCollection();
// copy the existing connection strings into the new collection
foreach (ConnectionStringSettings connectionStringSetting in ((ConnectionStringsSection)section).ConnectionStrings)
{
cssc.Add(connectionStringSetting);
}
// merge the settings from core with the local connectionStrings
cssc = cssc.Merge(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings);
ConnectionStringsSection connectionStringsSection = new ConnectionStringsSection();
foreach (ConnectionStringSettings connectionStringSetting in cssc)
{
connectionStringsSection.ConnectionStrings.Add(connectionStringSetting);
}
this.connectionStrings = connectionStringsSection;
section = this.connectionStrings;
break;
}
return(section);
}