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c#.netweb-configconfigsection

Reading from configSection attribute of type "Type"

I've a section like this

<mySection type="Namespace.MyClass, AssemblyName" />

in my code I need to create an Instance of MyClass, so what I do is something like that:

string type = GetMySectionType(); // "Namespace.MyClass, AssemblyName"

var typeParts = type.Split(',');
var className = typeParts[0].Trim();
var assemblyName = typeParts[1].Trim();
var assembly = Assembly.Load(assemblyName);
var myObj = (MyClass)assembly.CreateInstance(className);

Im sure there is better way to do that, without string splitting, but i didn't find anything about it in google.

Edit: Is there some build in stuff from the framework that get's the type as "Type" without doing anything?

Solution

  • You could use the GetType(string typename) method. For example like this:

    string type = GetMySectionType(); // "Namespace.MyClass, AssemblyName"
Type myType = Type.GetType(type);
var myObj = (MyClass)Activator.CreateInstance(myType);

    see this page for more info.