## About

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Provides abstractions of key-value pair based configuration. Interfaces defined in this package are implemented by classes in [Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration/) and other configuration packages.

## Key Features

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* Abstractions for string key-value pair configuration sources and sections
* Path conventions of keys establishing a heirachy of values
* Support for multiple configuration sources, aggregating and defining precdence for values
* Support for reload on change

## How to Use

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The example below shows a small code sample using this library and trying out the `ConfigurationKeyName` attribute available since .NET 6:

```cs
public class MyClass
{
    [ConfigurationKeyName("named_property")]
    public string NamedProperty { get; set; }
}
```

Given the simple class above, we can create a dictionary to hold the configuration data and use it as the memory source to build a configuration section:

```cs
var dic = new Dictionary<string, string>
{
    {"named_property", "value for named property"},
};

var config = new ConfigurationBuilder()
    .AddInMemoryCollection(dic)
    .Build();

var options = config.Get<MyClass>();
Console.WriteLine(options.NamedProperty); // returns "value for named property"
```

## Main Types

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The main types provided by this library are:

* `Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfiguration`
* `Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfigurationBuilder`
* `Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfigurationProvider`
* `Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfigurationRoot`
* `Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfigurationSection`

## Additional Documentation

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* [Configuration in .NET](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/extensions/configuration)
* [API documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.configuration)

## Related Packages

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* [Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration)
* [Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder)
* [Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine)
* [Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables)
* [Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions)
* [Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Ini](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Ini)
* [Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json)
* [Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets)
* [Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Xml](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Xml)

## Feedback & Contributing

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Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions is released as open source under the [MIT license](https://licenses.nuget.org/MIT). Bug reports and contributions are welcome at [the GitHub repository](https://github.com/dotnet/runtime).