How to include simple collections in ConfigurationSection

Question

Is there a way for me to include a simple array of strings, or List on my custom subclass of ConfigurationSection? (Or an array or generic list of simple data

Answer 1

I know that the question has been answered long time ago... but in my 'ConfigurationElement' classes, for string collection, I usually do the following:

[ConfigurationProperty("myStringCollectionProperty", DefaultValue = "")]
[TypeConverter(typeof(CommaDelimitedStringCollectionConverter))]
public StringCollection MyStringCollectionProperty
{
    get { return (StringCollection)this["myStringCollectionProperty"]; }
    set { this["myStringCollectionProperty"] = value; }
 }

And you can get a string list from this property with

List myStrings = config.MyStringCollectionProperty.Cast.ToList()