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mstaffeld
mstaffeld

Reputation: 9

C# Specific Properties

Can I do something like this: 

Configs.Environment.Development;

I'm currently doing something like this:

Configs.Environment == "DEV";

I don't particularly care for the strings, but I don't know how to set "specific" properties or if it's possible.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 139

Answers (5)

AlfredBr
AlfredBr

Reputation: 1351

Do you want the setting to take effect at compile time only or at runtime? Do you want your user to be able to select different settings after deployment?

If you want a compile time only setting, then a pre-processor directive is what you want.

If you want runtime settings, .NET has direct support for .config files and you can access the values in your code (and set them too) via the Settings.Default constructs.

VisualStudio has support for easily creating and maintaining these config files.

Upvotes: 0

Nix
Nix

Reputation: 58602

Yes.

 public static class Configs{
         public static class Environment{
              public static readonly string Development="DEV";
          }

  }

But you probably want ENUMS, and use a factory to set your constants.

Upvotes: 0

fearofawhackplanet
fearofawhackplanet

Reputation: 53446

Are you talking about enums?

public enum Environment
{
    Development,
    Test,
    Live
}


Configs.Environment = Environment.Development;

Upvotes: 3

JSBձոգչ
JSBձոգչ

Reputation: 41388

This sounds like the sort of thing that's better handled by a preprocessor directive:

#if debug
/* etc */
#elseif production
/* etc */
#endif

Upvotes: 1

Eric Mickelsen
Eric Mickelsen

Reputation: 10377

You could accomplish that by making Environment an enumeration or making Development a static readonly string.

Upvotes: 0

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