mcs/class/System/System.Configuration/IConfigurationSectionHandler.cs

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   2 // System.Configuration.IConfigurationSectionHandler.cs
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   4 // Author:
   5 //   Christopher Podurgiel (cpodurgiel@msn.com)
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   7 // (C) Chris Podurgiel
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  30 using System;
  31 #if (XML_DEP)
  32 using System.Xml;
  33 #endif
  34
  35 namespace System.Configuration
  36 {
  37         /// <summary>
  38         /// Summary description for IConfigurationSectionHandler.
  39         /// </summary>
  40         public interface IConfigurationSectionHandler
  41         {
  42 #if (XML_DEP)
  43                 /// <summary>
  44                 ///             Creates a new configuration handler and adds the specified configuration object to the collection.
  45                 /// </summary>
  46                 /// <param name="parent">Composed from the configuration settings in a corresponding parent configuration section.</param>
  47                 /// <param name="configContext">Provides access to the virtual path for which the configuration section handler computes configuration values. Normally this parameter is reserved and is null.</param>
  48                 /// <param name="section">The XML node that contains the configuration information to be handled. section provides direct access to the XML contents of the configuration section.</param>
  49                 /// <returns></returns>
  50                 object Create(object parent, object configContext, XmlNode section);
  51 #endif
  52         }
  53 }