Read collection from configuration file app.config in C#

App.config:

	<configuration>
	<configSections>
	<section name="testConfig" type="Testy.ItemsConfigurationSection, Testy" />
	</configSections>
	<testConfig>
	<items>
	<item name="One" />
	<item name="Two" />
	</items>
	</testConfig>
	</configuration>

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Service classes:

	namespace Testy
	{
	public class ItemConfigurationElement : ConfigurationElement
	{
	[ConfigurationProperty("name", IsKey = true, IsRequired = true)]
	public string Name
	{
	get { return (string)this["name"]; }
	}
	}
	[ConfigurationCollection(typeof(ItemConfigurationElement), AddItemName = "item")]
	public class ItemsConfigurationElementCollection : ConfigurationElementCollection
	{
	protected override ConfigurationElement CreateNewElement()
	{
	return new ItemConfigurationElement();
	}
	protected override object GetElementKey(ConfigurationElement element)
	{
	return ((ItemConfigurationElement)element).Name;
	}
	}
	public class ItemsConfigurationSection : ConfigurationSection
	{
	[ConfigurationProperty("items", IsDefaultCollection = true)]
	public ItemsConfigurationElementCollection Tests
	{
	get { return (ItemsConfigurationElementCollection)this["items"]; }
	}
	}
	}

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Usage:

	try
	{
	ItemsConfigurationSection configManager = (ItemsConfigurationSection)ConfigurationManager.GetSection("testConfig");
	var zmienna = configManager.Tests;
	}
	catch (Exception ex)
	{
	throw;
	}

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