Help with custom configuration class

[andegre]

I created a customer configuration class Reports. I then created another class called "ReportsCollection". When I try and do the "ConfigurationManager.GetSection()", it doesn't populate my collection variable. Can anyone see any mistakes in my code?

Here is the collection class:

    public class ReportsCollection : ConfigurationElementCollection
    {
        public ReportsCollection()
        {
        }

        protected override ConfigurationElement CreateNewElement()
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }

        protected override ConfigurationElement CreateNewElement(string elementName)
        {
            return base.CreateNewElement(elementName);
        }

        protected override object GetElementKey(ConfigurationElement element)
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }

        public Report this[int index]
        {
            get { return (Report)BaseGet(index); }
        }
    }

Here is the reports class:

    public class Report : ConfigurationSection
    {
        [ConfigurationProperty("reportName", IsRequired = true)]
        public string ReportName
        {
            get { return (string)this["reportName"]; }
            //set { this["reportName"] = value; }
        }

        [ConfigurationProperty("storedProcedures", IsRequired = true)]
        public StoredProceduresCollection StoredProcedures
        {
            get { return (StoredProceduresCollection)this["storedProcedures"]; }
        }

        [ConfigurationProperty("parameters", IsRequired = false)]
        public ParametersCollection Parameters
        {
            get { return (ParametersCollection)this["parameters"]; }
        }

        [ConfigurationProperty("saveLocation", IsRequired = true)]
        public string SaveLocation
        {
            get { return (string)this["saveLocation"]; }
        }

        [ConfigurationProperty("recipients", IsRequired = true)]
        public RecipientsCollection Recipients
        {
            get { return (RecipientsCollection)this["recipients"]; }
        }
    }

    public class StoredProcedure : ConfigurationElement
    {
        [ConfigurationProperty("storedProcedureName", IsRequired = true)]
        public string StoredProcedureName
        {
            get { return (string)this["storedProcedureName"]; }
        }
    }

    public class StoredProceduresCollection : ConfigurationElementCollection
    {
        protected override ConfigurationElement CreateNewElement()
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }

        protected override ConfigurationElement CreateNewElement(string elementName)
        {
            return base.CreateNewElement(elementName);
        }

        protected override object GetElementKey(ConfigurationElement element)
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }

        public StoredProcedure this[int index]
        {
            get { return (StoredProcedure)base.BaseGet(index); }
        }
    }
}

And here is the very straight-forward code to create the variable:

ReportsCollection reportsCollection = (ReportsCollection)System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection("ReportGroup");

FYI - all of the "protected override" methods that are in their I added just because they are required when implementing that inherited class.

 

[andegre]

By the way, here is the app.config file...

  <configSections>
    <sectionGroup name="ReportGroup">
      <section name="Reports" type="ReportsGenerator.ReportsCollection"/>
    </sectionGroup>
  </configSections>
  <ReportGroup>
    <Reports name="DailySanctions" SaveLocation="">
      <StoredProcedures>
        <add StoredProcedureName="RPTDailySanctions" />
        <add StoredProcedureName="RPTNoSanctionsCreated" />
      </StoredProcedures>
      <Parameters>
        <add ParameterName="@FromDate" />
        <add ParameterName="@ThruDate" />
      </Parameters>
      <Recipients>
        <add RecipientName="me@myemail.com"
      </Recipients>
    </Reports>
  </ReportGroup>