Configuration Initializer

Initialize settings instance, managing configuration decryption and type conversion.

Available on NuGet Gallery

To install the ConfigurationInitializer package, run the following command in the Package Manager Console

PM> Install-Package ConfigurationInitializer

Usage samples

public class SchoolConfiguration : ConfigurationInitializer
{
    // Config key name is evaluated to the property name by default.
    public string SchoolName { get; set; }

    // Example for setting the property's correlated config key.   
    [ConfigKey("School.LunchBreakPeriod")]
    public TimeSpan BreakPeriod { get; set; }

    // Conig JSON value is deseriliazed into complex objects. 
    public List<string> Students { get; set; }
}

public class School {
    public static Main(){
        // The config instance is auto populated, decrypting secrets and converting types.
        var config = new SchoolConfiguration();
        
        // The configuration is now available for the rest of the application.
        Console.Out.WriteLine($"Schole name = {config.SchoolName}, break period = {config.BreakPeriod}");
    }
}