I have a method in a common class library that reads the application config
file. If the library is used by a Windows app, it should use
ConfigurationManager to read the app.config file. If the library is used by
a Web app, it should use WebConfigurationManager to read the web.config file.




Is there a programmatic way to determine what kind of app is running? Or is
there another approach to handle this kind of thing?

Common class libraries should not read configuration files.... this makes
them too dependant on the outside world. If the class needs something like a
database connection string it should always be sent into it via a property or
better yet the constructor.

David

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"rgliane" wrote:

> I have a method in a common class library that reads the application config
> file. If the library is used by a Windows app, it should use
> ConfigurationManager to read the app.config file. If the library is used by
> a Web app, it should use WebConfigurationManager to read the web.config file.
>
>
> Is there a programmatic way to determine what kind of app is running? Or is
> there another approach to handle this kind of thing?
>