Best way to add xml configuration file to webservice

[Allan Ebdrup]

I have a webservice in ASP.Net 2.0, I need to store and load a xml
configuration file in relation to one of the web methods in my webservice.
What's the best place to store and the best way to load my xml configuration
file?
I can't integrate the settings in web.config, it has to be a seperate file.

Kind Regards,
Allan Ebdrup

 

[Guest]

In the simplest terms,

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load( Server.MapPath("yourdoc.xml") );

Whatever your schema is for your configuration xml document, you take over
from here.

Peter

 

[sloan]

Peter,

What about your cool AppSettings reader, that I added to?

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/forums/ForumPost.asp?id=85647&ThreadID=85647&INTID=6

It's 1.1, but I'm guessing a port over to 2.0 would't be that hard.



Allan,
Peter is correct about the "simplest of" using just a xml document.
However, I'd check that out , and if you've never written a CustomHandler,
I'd look into writing one.


MyHandler : IConfigurationSectionHandler


//' The section handler interprets and processes the settings
defined in
//' XML tags within a specific portion of a Web.config file and
returns an
//' appropriate configuration object .... based on the configuration
settings.
//' ( above exert from
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...uide/html/cpconcreatingnewsectionhandlers.asp )
//' also see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309045 // Article
ID : 309045


The first one you do will take you some figuring out.

The 2nd will be a little tougher. the 3rd..one and beyound.. will seem very
trivial.


At its core, the IConfigurationSectionHandler is a way to map xml values (on
the .config file ) to some custom object holding those settings.

I have a working example at:
http://sholliday.spaces.live.com/blog/
2/8/2006
Smarter Email/Smtp setup with DotNet Configuration Sections (1.1 and 2.0)

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the plug but he writes "I can't integrate the settings into
web.config".

Peter
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[Guest]

Sorry, Sloan. I should have read your post first. Yes your enhancement might
be appropriate!
Peter

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[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hi Allan,

As other members have suggested,you can use the XmlDocument class to load
the XML configurure file. Or if you want a strong-type accessing to the
content of the XML document, you can consider using XML Serialization to
map your XML document to .NET custom classes:

#Introducing XML Serialization
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/182eeyhh(vs.71).aspx

Also, if the content of the XML configuration file will be used within the
entire lifecycle of your ASP.NET webservice, you can also cache it in
ASP.NET runtime Cache collection so as to avoid frequent file I/O
operations. Another benifit of using Cache is that ASP.NET cache has a
"FileDependency" which can help you cache objects depend on a disk file.
Whenever the specified file has been changed, the cached object will be
invalidate and removed from cache. This can help you update the cached
configuration with better performance:

#Cache Management in ASP.NET
http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/cachemanagementinaspnet.asp

Hope this also helps.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead



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