2 // System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase
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32 using System.Collections.Specialized;
34 namespace System.Configuration.Provider
36 public abstract class ProviderBase
38 bool alreadyInitialized;
40 protected ProviderBase ()
44 public virtual void Initialize (string name, NameValueCollection config)
47 throw new ArgumentNullException ("name");
49 throw new ArgumentException ("Provider name cannot be null or empty.", "name");
50 if (alreadyInitialized)
51 throw new InvalidOperationException ("This provider instance has already been initialized.");
52 alreadyInitialized = true;
57 _description = config ["description"];
58 config.Remove ("description");
60 if (String.IsNullOrEmpty (_description))
64 public virtual string Name {
68 public virtual string Description {
69 get { return _description; }