2 // System.Web.Configuration.ProvidersHelper
5 // Chris Toshok (toshok@ximian.com)
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33 using System.Collections;
34 using System.Configuration;
35 using System.Configuration.Provider;
36 using System.Data.Common;
37 using System.Data.SqlClient;
39 using System.Reflection;
41 using System.Web.Compilation;
42 using System.Collections.Specialized;
44 namespace System.Web.Configuration {
46 public static class ProvidersHelper
48 public static ProviderBase InstantiateProvider (ProviderSettings providerSettings, Type providerType)
50 Type settingsType = HttpApplication.LoadType (providerSettings.Type);
51 if (settingsType == null)
52 throw new ConfigurationErrorsException (String.Format ("Could not find type: {0}",
53 providerSettings.Type));
54 if (!providerType.IsAssignableFrom (settingsType))
55 throw new ConfigurationErrorsException (String.Format ("Provider '{0}' must subclass from '{1}'",
56 providerSettings.Name, providerType));
58 ProviderBase provider = Activator.CreateInstance (settingsType) as ProviderBase;
60 NameValueCollection col = new NameValueCollection (providerSettings.Parameters);
61 provider.Initialize (providerSettings.Name, col);
66 public static void InstantiateProviders (ProviderSettingsCollection configProviders, ProviderCollection providers, Type providerType)
68 if (!typeof (ProviderBase).IsAssignableFrom (providerType))
69 throw new ConfigurationErrorsException (String.Format ("type '{0}' must subclass from ProviderBase", providerType));
71 foreach (ProviderSettings settings in configProviders)
72 providers.Add (InstantiateProvider (settings, providerType));
75 internal static DbProviderFactory GetDbProviderFactory (string providerName)
77 DbProviderFactory f = null;
79 if (providerName != null && providerName != "") {
81 f = DbProviderFactories.GetFactory(providerName);
83 catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine (e); /* nada */ }
88 return SqlClientFactory.Instance;