从nuget dll中引用文件

Question

I have a class library which I want to expose as a nuget package.

The class library I am creating, deserializes a couple of XML files and expose them as properties. So I am adding these xml files in the nuspec file:

<files>     
    <file src="..\config1.xml" target="Content\Config" />
    <file src="..\config2.xml" target="Content\Config" />
  </files>

so that the dll can read these files and expose them as properties to the consuming code.

The problem is when I install this NuGet package, the dll is unable to access these XML files.

What is the right way to handle this use case? To create the NuGet package?

Answer 1

Assuming the XML file is included in your project, you can set the Build Action property of the XML file to "Embedded Resource". This says that:

The file is passed to the compiler as a resource to be embedded in the assembly.

See this post for more details.