How to have a common ConfigSource file for ConfigSections and connectionStrings?

Question

My project has 2 different config sections(one technical & one functional) and some connection Strings. I would like to have in a same configSource file, the technical config section & the connection strings & in an other one the functional section. I know how to do this in 3 separate files but not in 2. It would be logical to have technical configuration like server hostnames & connection string in the same file.

My configuration files should look like this:

App.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="MyService.Functional" type="Logger.ConfigHandler, Logger"/>
    <section name="MyService.Technical" type="Logger.ConfigHandler, Logger"/>
  </configSections>

  <MyService.Functional configSource="Config\MyService.Functional.Config"/>
  <MyService.Technical configSource="Config\MyService.Technical.Config"/>

  <connectionStrings configSource="Config\MyService.Technical.Config">
  </connectionStrings>
</configuration>

MyService.Technical.Config

<MyService.Technical.Config>
  <MyResourceServer value="tcp://MyServer:9000"/>
 </MyService.Technical.Config>

 <connectionStrings>
   <add name="MyEntities" [...] />
 </connectionStrings>

However if I mix the section MyService.Technical & the connectionStrings in the same file, the ConfigurationManager can't load any section anymore.

Do you have any tip to do this ? Is it absolutely mandatory to have 3 separate files for this case ?

Answer 1

根据我的经验，似乎将文件的内容加载为Referring元素的内部XML，这意味着您需要为外部引用的每个节使用不同的文件。