Use ConfigDescriptor to read config

Scenario:

Use ConfigDescriptor to read config

Solution:

• Read the config

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namespace 
{
    [Serializable]
    public class UserConfigs
    {
       public class UserConfig
        {
            public UserConfig(string role, bool isActive)
            {
                Role = role;
                IsActive = isActive;
            }

            public string Role { get; }

            public bool IsActive { get; }
        }

        private Dictionary<string, UserConfig> _userConfigs;

        public void Load(string config)
        {
            //Deserialize config section

            _userConfigs = configs.Users
                .Cast<User>()
                .ToDictionary(u => u.Name,
                    u => new UserConfig(u.Role, u.IsActive),
                    StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
        }

        public bool TryGetUserConfig(string name, out UserConfig userConfig)
        {
            try
            {
                return _userConfigs.TryGetValue(name, out userConfig);
            }
            catch
            {
                userConfig = default(UserConfig);
                return false;
            }
        }
    }
}

• Call the config

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private static UserConfig GetConfig(string name)
{
     if (!config.TryGetUserConfig(name, out var userConfig))
    {
    }
    return userConfig;
}

• Use the config

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public Process ()
{
    var config = GetConfig("users");
    var role = config.Role;
}