How to have nested configurations in config json file and read it using bit?

Question

so far I've seen some sample code in which some configuration is inserted in a file named environment.json like this:

[
    {
        "Name": "Default",

    "AppInfo": {
          "Name": "blahblah",
          "Version": "1"
    },
    "Configs": [
      {
        "Key": "someconfiguration",
        "Value": "some value"
      },
      {
        "Key": "another configuration ",
        "Value": "blah blah"
      },
    ]
   }
]

and then when needed, data can be read from configuration file like this:

var value = DefaultAppEnvironmentsProvider.Current
            .GetActiveAppEnvironment()
            .GetConfig<string>("SomeConfiguration");

The Question is:

what if I want to have some configuration whose value is a nested json list or json object. I want some thing like this:

"key": "Address",
"value": {
    "street": "some street name",
    "postal code": "blah blah",
    ...
}

how can I read such configurations using bit?

thanks for your time in advance.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 01 '18 at 13:16

First of all, create a class which defines your configuration contract:

public class MailServerConfig
{
    public Uri ServerUrl { get; set; }

    public string AnotherConfig { get; set; }
}

Then add followings to your environments.json file:

,
      {
        "Key": "MailServerConfig",
        "Value": {
          "$type": "SampleApp.Configurations.MailServerConfig, SampleApp",
          "ServerUrl": "https://google.com/",
          "AnotherConfig": "!"
        }
      }

In your controllers (Or wherever you want to read your configs), inject AppEnv

public AppEnvironment AppEnv { get; set; }

Then read your config as below:

MailServerConfig mailServerConfig = AppEnv.GetConfig<MailServerConfig>("MailServerConfig");

Note that in environments.json, $type is mandatory, and it should be the first line of your nested json object.

How to have nested configurations in config json file and read it using bit?

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