C# can i keep the config section handlers in a different assembly?

Question

I have a console app client, which is calling a method on another assembly, this other assembly requires some configuration info to be initialized, can i keep the section handlers of such configs in the assembly itself? and not expose to the console app client? If i could do so, then how should i go about doing it?

Answer 1

If by "not expose" you mean keeping configuration handler classes within the assembly, then sure. You can use ConfigurationManager within the library methods and keep everything internal. But keep in mind that you will need to define xml configuration in console client's app.config, not the library-specific config.