Vivelin.Environment.Configuration usage example

Configuration.cs

namespace Vivelin.Environment
{
    public class Configuration
    {    
        public Configuration() : this(new JsonConfigurationProvider())
        { }
        
        public Configuration(IConfigurationProvider provider)
        {
            File = provider;
        }
        
        public IConfigurationProvider File { get; }
        
        public string GetSetting(string key)
        {
            return File.GetSetting(key);
        }
        
        public T GetSetting<T>(string key)
        {
            var value = GetSetting(key);
            return (T)Convert.ChangeType(value, typeof(T));
        }
        
        public string GetSecret(string key)
        {
            // Something with DPAPI
        }
    }
}

Program.cs

using Vivelin.Environment;

public class Preferences : Configuration
{
    // Always use JSON
    public Preferences() : base(new JsonConfigurationFile())
    { }
    
    public string ClientID => GetSetting("ClientID");
    public string ClientSecret => GetSecret("ClientSecret");
    public TimeSpan Timeout => GetSetting<TimeSpan>("Timeout");
}