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namespace Apache.Avalon.Container.Configuration
{
	using System;
	using System.Configuration;
	using System.Xml;

	/// <summary>
	/// Implementation of <see cref="System.Configuration.IConfigurationSectionHandler"/>
	/// to allow natural mapping of a section in the configuration file associated with an 
	/// AppDomain to a <see cref="ContainerConfiguration"/>.
	/// </summary>
	public class ContainerConfigurationSectionHandler : IConfigurationSectionHandler
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// The static name of the section in the configuration file.
		/// </summary>
		private static readonly String SECTION_NAME = "avalon.container";

		/// <summary>
		/// Constructs a ContainerConfigurationSectionHandler. 
		/// </summary>
		public ContainerConfigurationSectionHandler()
		{
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns the default name of the section in the
		/// configuration file.
		/// </summary>
		internal static String Section
		{
			get
			{
				return SECTION_NAME;
			}
		}

		#region IConfigurationSectionHandler Members

		/// <summary>
		/// Invoke by Configuration API - Should return any object represeting the
		/// actual configuration
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="parent">If hierarquical configuration is being used, 
		/// a non-null ContainerConfiguration to be overrided.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="configContext">API specific.</param>
		/// <param name="section">The <see cref="XmlNode"/> to be parsed.</param>
		/// <returns>A ContainerConfiguration instance.</returns>
		public object Create(object parent, object configContext, XmlNode section)
		{
			return new ContainerConfiguration(
				(ContainerConfiguration) parent, section);
		}

		#endregion
	}
}