mono/mcs/class/System.Configuration/System.Configuration.Provider/ProviderBase.cs

//
// System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase
//
// Authors:
//	Lluis Sanchez Gual ([email protected])
//
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using System.Collections.Specialized;

namespace System.Configuration.Provider
{
	public abstract class ProviderBase
	{
		bool alreadyInitialized;
		
		protected ProviderBase ()
		{
		}
		
		public virtual void Initialize (string name, NameValueCollection config)
		{
			if (name == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("name");
			if (name.Length == 0)
				throw new ArgumentException ("Provider name cannot be null or empty.", "name");
			if (alreadyInitialized)
				throw new InvalidOperationException ("This provider instance has already been initialized.");
			alreadyInitialized = true;
			
			_name = name;

			if (config != null) {
				_description = config ["description"];
				config.Remove ("description");
			}
			if (String.IsNullOrEmpty (_description))
				_description = _name;
		}
		
		public virtual string Name { 
			get { return _name; }
		}

		public virtual string Description {
			get { return _description; }
		}

		string _description;
		string _name;
	}
}