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I use the Options pattern to create strongly typed configuration values.
The values can come from:
- JSON files
- Application secrets
- Environment variables
- Azure App configuration
However, setting up configuration values is error-prone.
Here are just a few things that can go wrong:
- Passing an incorrect section name to IConfiguration.GetSection
- Forgetting to add the settings values in appsettings.json
- Typo in a property name in the class or the configuration
- Data type mismatch resulting in incompatible values
- Unbindale properties without a setter
The application will behave differently at runtime depending on which one of these mistakes is made.
The best-case scenario is that the incorrect application settings cause a runtime exception.
You realize you have a problem and fix it.
The worst-case scenario is that the application silently fails.
The problem may go undetected for some time.
Data annotations are a simple way to introduce validation to the settings class.
However, you can also integrate FluentValidation using the IValidateOptions interface.
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Are you using the Options pattern?
I use the Options pattern to create strongly typed configuration values.
The values can come from:
- JSON files
- Application secrets
- Environment variables
- Azure App configuration
However, setting up configuration values is error-prone.
Here are just a few things that can go wrong:
- Passing an incorrect section name to IConfiguration.GetSection
- Forgetting to add the settings values in appsettings.json
- Typo in a property name in the class or the configuration
- Data type mismatch resulting in incompatible values
- Unbindale properties without a setter
The application will behave differently at runtime depending on which one of these mistakes is made.
The best-case scenario is that the incorrect application settings cause a runtime exception.
You realize you have a problem and fix it.
The worst-case scenario is that the application silently fails.
The problem may go undetected for some time.
Data annotations are a simple way to introduce validation to the settings class.
However, you can also integrate FluentValidation using the IValidateOptions interface.
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