How to parse app.config using ConfigurationManager?

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Published on 2010-05-10T16:26:16Z Indexed on 2010/05/10 16:34 UTC
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I was using a certain method for parsing my app.config file. Then I was told that using ConfigurationManager is better and simpler. But the thing is I don't know how to do it with ConfigurationManager.

My original code looked like this:

   XmlNode xmlProvidersNode;
    XmlNodeList xmlProvidersList;
    XmlNodeList xmlTaskFactoriesList;

    XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
    xmlDoc.Load("app.config");
    xmlProvidersNode = xmlDoc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("TaskProviders");
    xmlProvidersList = xmlProvidersNode.SelectNodes("TaskProvider");

    foreach (XmlNode xmlProviderElement in xmlProvidersList)
    {
        if (xmlProviderElement.Attributes.GetNamedItem("Name").Value.Equals(_taskProvider))
        {
            xmlTaskFactoriesList = xmlProviderElement.SelectNodes("TaskTypeFactory");
            foreach (XmlNode xmlTaskFactoryElement in xmlTaskFactoriesList)
            {
                if (xmlTaskFactoryElement.Attributes.GetNamedItem("TaskType").Value.Equals(_taskType))
                {
                    taskTypeFactory = xmlTaskFactoryElement.Attributes.GetNamedItem("Class").Value;
                }
            }
        }
    }

What would be the equivalent using ConfigurationManager? (Because all I can see is how to get keys not nodes..)

Thanks

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