Unable to read in my custom .config section

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Published on 2010-02-24T08:10:56Z Indexed on 2010/05/20 19:20 UTC
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Hi folks,

NOTE: this is very very similar to this SO question, but I need some more help.

i'm trying to make the following section in my .config file, but i get an exception when trying to access this section.

.config file

<configSections>
    <section name="foos" type="Ackbar.Mvc.Models.Foo.FooCollection, Ackbar.Mvc" requirePermission="false"/>
    <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler" requirePermission="false" />
</configSections>

<foos>
    <add name="aaa" something="zzz"/>
    <add name="bbb" something="yyy"/>
    <add name="ccc" something="xxx"/>
</foos>

Ok, so this means i need to make two classes

classes

public class FooCollection : ConfigurationElementCollection
{
    ... with my custom overrides, etc. ...
}

and

public class FooElement : ConfigurationElement
{
    [ConfigurationProperty("Name", IsRequired = true)]
    public string Name { .. }

    [ConfigurationProperty("Something ", IsRequired = true)]
    public string Something { .. }

    [ConfigurationProperty("IsDefault ", IsRequired = false, DefaultValue = false)]
    public bool IsDefault { .. }
}

Kewl. Now, when i do the following ....

var whatever = ConfigurationManager.GetSection("foos") is throws the following exception :-

An error occurred creating the configuration section handler for foos: Type 'Ackbar.Mvc.Models.Foos.FooCollection' does not inherit from 'System.Configuration.IConfigurationSectionHandler'.

Can someone please help me? I don't want to wrap the collection INSIDE a parent section.

Cheers :)

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