C# How to create custom section without parent node

Question

I have worked by below article.

http://www.jokecamp.com/blog/net-custom-configuration-section-collection-and-elements/

I can achieve if I do like what it said. But I want to remove parent node. I want xml to seems like below.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="jobSection"
      type="MyConfiguration.JobSection, MyConfiguration" />
  </configSections>
  <jobSection>
      <job id="1" name="Job Name A" />
      <job id="2" name="Job Name B" />
  </jobSection>
</configuration>

I get an error Unrecognized element 'job'. if xml is like above. How can I define a custom section by above xml ?

Answer 1

In your configuration class, you should define the ConfigurationProperty attribute on the collection with an empty string as name and with the IsDefaultCollection property set to true:

[ConfigurationProperty("", IsDefaultCollection = true)]  
public JobsCollection Jobs  

Answer 2

I think your post is look similar with below post.Please look the post it may help you.

Unrecognized element "Item" in config file with custom config section