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Management Outline

The Management codebase provides a way to manage different configuration settings for different environments (development, testing, production) in the CI/CD pipeline. This is achieved by using the Configuration project and the Configuration.Manager project.

Configuration

The Configuration project defines the interface for accessing and managing configuration settings. The Configuration class provides the following methods:

  • Get: Returns the value of a configuration setting.
  • Set: Sets the value of a configuration setting.
  • Remove: Removes a configuration setting.
  • Clear: Removes all configuration settings.

Configuration.Manager

The Configuration.Manager project provides an implementation of the Configuration interface. It utilizes environment variables to store configuration settings. The Configuration.Manager class exposes the following methods:

  • Get: Returns the value of a configuration setting from environment variables.
  • Set: Sets the value of a configuration setting in environment variables.
  • Remove: Removes a configuration setting from environment variables.
  • Clear: Removes all configuration settings from environment variables.

Environment Variables

The Configuration.Manager uses environment variables to store configuration settings. The format of the environment variable name is: [EnvironmentName]_[SettingName]. For example, the environment variable Development_DatabaseConnectionString would store the database connection string for the Development environment.

Environment Configuration

You can configure the EnvironmentName by using the Environment class in the Configuration project. The Environment class provides the following methods:

  • Get: Returns the current environment name.
  • Set: Sets the current environment name.

For example, to set the environment to Development, you would use the following code:

Environment.Set("Development");

Usage

The following code demonstrates how to use the Configuration.Manager to access and manage configuration settings:

// Get the database connection string for the Development environment
          string connectionString = Configuration.Manager.Get("Development_DatabaseConnectionString");
          
          // Set the database connection string for the Testing environment
          Configuration.Manager.Set("Testing_DatabaseConnectionString", "new connection string");
          
          // Remove the database connection string for the Production environment
          Configuration.Manager.Remove("Production_DatabaseConnectionString");
          
          // Clear all configuration settings
          Configuration.Manager.Clear();

Testing

The Configuration.Manager provides a unit test project to validate its functionality. The unit tests cover the following scenarios:

  • Get: Tests the ability to retrieve configuration settings from environment variables.
  • Set: Tests the ability to set configuration settings in environment variables.
  • Remove: Tests the ability to remove configuration settings from environment variables.
  • Clear: Tests the ability to remove all configuration settings from environment variables.

Conclusion

The Management codebase provides a comprehensive solution for managing configuration settings in different environments. The Configuration.Manager leverages environment variables for storage and retrieval, ensuring flexibility and ease of use. The unit tests ensure the reliability and stability of the codebase.