Can't define static abstract string property

Question

I\'ve run into an interesting problem and am looking for some suggestions on how best to handle this...

I have an abstract class that contains a static method that accep

Answer 1

What you're trying to do is impossible, as others have mentioned.

I'd try something like this

public abstract class ProviderConfiguration : ConfigurationSection
{
    public string ConfigurationSectionName { get; set; }

    public static ProviderConfiguration Provider { get; set; }

    public static Configuration Current
    {
        get { return (Configuration)ConfigurationManager.GetSection(Provider.ConfigurationSectionName); }
    }
}

Then in practice:

public void DoStuff()
{
    var provider = new DerivedProviderConfiguration();
    ProviderConfiguration.Provider = provider;
}