Simplest possible key/value pair file parsing in .NET

Question

My project requires a file where I will store key/value pair data that should be able to be read and modified by the user. I want the program to just expect the keys to be t

Answer 1

I don't know of any builtin class to parse ini file. I've used nini when needed to do so. It's licensed under the MIT/X11 license, so doesn't have any issue to be included in a closed source program.

It's very to use. So if you have a Settings.ini file formatted this way:

[Configuration]
Name = Jb Evain
Phone = +330101010101

Using it would be as simple as:

var source = new IniConfigSource ("Settings.ini");
var config = source.Configs ["Configuration"];

string name = config.Get ("Name");
string phone = config.Get ("Phone");