Command line source

Location: main sources module.

CommandLineSource converts CLI arguments into settings nodes.

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    var source = new CommandLineSource(args);
}

It supports 7 syntax options for key-value parameters:

• --key=value

• --key value

• -key=value

• -key value

• /key=value

• /key value

• key=value

Keys with dots (such as a.b.c) are treated as hierarchical and get split into segments:

--throttling.capacity=50 --> { "throttling": { "capacity": "50" } }

Multiple occurrences of the same key are merged into arrays.

This source is static and never issues data updates.

Default keys and values

Standalone keys may optionally be supplied with a default value.

Standalone values may optionally be grouped under default key.

var source = new CommandLineSource(args, "main", "true");

--enable --> { "enable": "true" }
100 200 --> { "main": ["100", "200"] }

Related pages

Configuration sources