Microsoft Extensions Configuration · Aaronontheweb/dotnet-skills

Validate and structure .NET settings with Options pattern

Covers binding configuration to strongly-typed classes, validating settings at startup with IValidateOptions or data annotations, and choosing between IOptions, IOptionsSnapshot, and IOptionsMonitor. Useful when building ASP.NET Core apps that should fail fast on misconfiguration.

Good for

  • Bind appsettings.json to strongly-typed config classes
  • Validate configuration values at application startup
  • Choose between IOptions, IOptionsSnapshot, and IOptionsMonitor
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Help me bind and validate my ASP.NET Core app settings at startup using the Options pattern with IValidateOptions.

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