The Metadata property provides a custom key-value storage for the project configuration. It allows developers to store additional information that may not be covered by the predefined properties of the ProjectConfig class. This property is a dictionary where the keys are strings and the values are objects, enabling flexible data storage.
Use the Metadata property to store and retrieve custom data related to your project. This can be useful for storing configuration settings, custom flags, or any other data that needs to be associated with the project but does not fit into the existing properties.
To add or update a metadata entry, simply use the dictionary's indexer:
projectConfig.Metadata["CustomKey"] = "CustomValue";To retrieve a value, use the key:
var value = projectConfig.Metadata["CustomKey"];Ensure that the key exists before attempting to retrieve a value to avoid exceptions.
// Example of using the Metadata property
var projectConfig = new ProjectConfig();
// Adding custom metadata
projectConfig.Metadata["Author"] = "John Doe";
projectConfig.Metadata["Version"] = 1.0;
// Retrieving metadata
if (projectConfig.Metadata.TryGetValue("Author", out var author))
{
Console.WriteLine($"Author: {author}");
}
// Checking if a key exists
if (projectConfig.Metadata.ContainsKey("Version"))
{
Console.WriteLine("Version key exists.");
}