add some new Extensions Methods for IConfiguration to read sections as Object and Json ...

Extensions/IConfigurationExtensions.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using xCommons.Configurations;
 using xCommons.Constants;
@@ -49,5 +50,130 @@ namespace xCommons.Extensions
                 .GetSection(ConfigurationNodeNames.SWAGGER_NODE);
             return xSwaggerConfigSection.Get<XSwaggerConfiguration>();
         }
+    
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts a ConfigurationSection to object Representation ...
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="section"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static object ToObject(this IConfigurationSection section)
+        {
+            //
+            // an Inner Function for Create Recursive Parsing ...
+            object ConvertSection(IConfigurationSection sec)
+            {
+                //
+                var children = sec
+                    .GetChildren()
+                    .ToList();
+                if (!children.Any())
+                {
+                    return sec.Value ?? string.Empty;
+                }
+
+                //
+                // Detect Array Like Sections ...
+                bool isArray = children.All(ch => int.TryParse(ch.Key, out _));
+                if (isArray)
+                {
+                    //
+                    return children
+                        .OrderBy(c => int.Parse(c.Key))
+                        .Select(ConvertSection)
+                        .ToList();
+                }
+
+                //
+                // Otherwise ...
+                return children
+                    .ToDictionary(
+                        c => c.Key,
+                        c => ConvertSection(c)
+                    );
+            }
+
+            //
+            // Try to Parse using Inner Function ...
+            var result = ConvertSection(section);
+
+            //
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts a ConfigurationSection to Json Representation ... 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="section"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static string ToJSON(this IConfigurationSection section)
+        {
+            //
+            // Try to Parse using Inner Function ...
+            var obj = section.ToObject();
+
+            //
+            // Convert it to Json ...
+            var result = obj.ToJSON();
+
+            //
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get a Configuration Section as Object ... 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="source"></param>
+        /// <param name="section"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static object GetSectionAsObject(
+            this IConfiguration source,
+            string section
+        )
+        {
+            //
+            object result = null;
+
+            //
+            if (!section.IsNullOrEmpty())
+            {
+                //
+                var sec = source.GetSection(section);
+                if (!sec.IsNull())
+                {
+                    result = sec.ToObject();
+                }
+            }
+
+            //
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Retrieve a Configuration Section as Json String ...
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="source"></param>
+        /// <param name="section"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static string GetSectionAsJson(
+            this IConfiguration source,
+            string section
+        )
+        {
+            //
+            var result = string.Empty;
+
+            //
+            // Retrieve Secion as Object ...
+            var obj = source.GetSectionAsObject(section);
+            if (!obj.IsNull())
+            {
+                //
+                // Converts Section Object to Json ...
+                result = obj.ToJSON();
+            }
+
+            //
+            return result;
+        }    
     }
 }