sharpconfig 1.4.0

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ChangeLog for SharpConfig 1.4.
Last version was 1.3.
Author: Cemalettin Dervis

PLEASE NOTE:
   This release contains some significant API changes
   and may break your existing API in terms of errors!

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1. General
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-   Added assemblies for .NET 3.0, 3.5 and 4.5.
-   Improved API documentation.
-   Added a sample application.
-   Internalized some methods that shouldn't be public.
-   Comment now allows empty values.
-   Improved section parsing in terms of performance and stability.
-   SharpConfig now accepts multiple sections and settings
   that have the same name (issue #5).
-   Changed array bracket symbols from [] to {}.


2. Fixes
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-   Fixed a bug in the parsing process ( Configuration.Parse() ) that
would not reset the temporary fields when the parsing failed.
   
-   Fixed a potential memory leak in Configuration.(De)SerializeBinary().


3. API Changes
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-   Changed Configuration and Section to be collections themselves.
   It's now possible to iterate through Configuration and Section objects
   directly instead of accessing their properties such as "Section" and
   "Settings".
   
-   When a section is accessed used Configuration[string] and a section
   with the specified name couldn't be found, the configuration will create
   a new section, add it to itself and return that instead.
   This eases the population of configurations.
   Note: this functionality is also implemented in Section[string].

-   New types:
       -   ConfigurationElement class
       
-   Removed types:
       -   CommentCollection class
       -   SectionCollection class
       -   SettingCollection class
       
       -   ParseFlags enum.
           Parsing options can now be set via static properties of the Configuration class.
           
       -   CommentType enum.
           Replaced by a char, accessible via the Comment.Symbol property.

-   New methods:
       -   Configuration.LoadFromText()
       -   Setting.SetValue<T>()
       
-   Renamed methods:
       -   Configuration.Load(filename)  -> Configuration.LoadFromFile()
       -   Configuration.Load(stream) -> Configuration.LoadFromStream()
       
-   Added encoding overloads for Configuration.Load/Save methods (issue #1).

-   Added new static properties to the Configuration class:
       -   NumberFormat (issue #3)
       -   IsCaseSensitive
       -   ValidCommentChars (issue #4)
       
-   Changed the Comment struct to a class.
-   Removed pre-comments.
-   Changed the Configuration class to be non-sealed.
-   Renamed the SettingCategory class to Section.
-   Renamed the SettingCategoryCollection class to SectionCollection.
-   Added a new property: Setting.ArraySize.

-   Improved the Setting.GetValue methods.
   You can now use GetValue() to obtain single and array objects.
   GetValueArray() has been removed subsequently.
   
-   Added a new method: Section.CreateObject<T>().
-   Renamed Section.AssignTo<T>() to MapTo<T>().

-   Improved MapTo<T>() and added an overload that specifies
   a value for case-sensitive property assignment.