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NpgsqlBlogProvider/BlogHelper.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Configuration;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Collections.Specialized;
+using Npgsql.Web.Blog.Configuration;
+
+namespace Npgsql.Web.Blog
+{
+	public static class BlogHelper
+	{
+		public static BlogProvider GetProvider ()
+		{
+			BlogProvidersConfigurationSection config = ConfigurationManager.GetSection ("system.web/blog") as BlogProvidersConfigurationSection;
+			if (config == null)
+				throw new ConfigurationErrorsException("The configuration bloc for the blog provider was not found");
+			BlogProviderConfigurationElement celt = 
+				config.Providers.GetElement (config.DefaultProvider);
+			if (config == null)
+				throw new ConfigurationErrorsException("The default blog provider was not found");
+			ConstructorInfo ci = Type.GetType (celt.Type).GetConstructor (Type.EmptyTypes);
+			BlogProvider bp = ci.Invoke (Type.EmptyTypes) as BlogProvider;
+			NameValueCollection c = new NameValueCollection ();
+			c.Add ("name", celt.Name);
+			c.Add ("type", celt.Type);
+			c.Add ("connectionStringName", celt.ConnectionStringName);
+			c.Add ("description", celt.Description);
+			c.Add ("applicationName", celt.ApplicationName);
+			bp.Initialize (celt.Name, c);
+			return bp;
+		}
+
+
+	}
+
+}