Configuration Binding to class hierarchy

[mwpowellhtx]

Is it possible? I have a configuration stemming from could be an array, associative object, whatever, with an inner selector attribute, would use this to select on what the type of the object should be under binding rules. Is something like this possible? i.e. might use the classical, Animal, Cat, Dog, Horse, whatever, examples, I want to yield instances of Cat, Dog, Horse, whatever, or possibly even throw an UnknownTaxonomyException when discovering an unsupported use case.

[mwpowellhtx]

Elaborating a bit, I don't know what the specific attributes which might be bound there, maybe something like this, 30K meter view:

• cat purring
• dog barking
• horse galloping
  Along these lines. Obviously whatever those characteristics would be among the bound config, would be unique to each of the Animal classes, exclusive to each of them, Cat, Dog, Horse, respectively.

[mwpowellhtx]

I figured out how I might do a selector approach, but I simplified a bit. How do I parse to an Enum value? Everything else about the object being parsed is there, but theyare also primitive JSON string values. How do I train IConfiguration to handle my Enum value, by handle I mean parse, auto-magically?