Also automatically register license key in SERVICESTACK_LICENSE Environment Variable

Author: mythz

src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.Net40.cs

@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ public override string[] GetDirectoryNames(string dirPath, string searchPattern
         }
 
         public const string AppSettingsKey = "servicestack:license";
+        public const string EnvironmentKey = "SERVICESTACK_LICENSE";
+
         public override void RegisterLicenseFromConfig()
         {
 #if ANDROID
@@ -127,6 +129,14 @@ public override void RegisterLicenseFromConfig()
             //Automatically register license key stored in <appSettings/>
             var licenceKeyText = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[AppSettingsKey];
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(licenceKeyText))
+            {
+                LicenseUtils.RegisterLicense(licenceKeyText);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            //or SERVICESTACK_LICENSE Environment variable
+            licenceKeyText = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(EnvironmentKey);
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(licenceKeyText))
             {
                 LicenseUtils.RegisterLicense(licenceKeyText);
             }
@@ -1092,7 +1102,7 @@ private static int VerifyAndGetStartIndex(string value, Type createMapType)
 
         public static Hashtable ParseHashtable(string value)
         {
-            if (value == null) 
+            if (value == null)
                 return null;
 
             var index = VerifyAndGetStartIndex(value, typeof(Hashtable));

tests/ServiceStack.Text.Tests/LicensingTests.cs

@@ -131,6 +131,16 @@ public void Can_register_valid_license()
             Assert.That(LicenseUtils.ActivatedLicenseFeatures(), Is.EqualTo(LicenseFeature.All));
         }
 
+        [Test, Explicit]
+        public void Can_register_valid_license_from_EnvironmentVariable()
+        {
+#if !SL5
+            var licenseKeyText = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SERVICESTACK_LICENSE");
+            Licensing.RegisterLicense(licenseKeyText);
+            Assert.That(LicenseUtils.ActivatedLicenseFeatures(), Is.EqualTo(LicenseFeature.All));
+#endif
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void Expired_licenses_throws_LicenseException()
         {