Index: src/Repository/Hierarchy/XmlHierarchyConfigurator.cs
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/logging-log4net/src/Repository/Hierarchy/XmlHierarchyConfigurator.cs,v
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -r1.16 XmlHierarchyConfigurator.cs
--- src/Repository/Hierarchy/XmlHierarchyConfigurator.cs	17 Jan 2005 20:18:47 -0000	1.16
+++ src/Repository/Hierarchy/XmlHierarchyConfigurator.cs	15 Jun 2005 12:02:50 -0000
@@ -591,9 +591,27 @@
 			}
 			else
 			{
+				string propertyValue = null;
+
 				if (element.GetAttributeNode(VALUE_ATTR) != null)
 				{
-					string propertyValue = element.GetAttribute(VALUE_ATTR);
+					propertyValue = element.GetAttribute(VALUE_ATTR);
+				}
+				else if (element.HasChildNodes)
+				{
+					foreach (XmlNode childNode in element.ChildNodes)
+					{
+						if (childNode.NodeType == XmlNodeType.CDATA ||
+							childNode.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Text)
+						{
+							propertyValue = childNode.InnerText;
+							break;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
+				if (propertyValue != null)
+				{
 
 #if !NETCF	
 					try