SPServiceApplication.Properties.count is always 0 while accessing service applications in sharepoint2013

Question

i am trying to get database name and server details of service application(SPServiceApplication)
Basically i need to get properties of Service applications pro-grammatically.
Which we can find on selecting service and properties in the ribbon in central admin.
i am getting services in the farm,when i check for properties always it shows count 0
below is code snippet
var farmServices = SPFarm.Local.Services;
foreach (SPService service in farmServices)
SPServiceApplicationCollection serviceApplicationColl = service.Applications;
foreach (SPServiceApplication serviceApp in serviceApplicationColl)
servicepp.properties.count //always 0
i need to fetch all properties which we can see in centraladmin - ServiceApplications- Serviceapplication - properties
Please do let me know if any way to get serviceapplication properties programmatically.

Answer 1

The best way of course is know which type of service you are wanting information on. This enables you to use the GetValue method of the SPServices collection of the SPFarm. The code below uses that method to get the database for the BDC service. You must
cast the object to that particular class since only certain types of service applications expose a database.
public static void GetDatabaseForService()
Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.SharedService.BdcService service =
SPFarm.Local.Services.GetValue<Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.SharedService.BdcService>() as Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.SharedService.BdcService;
foreach (SPServiceApplication app in service.Applications)
Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.SharedService.BdcServiceApplication bdcApp = app as Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.SharedService.BdcServiceApplication;
string dbName = bdcApp.Database.Name;
Unfortunately the Microsoft.SharePoint.AppManagement.AppManagementService and AppManagementServiceApplication classes are marked as internal so you cannot use the code above. So you will not be able to do this programmatically. It is easy to identify the associated
database for a service application from Service Application Management in Central Administration. Just click on the service application and then click on the Properties button in the ribbon. The dialog will show you the associated database name.
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