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ClaimsIdentity Constructor (IEnumerable<Claim>, String, String, String)

.NET Framework 4.5

Initializes a new instance of the ClaimsIdentity class with the specified, claims, authentication type, name claim type, and role claim type.

Namespace: System.Security.Claims
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

C++

public ClaimsIdentity(
	IEnumerable<Claim> claims,
	string authenticationType,
	string nameType,
	string roleType
)

Parameters

claims: Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<Claim>
The claims with which to populate the claims identity.

authenticationType: Type: System.String
The type of authentication used.

nameType: Type: System.String
The claim type to use for name claims.

roleType: Type: System.String
The claim type to use for role claims.

Remarks

The following table shows initial property values for an instance of the ClaimsIdentity class.

Property

Value

Actor

null.

AuthenticationType

The value of the authenticationType parameter. If the authenticationType parameter is null or an empty string, the property is set to null.

BootstrapContext

null.

Claims

Initialized from the claims parameter.

IsAuthenticated

Note
When accessed, the value of the IsAuthenticated property is returned based on the value of the AuthenticationType property.

Label

null.

Name

Note
When accessed, the value of the Name property is returned based on the NameClaimType and the Claims collection.

NameClaimType

The value of the nameType parameter. However, if the nameType parameter is null or an empty string, the property is set to DefaultNameClaimType.

RoleClaimType

The value of the roleClaimType parameter. However, if the roleClaimType parameter is null or an empty string, the property is set to DefaultRoleClaimType.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

ClaimsIdentity Class

ClaimsIdentity Overload

System.Security.Claims Namespace

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