SPWeb.Roles property
SharePoint 2013
NOTE: This API is now obsolete.
Use the RoleDefinitions property to get the collection of role definitions for a website. In Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, the Roles property was used to get the collection of site groups on the website.
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
[ObsoleteAttribute("Use the RoleDefinitions property instead")] public SPRoleCollection Roles { get; }
Property value
Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPRoleCollectionAn SPRoleCollection object that represents the site groups.