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ApplicationIdentity Class

.NET Framework 4.5

Other Versions

Provides the ability to uniquely identify a manifest-activated application. This class cannot be inherited.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.ApplicationIdentity

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

Syntax

C++

[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
public sealed class ApplicationIdentity : ISerializable

The ApplicationIdentity type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	ApplicationIdentity	Initializes a new instance of the ApplicationIdentity class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	CodeBase	Gets the location of the deployment manifest as a URL.
	FullName	Gets the full name of the application.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Infrastructure. Returns the full name of the manifest-activated application. (Overrides Object.ToString().)

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Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	ISerializable.GetObjectData	Infrastructure. Populates a SerializationInfo object with the data needed to serialize the target object.

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Remarks

The ApplicationIdentity class is used in the activation of manifest-based applications.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates the use of an ActivationContext object to obtain the ApplicationIdentity for a manifest-based application. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the ActivationContext class.

ActivationContext ac = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.ActivationContext;
ApplicationIdentity ai = ac.Identity;

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

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.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Reference

System Namespace

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