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SecurityTokenManager Class

Represents a security token manager that specifies how security tokens are provided, authenticated, and serialized.

Namespace:  System.IdentityModel.Selectors
Assembly:  System.IdentityModel (in System.IdentityModel.dll)
public abstract class SecurityTokenManager

The SecurityTokenManager type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Protected method SecurityTokenManager Initializes a new instance of the SecurityTokenManager class.
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  Name Description
Public method CreateSecurityTokenAuthenticator Gets a security token authenticator that meets the specified security token requirements.
Public method CreateSecurityTokenProvider Gets a security token provider that meets the specified security token requirements.
Public method CreateSecurityTokenSerializer Gets an XML serializer that can serialize security tokens in the specified version of the WS-* specifications.
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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Use the SecurityTokenManager class when you need a custom security token, security token authenticator, or security token provider. Use a custom security token to handle credentials that does not support. Use a custom security token authenticator when the authentication methods provides are not sufficient. A SecurityTokenManager class returns a security token authenticator in the CreateSecurityTokenAuthenticator(SecurityTokenRequirement, SecurityTokenResolver) method. A security token provider provides security tokens for outgoing SOAP messages. A SecurityTokenManager class returns a security token provider in the CreateSecurityTokenProvider(SecurityTokenRequirement) method.

using custom security token authenticators and security token providers, see Custom Credential and Credential Validation. creating a custom security token, see How To: Create a Custom Token.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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