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SecurityIdentifier.Translate Method

.NET Framework 4

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Translates the account name represented by the SecurityIdentifier object into another IdentityReference-derived type.

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

Syntax

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[SecurityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, ControlPrincipal = true)]
public override IdentityReference Translate(
	Type targetType
)

Parameters

targetType: Type: System.Type
The target type for the conversion from SecurityIdentifier. The target type must be a type that is considered valid by the IsValidTargetType method.

Return Value

Type: System.Security.Principal.IdentityReference
The converted identity.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	targetType is null.
ArgumentException	targetType is not an IdentityReference type.
IdentityNotMappedException	Some or all identity references could not be translated.
SystemException	A Win32 error code was returned.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, 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.

Reference

SecurityIdentifier Class

System.Security.Principal Namespace

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