Provides an enumerator to access the security policy hierarchy by levels, such as computer policy and user policy.
Namespace:
System.Security
Assembly:
mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Function PolicyHierarchy As IEnumerator
Dim returnValue As IEnumerator
returnValue = SecurityManager.PolicyHierarchy()
public static IEnumerator PolicyHierarchy()
public:
static IEnumerator^ PolicyHierarchy()
public static function PolicyHierarchy() : IEnumerator
The returned enumerator provides successive PolicyLevel objects that represent the policy at the respective (machine, user, enterprise, application domain) level of the hierarchy. These objects are the live policy objects; altering these objects can have unpredictable results.
Minimum policy hierarchy consists of a machine level, an enterprise level, and a user level. However, the hierarchy can include additional levels.
For the complete example, see the SecurityManager class topic.
Private Shared Sub DeleteCustomCodeGroups()
' Delete the custom code groups that were created.
Dim policyEnumerator As IEnumerator = SecurityManager.PolicyHierarchy()
While policyEnumerator.MoveNext()
Dim machineLevel As PolicyLevel = CType(policyEnumerator.Current, PolicyLevel)
Dim childCodeGroups As IList = machineLevel.RootCodeGroup.Children
Dim childGroups As IEnumerator = childCodeGroups.GetEnumerator()
While childGroups.MoveNext()
Dim thisCodeGroup As CodeGroup = CType(childGroups.Current, CodeGroup)
If thisCodeGroup.Name = "MyCompanyCodeGroup" Then
machineLevel.RootCodeGroup.RemoveChild(thisCodeGroup)
End If
End While
End While
End Sub 'DeleteCustomCodeGroups
private static void DeleteCustomCodeGroups()
{
// Delete the custom code groups that were created.
IEnumerator policyEnumerator = SecurityManager.PolicyHierarchy();
while(policyEnumerator.MoveNext())
{
PolicyLevel machineLevel = (PolicyLevel)policyEnumerator.Current;
IList childCodeGroups = machineLevel.RootCodeGroup.Children;
IEnumerator childGroups = childCodeGroups.GetEnumerator();
while(childGroups.MoveNext())
{
CodeGroup thisCodeGroup = (CodeGroup)childGroups.Current;
if( thisCodeGroup.Name == "MyCompanyCodeGroup")
{
machineLevel.RootCodeGroup.RemoveChild(thisCodeGroup);
}
}
}
}
void DeleteCustomCodeGroups()
{
// Delete the custom code groups that were created.
IEnumerator^ policyEnumerator = SecurityManager::PolicyHierarchy();
while ( policyEnumerator->MoveNext() )
{
PolicyLevel^ machineLevel = dynamic_cast<PolicyLevel^>(policyEnumerator->Current);
IList^ childCodeGroups = machineLevel->RootCodeGroup->Children;
IEnumerator^ childGroups = childCodeGroups->GetEnumerator();
while ( childGroups->MoveNext() )
{
CodeGroup^ thisCodeGroup = dynamic_cast<CodeGroup^>(childGroups->Current);
if ( thisCodeGroup->Name->Equals( "MyCompanyCodeGroup" ) )
{
machineLevel->RootCodeGroup->RemoveChild( thisCodeGroup );
}
}
}
}
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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