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ClientCredentialsSecurityTokenManager.CreateSecurityTokenProvider Method

Creates a security token provider.

Namespace:  System.ServiceModel
Assembly:  System.ServiceModel (in System.ServiceModel.dll)
public override SecurityTokenProvider CreateSecurityTokenProvider(
	SecurityTokenRequirement tokenRequirement
)
Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

tokenRequirement is null.

The SecurityTokenProvider class is responsible for obtaining tokens for a given ServiceModelSecurityTokenRequirement. Optionally token providers support renewing and canceling tokens as well.

The following code shows how to override this method.


internal class MyClientCredentialsSecurityTokenManager : 
    ClientCredentialsSecurityTokenManager
{
    MyClientCredentials credentials;

    public MyClientCredentialsSecurityTokenManager(
        MyClientCredentials credentials): base(credentials)
    {
        this.credentials = credentials;
    }

    public override SecurityTokenProvider CreateSecurityTokenProvider(
        SecurityTokenRequirement requirement)
    {
        SecurityTokenProvider result = null;
        if (requirement.TokenType == SecurityTokenTypes.X509Certificate)
        {
            MessageDirection direction = requirement.GetProperty
                <MessageDirection>(ServiceModelSecurityTokenRequirement.
                MessageDirectionProperty);
            if (direction == MessageDirection.Output)
            {
                if (requirement.KeyUsage == SecurityKeyUsage.Signature)
                {
                    result = new X509SecurityTokenProvider(
                        this.credentials.ClientSigningCertificate);
                }
                else
                {
                    result = new X509SecurityTokenProvider(this.credentials.
                        ServiceEncryptingCertificate);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                if (requirement.KeyUsage == SecurityKeyUsage.Signature)
                {
                    result = new X509SecurityTokenProvider(this.
                        credentials.ServiceSigningCertificate);
                }
                else
                {
                    result = new X509SecurityTokenProvider(credentials.
                        ClientEncryptingCertificate);
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            result = base.CreateSecurityTokenProvider(requirement);
        }

        return result;
    }

    public override SecurityTokenAuthenticator 
        CreateSecurityTokenAuthenticator(SecurityTokenRequirement 
        tokenRequirement, out SecurityTokenResolver outOfBandTokenResolver)
    {
        return base.CreateSecurityTokenAuthenticator(tokenRequirement, 
            out outOfBandTokenResolver);
    }
}


.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.
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