SPClaimsAuthenticationManager.Authenticate method

Confirms the security context of the user on whose behalf the code is running.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel (in Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides Function Authenticate ( _
    resourceName As String, _
    incomingPrincipal As IClaimsPrincipal _
) As IClaimsPrincipal
'Usage
Dim instance As SPClaimsAuthenticationManager
Dim resourceName As String
Dim incomingPrincipal As IClaimsPrincipal
Dim returnValue As IClaimsPrincipal

returnValue = instance.Authenticate(resourceName, _
    incomingPrincipal)

public override IClaimsPrincipal Authenticate(
    string resourceName,
    IClaimsPrincipal incomingPrincipal
)

Parameters

• resourceName
  Type: System.String

  The address to which the request was sent.

• incomingPrincipal
  Type: IClaimsPrincipal

  The credentials presented by the client, in the form of a SecurityToken, to access a resource at resourceName.

Return value

Type: IClaimsPrincipal
The principal given to the method.

Exceptions

Remarks

This override checks the incoming principal to return the correct principal. If the user is authenticated, this override calls the Authenticate() method of the base class to get the principal specified by incomingPrincipal; otherwise, this override returns the anonymous principal.

See also

Reference

SPClaimsAuthenticationManager class

SPClaimsAuthenticationManager members

Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel namespace