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SecurityTokenProvider Class

Represents a security token provider that handles security tokens for a SOAP message sender.

Namespace:  System.IdentityModel.Selectors
Assembly:  System.IdentityModel (in System.IdentityModel.dll)

public ref class SecurityTokenProvider abstract

The SecurityTokenProvider type exposes the following members.

  NameDescription
Protected methodSecurityTokenProviderInitializes a new instance of the SecurityTokenProvider class.
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  NameDescription
Public propertySupportsTokenCancellationGets a value that indicates whether the security token can be cancelled.
Public propertySupportsTokenRenewalGets a value that indicates whether the security token is renewable.
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  NameDescription
Public methodBeginCancelTokenBegins an asynchronous operation to cancel a security token.
Protected methodBeginCancelTokenCoreBegins an asynchronous operation to cancel a security token.
Public methodBeginGetTokenBegins an asynchronous operation to get a security token.
Protected methodBeginGetTokenCoreBegins an asynchronous operation to get a security token.
Public methodBeginRenewTokenBegins an asynchronous operation that renews a security token.
Protected methodBeginRenewTokenCoreBegins an asynchronous operation that renews a security token.
Public methodCancelTokenCancels a security token.
Protected methodCancelTokenCoreCancels a security token.
Public methodEndCancelTokenCompletes an asynchronous operation to cancel a security token.
Protected methodEndCancelTokenCoreCompletes an asynchronous operation to cancel a security token.
Public methodEndGetTokenCompletes an asynchronous operation to get a security token.
Protected methodEndGetTokenCoreCompletes an asynchronous operation to get a security token.
Public methodEndRenewTokenCompletes an asynchronous operation to renew a security token.
Protected methodEndRenewTokenCoreCompletes an asynchronous operation to renew the security token.
Public methodEquals(Object)Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodFinalizeAllows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetHashCodeServes as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetTokenGets a security token.
Protected methodGetTokenCoreGets a security token.
Public methodGetTypeGets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodMemberwiseCloneCreates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodRenewTokenRenews a security token.
Protected methodRenewTokenCoreRenews a security token.
Public methodToStringReturns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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Use the SecurityTokenProvider class when custom security tokens are required. The role of a security token provider is to get a security token when a SOAP message is sent by a client and a security token is used to authenticate the client or to protect the SOAP message. Specifically, the GetToken method is called to get a security token. The security token provider can also be called to cancel and renew a security using the CancelToken and RenewToken methods.

Classes that derive from the SecurityTokenManager class implement the CreateSecurityTokenProvider method to determine which security token provider is required for a given security token.

The ClientCredentialsSecurityTokenManager and ServiceCredentialsSecurityTokenManager classes provide the default implementations for built-in security token types. For custom security token scenarios, you must derive a class from one of the SecurityTokenManager, ClientCredentialsSecurityTokenManager, or ServiceCredentialsSecurityTokenManager classes and provide the functionality to create the security token provider, security token authenticator, and security token serializer for the custom security token. For more information about creating a custom token, see How To: Create a Custom Token.

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.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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