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X509SecurityTokenAuthenticator::CanValidateTokenCore Method

Gets a value that indicates whether the specified security token can be validated by this security token authenticator.

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

protected:
virtual bool CanValidateTokenCore(
	SecurityToken^ token
) override

Parameters

token
Type: System.IdentityModel.Tokens::SecurityToken
The SecurityToken to be validated.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean
true when token is a X509SecurityToken security token or a class that derives from X509SecurityToken; otherwise, false.

The CanValidateTokenCore method does not authenticate the security token; that is performed by the ValidateTokenCore method.

.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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