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Class SecurityEntityProvider

NOTE: This is a pre-release API that is UNSTABLE and might not satisfy the compatibility requirements as denoted by its associated normal version. Signature for component that provides security entities which can be used to apply access rights for items (for example IContent).

Inheritance
System.Object
SecurityEntityProvider
Namespace: EPiServer.Security
Assembly: EPiServer.Framework.dll
Version: 9.12.2
Syntax
public abstract class SecurityEntityProvider : ProviderBase

Constructors

SecurityEntityProvider()

Declaration
protected SecurityEntityProvider()

Methods

GetRolesForUser(String)

Retrieves all roles for user with given userName.

Declaration
public abstract IEnumerable<string> GetRolesForUser(string userName)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String userName

The name of the user.

Returns
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.String>

A list of all roles for the user.

Search(String, String)

Searches all security entities of given type with a matching name.

Declaration
public abstract IEnumerable<SecurityEntity> Search(string partOfValue, string claimType)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String partOfValue

Part of value to match or null to get all of given type.

System.String claimType

The claimType to search for.

Returns
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<SecurityEntity>

A list of all matching entities or an empty list if no matches.

Search(String, String, Int32, Int32, out Int32)

Searches all security entities of given type with a matching name with paging support.

Declaration
public abstract IEnumerable<SecurityEntity> Search(string partOfValue, string claimType, int startIndex, int maxRows, out int totalCount)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String partOfValue

Part of value to match or null to get all of given type.

System.String claimType

The claim type to search for.

System.Int32 startIndex

The start index, used for paging

System.Int32 maxRows

The maximum number of rows returned

System.Int32 totalCount

The total amount of matched entites. Return -1 if provider does not support paging.

Returns
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<SecurityEntity>

A list of all matching entities or an empty list if no matches.

Extension Methods