ValidatingIssuerNameRegistry.GetIssuingAuthority Method

Calls out to the metadata address and returns an [IssuingAuthority] with the contents of keys and issuers found in the metadata.

Namespace:  System.IdentityModel.Tokens
Assembly:  System.IdentityModel.Tokens.ValidatingIssuerNameRegistry (in System.IdentityModel.Tokens.ValidatingIssuerNameRegistry.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetIssuingAuthority ( _
    metadataAddress As String _
) As IssuingAuthority

public static IssuingAuthority GetIssuingAuthority(
    string metadataAddress
)

public:
static IssuingAuthority^ GetIssuingAuthority(
    String^ metadataAddress
)

static member GetIssuingAuthority : 
        metadataAddress:string -> IssuingAuthority

public static function GetIssuingAuthority(
    metadataAddress : String
) : IssuingAuthority

Parameters

• metadataAddress
  Type: System.String

  The address where the metadata is found. This can be a URL or a fully-qualified file name.

Return Value

Type: System.IdentityModel.Tokens.IssuingAuthority
Returns IssuingAuthority.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

ValidatingIssuerNameRegistry Class

System.IdentityModel.Tokens Namespace