SPClaimHierarchyProvider Class

Represents an abstract class for claim hierarchy providers that provide hierarchical structure across multiple claim providers.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims.SPClaimHierarchyProvider

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, ObjectModel := True)> _
<SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, ObjectModel := True)> _
Public MustInherit Class SPClaimHierarchyProvider
'Usage
Dim instance As SPClaimHierarchyProvider
[SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, ObjectModel = true)]
[SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, ObjectModel = true)]
public abstract class SPClaimHierarchyProvider

Remarks

Multiple claims providers can share one claims hierarchy provider. Claims hierarchy provider can also provide additional metadata for each entity in the tree.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

SPClaimHierarchyProvider Members

Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims Namespace