IIdentityProvider.CreateDescriptor Method (TeamFoundationRequestContext, String)

A provider can implement [CreateDescriptor] if they support resolving an identity's generalized display name to a descriptor. This enables TFS to take a display name for an unknown user and resolve it using the provider to a fully qualified identity.

NOTE: You should return NULL if you cannot resolve the display name to a unique user.

Namespace:  Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Framework.Server
Assembly:  Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Framework.Server (in Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Framework.Server.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function CreateDescriptor ( _
    requestContext As TeamFoundationRequestContext, _
    displayName As String _
) As IdentityDescriptor

IdentityDescriptor CreateDescriptor(
    TeamFoundationRequestContext requestContext,
    string displayName
)

IdentityDescriptor^ CreateDescriptor(
    TeamFoundationRequestContext^ requestContext, 
    String^ displayName
)

abstract CreateDescriptor : 
        requestContext:TeamFoundationRequestContext * 
        displayName:string -> IdentityDescriptor

function CreateDescriptor(
    requestContext : TeamFoundationRequestContext, 
    displayName : String
) : IdentityDescriptor

Parameters

• requestContext
  Type: Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Framework.Server.TeamFoundationRequestContext

• displayName
  Type: System.String

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Framework.Server.IdentityDescriptor

.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

IIdentityProvider Interface

CreateDescriptor Overload

Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Framework.Server Namespace