Saml11SecurityTokenHandler.CollectAttributeValues Method

Article
10/05/2012

[Starting with the .NET Framework 4.5, Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) has been fully integrated into the .NET Framework. The version of WIF addressed by this topic, WIF 3.5, is deprecated and should only be used when developing against the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or the .NET Framework 4. For more information about WIF in the .NET Framework 4.5, also known as WIF 4.5, see the Windows Identity Foundation documentation in the .NET Framework 4.5 Development Guide.]

Collects attributes with a common claim type, claim value type, and original issuer into a single attribute with multiple values.

Namespace: Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.Saml11
Assembly: Microsoft.IdentityModel (in Microsoft.IdentityModel.dll)

Usage

'Usage
Dim attributes As ICollection(Of SamlAttribute)
Dim returnValue As ICollection(Of SamlAttribute)

returnValue = Me.CollectAttributeValues(attributes)

Syntax

'Declaration
Protected Overridable Function CollectAttributeValues ( _
    attributes As ICollection(Of SamlAttribute) _
) As ICollection(Of SamlAttribute)

protected virtual ICollection<SamlAttribute> CollectAttributeValues (
    ICollection<SamlAttribute> attributes
)

protected:
virtual ICollection<SamlAttribute^>^ CollectAttributeValues (
    ICollection<SamlAttribute^>^ attributes
)

protected ICollection<SamlAttribute> CollectAttributeValues (
    ICollection<SamlAttribute> attributes
)

protected function CollectAttributeValues (
    attributes : ICollection<SamlAttribute>
) : ICollection<SamlAttribute>

Parameters

attributes
List of attributes generated from claims.

Return Value

List of attribute values with common attributes collected into value lists.

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.

Platforms

Target Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)