AdditionalContext Class

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.]

Represents the auth:AdditionalContext element defined in the authorization extensions to WS-Trust. These extensions are defined in the WS-Federation specification.

Namespace: Microsoft.IdentityModel.SecurityTokenService
Assembly: Microsoft.IdentityModel (in Microsoft.IdentityModel.dll)

Usage

'Usage
Dim instance As AdditionalContext

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class AdditionalContext

public class AdditionalContext

public ref class AdditionalContext

public class AdditionalContext

public class AdditionalContext

Remarks

The auth:AdditionalContext element can be used to communicate any additional context for a token request (RST). This context is provided as a collection of name-value pairs, each of which corresponds to a single auth:ContextItem subelement. The auth:ContextItem element is represented by the ContextItem class. You can access the list of context items through the Items property.

For more information about the element that this class represents, see the WS-Federation specification. You can find links to this specification and other WS-* specifications relevant to WIF in the Windows Identity Foundation SDK topic.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.IdentityModel.SecurityTokenService.AdditionalContext

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)