Saml11SecurityTokenHandler.WriteAttribute 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.]

Serializes a given SamlAttribute.

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

Usage

'Usage
Dim writer As XmlWriter
Dim attribute As SamlAttribute

Me.WriteAttribute(writer, attribute)

Syntax

'Declaration
Protected Overridable Sub WriteAttribute ( _
    writer As XmlWriter, _
    attribute As SamlAttribute _
)

protected virtual void WriteAttribute (
    XmlWriter writer,
    SamlAttribute attribute
)

protected:
virtual void WriteAttribute (
    XmlWriter^ writer, 
    SamlAttribute^ attribute
)

protected void WriteAttribute (
    XmlWriter writer, 
    SamlAttribute attribute
)

protected function WriteAttribute (
    writer : XmlWriter, 
    attribute : SamlAttribute
)

Parameters

writer
XmlWriter to serialize the SamlAttribute.

attribute
SamlAttribute to be serialized.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The input parameter 'writer' or 'attribute' is null.

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)