ActiveDirectorySchemaClass.FindByName(DirectoryContext, String) Method

Definition

Gets an ActiveDirectorySchemaClass object in the Active Directory Domain Services schema partition that matches a given directory context and name.

C#
public static System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ActiveDirectorySchemaClass FindByName(System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.DirectoryContext context, string ldapDisplayName);

Parameters

context
DirectoryContext

An DirectoryContext object that specifies the context for the search.

ldapDisplayName
String

A String that specifies the LDAP display name of the schema class for the search.

Returns

An ActiveDirectorySchemaClass object for the schema class that was found. Returns null if the class was not found.

Exceptions

The object was not found.

context does not refer to a valid Forest or ConfigurationSet, ldapDisplayName is an empty string.

context or ldapDisplayName is null.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET 8 (package-provided), 9 (package-provided), 10 (package-provided)
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0 (package-provided)
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

See also