SPActiveDirectoryClaimProvider.GetNTAccountFromClaim Method (SPClaim)

Extracts the equivalent NTAccount information from a claim representing an Active Directory user or security group.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetNTAccountFromClaim ( _
    claim As SPClaim _
) As NTAccount
'Usage
Dim claim As SPClaim
Dim returnValue As NTAccount

returnValue = SPActiveDirectoryClaimProvider.GetNTAccountFromClaim(claim)

public static NTAccount GetNTAccountFromClaim(
    SPClaim claim
)

Parameters

• claim
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims.SPClaim

  A claim object representing an Active Directory user (see CreateUserClaim(String)) or security group user (see CreateSecurityGroupClaim(String)).

Return Value

Type: System.Security.Principal.NTAccount
An object that represents the NT account.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	SPClaim is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentException	The claim user and claim security group do not exist.

See Also

Reference

SPActiveDirectoryClaimProvider Class

SPActiveDirectoryClaimProvider Members

GetNTAccountFromClaim Overload

Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims Namespace