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People.ResolvePrincipals method

Resolves an e-mail address or other form of user identification (ID) into a PrincipalInfo object.

Namespace:  WebSvcPeople
Assembly:  STSSOAP (in STSSOAP.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ResolvePrincipals", RequestNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/",  _
    ResponseNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/",  _
    Use := SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle := SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Function ResolvePrincipals ( _
    principalKeys As String(), _
    principalType As SPPrincipalType, _
    addToUserInfoList As Boolean _
) As PrincipalInfo()
'Usage
Dim instance As People
Dim principalKeys As String()
Dim principalType As SPPrincipalType
Dim addToUserInfoList As Boolean
Dim returnValue As PrincipalInfo()

returnValue = instance.ResolvePrincipals(principalKeys, _
    principalType, addToUserInfoList)
[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ResolvePrincipals", RequestNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", 
    ResponseNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", 
    Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
public PrincipalInfo[] ResolvePrincipals(
    string[] principalKeys,
    SPPrincipalType principalType,
    bool addToUserInfoList
)

Parameters

  • principalKeys
    Type: []

    Logon name of the principal.

Return value

Type: []
A list of PrincipalInfo objects that is indexed and accessed by the logon name in the AccountName() field.

Remarks

A user may have more than one type of authorization access within a Web site. For example, a user may be part of a SharePoint Foundation group and a distribution list, in addition to having Web site access that is authorized by their logon name. Consequently, there may be multiple copies of a user ID that are associated with a Web site.

Use this field when an implementation does not have an appropriate SPPrincipalInfo object with which to represent a user, and when the implementation needs to check user permissions for the site, grant user permissions for site objects, or perform some other security operation.

User verification is performed against a directory or user list, such as Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory, some other role or membership providers, or another form of user list.

See also

Reference

People class

People members

WebSvcPeople namespace

SearchPrincipals(String, Int32, SPPrincipalType)