WSFederationAuthenticationModule.GetSecurityToken Method (HttpRequest)

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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.]

Reads a SecurityToken from the given HttpRequest.

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

Usage

'Usage
Dim instance As WSFederationAuthenticationModule
Dim request As HttpRequest
Dim returnValue As SecurityToken

returnValue = instance.GetSecurityToken(request)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Function GetSecurityToken ( _
    request As HttpRequest _
) As SecurityToken

public virtual SecurityToken GetSecurityToken (
    HttpRequest request
)

public:
virtual SecurityToken^ GetSecurityToken (
    HttpRequest^ request
)

public SecurityToken GetSecurityToken (
    HttpRequest request
)

public function GetSecurityToken (
    request : HttpRequest
) : SecurityToken

Parameters

request
The current request.

Return Value

Instance of SecurityToken

Remarks

Use a derived class to interpret a specific type of request.

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)

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