RoleDefinition class

Defines a single role definition, including a name, description, and set of rights.

Inheritance hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObject
    Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.RoleDefinition

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Client
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Client (in Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class RoleDefinition _
    Inherits ClientObject
'Usage
Dim instance As RoleDefinition

public sealed class RoleDefinition : ClientObject

Examples

This code example creates a new permission level and adds a user to the Announcements list with that permission level.

using System;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;

namespace Microsoft.SDK.SharePointFoundation.Samples
{
    class RoleDefinitionExample
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            string siteUrl = "http://MyServer/sites/MySiteCollection";

            ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext(siteUrl);
            Site collSite = clientContext.Site;
            Web site = clientContext.Web;

            // Set up permissions.
            BasePermissions permissions = new BasePermissions();
            permissions.Set(PermissionKind.ViewListItems);
            permissions.Set(PermissionKind.AddListItems);
            permissions.Set(PermissionKind.EditListItems);
            permissions.Set(PermissionKind.DeleteListItems);

            // Create a new role definition.
            RoleDefinitionCreationInformation rdcInfo = new RoleDefinitionCreationInformation();
            rdcInfo.Name = "Manage List Items";
            rdcInfo.Description = "Allows a user to manage list items";
            rdcInfo.BasePermissions = permissions;
            RoleDefinition roleDef = collSite.RootWeb.RoleDefinitions.Add(rdcInfo);

            // Create a new RoleDefinitionBindingCollection object.
            RoleDefinitionBindingCollection collRDB = new RoleDefinitionBindingCollection(clientContext);
            // Add the role to the collection.
            collRDB.Add(roleDef);

            // Get the list to work with and break permissions so its permissions can be managed directly.
            List targetList = site.Lists.GetByTitle("Announcements");
            targetList.BreakRoleInheritance(true, false);

            // Get the RoleAssignmentCollection for the target list.
            RoleAssignmentCollection collRoleAssign = targetList.RoleAssignments;
            // Add the user to the target list and assign the user to the new RoleDefinitionBindingCollection.
            RoleAssignment rollAssign = collRoleAssign.Add(site.CurrentUser, collRDB);

            clientContext.ExecuteQuery();

            Console.WriteLine("Security modified");
        }
    }
}

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.

See also

Reference

RoleDefinition members

Microsoft.SharePoint.Client namespace