SPPrincipal Class
Represents a user or group that can be assigned permissions in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation to control security.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.SPMember
Microsoft.SharePoint.SPPrincipal
Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGroup
Microsoft.SharePoint.SPUser
Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Available in Sandboxed Solutions: Yes
Available in SharePoint Online
Syntax
'Declaration
<SubsetCallableTypeAttribute> _
<ClientCallableTypeAttribute(Name := "Principal", ServerTypeId := "{8a76e712-17a1-4a40-b2df-cca7c060d78f}")> _
Public MustInherit Class SPPrincipal _
Inherits SPMember
'Usage
Dim instance As SPPrincipal
[SubsetCallableTypeAttribute]
[ClientCallableTypeAttribute(Name = "Principal", ServerTypeId = "{8a76e712-17a1-4a40-b2df-cca7c060d78f}")]
public abstract class SPPrincipal : SPMember
Remarks
When a user or group is added to a site, the user or group is the principal. The SPPrincipal object can represent one of the following types of users or groups:
Windows user
Windows group
Non-Windows user (provided through ASP.NET membership provider)
Non-Windows group (provided through ASP.NET roles provider)
SharePoint groups
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.