SecurityContext.Capture Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security

Assembly:

System.Security.Permissions.dll

Source:

SecurityContext.cs

Captures the security context for the current thread.

public:
 static System::Security::SecurityContext ^ Capture();

public static System.Security.SecurityContext Capture ();

static member Capture : unit -> System.Security.SecurityContext

Public Shared Function Capture () As SecurityContext

Returns

SecurityContext

The security context for the current thread.

Exceptions

PlatformNotSupportedException

.NET 5+ (including .NET Core): In all cases.

Remarks

The captured security context can be applied to another thread. The SecurityContext consists of the CompressedStack and the WindowsIdentity for the executing thread.