SecurityTokenAuthenticator.ValidateToken(SecurityToken) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.IdentityModel.Selectors

Assembly:

System.ServiceModel.Primitives.dll

Package:

System.ServiceModel.Primitives v8.1.0

Source:

SecurityTokenAuthenticator.cs

Authenticates the specified security token and returns the set of authorization policies for the security token.

public:
 System::Collections::ObjectModel::ReadOnlyCollection<System::IdentityModel::Policy::IAuthorizationPolicy ^> ^ ValidateToken(System::IdentityModel::Tokens::SecurityToken ^ token);

public System.Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection<System.IdentityModel.Policy.IAuthorizationPolicy> ValidateToken (System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken token);

member this.ValidateToken : System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken -> System.Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection<System.IdentityModel.Policy.IAuthorizationPolicy>

Public Function ValidateToken (token As SecurityToken) As ReadOnlyCollection(Of IAuthorizationPolicy)

Parameters

token

SecurityToken

The SecurityToken to be validated.

Returns

ReadOnlyCollection<IAuthorizationPolicy>

A ReadOnlyCollection<T> of type IAuthorizationPolicy that contains the set of authorization policies in effect for this application.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

token is null.

SecurityTokenValidationException

token cannot be authenticated by this security token authenticator

-or-

token is not authenticated.

Remarks

The ValidateToken method checks whether the token parameter is null, calls the CanValidateToken method to determine if this security token authenticator can authenticate this security token, and then if it can, calls the ValidateTokenCore method.

See also

• CanValidateToken(SecurityToken)
• ValidateTokenCore(SecurityToken)