AuthenticationData class

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Provides the base class for the objects containing the authentication data that is used to connect to federated search locations.

Inheritance hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.AuthenticationData
    Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.AccountAuthCredentials
    Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.CookieAuthData
    Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SecurableAuthData
    Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SsoAuthData

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Server.Search (in Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<KnownTypeAttribute(GetType(AccountAuthCredentials))> _
<DataContractAttribute> _
<KnownTypeAttribute(GetType(SsoAuthData))> _
<KnownTypeAttribute(GetType(FormsAuthCredentials))> _
<KnownTypeAttribute(GetType(CookieAuthData))> _
<KnownTypeAttribute(GetType(SecurableAuthData))> _
<SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, ObjectModel := True)> _
Public MustInherit Class AuthenticationData
'Usage
Dim instance As AuthenticationData

[KnownTypeAttribute(typeof(AccountAuthCredentials))]
[DataContractAttribute]
[KnownTypeAttribute(typeof(SsoAuthData))]
[KnownTypeAttribute(typeof(FormsAuthCredentials))]
[KnownTypeAttribute(typeof(CookieAuthData))]
[KnownTypeAttribute(typeof(SecurableAuthData))]
[SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, ObjectModel = true)]
public abstract class AuthenticationData

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

AuthenticationData members

Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration namespace

Other resources

Federated Search Overview

Getting Started with the Enterprise Search Administration Object Model