SPRoleDefinitionCollection.Add method

Adds a new role definition to the collection.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub Add ( _
    role As SPRoleDefinition _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As SPRoleDefinitionCollection
Dim role As SPRoleDefinition

instance.Add(role)

public void Add(
    SPRoleDefinition role
)

Parameters

• role
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPRoleDefinition

  The role definition to be added.

Exceptions

Examples

The following code example creates a role definition, sets property values, and adds the new role definition to the collection of role definitions for a Web site.

using (SPWeb oWebsite = SPContext.Current.Site.AllWebs["Subsite_Name"])
{
    SPRoleDefinitionCollection collRoleDefinitions = oWebsite.RoleDefinitions;
    SPRoleDefinition oRoleDefinition = new SPRoleDefinition();
    oRoleDefinition.BasePermissions = SPBasePermissions.AddListItems |
    SPBasePermissions.BrowseDirectories | SPBasePermissions.EditListItems;
    oRoleDefinition.Description = "My custom definition.";
    oRoleDefinition.Name = "Custom Role Definition";
    collRoleDefinitions.Add(oRoleDefinition);
}

Using oWebsite As SPWeb = SPContext.Current.Site.AllWebs("Subsite_Name")
   Dim collRoleDefinitions As SPRoleDefinitionCollection = oWebsite.RoleDefinitions
   Dim oRoleDefinition As New SPRoleDefinition()
   oRoleDefinition.BasePermissions = SPBasePermissions.AddListItems Or SPBasePermissions.BrowseDirectories Or SPBasePermissions.EditListItems
   oRoleDefinition.Description = "My custom definition."
   oRoleDefinition.Name = "Custom Role Definition"
   collRoleDefinitions.Add(oRoleDefinition)
End Using

See also

Reference

SPRoleDefinitionCollection class

SPRoleDefinitionCollection members

Microsoft.SharePoint namespace