SecurityAttribute Class

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Note: This API is now obsolete.

Specifies the base attribute class for declarative security from which the CodeAccessSecurityAttribute attribute is derived.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAttribute
      System.Security.Permissions.CodeAccessSecurityAttribute

Namespace:  System.Security.Permissions
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
<ObsoleteAttribute("SecurityAttribute is no longer accessible to application code.")> _
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly Or AttributeTargets.Class Or AttributeTargets.Struct Or AttributeTargets.Constructor Or AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple := True,  _
    Inherited := False)> _
Public MustInherit Class SecurityAttribute _
    Inherits Attribute
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
[ObsoleteAttribute("SecurityAttribute is no longer accessible to application code.")]
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly|AttributeTargets.Class|AttributeTargets.Struct|AttributeTargets.Constructor|AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple = true, 
    Inherited = false)]
public abstract class SecurityAttribute : Attribute

The SecurityAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 SecurityAttribute Initializes a new instance of the SecurityAttribute class with the specified SecurityAction.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Action Gets or sets a security action.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Unrestricted Gets or sets a value that indicates whether full (unrestricted) permission to the resource that is protected by the attribute is declared.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Equals Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 GetHashCode Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Match When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

This class supports the .NET Framework for Silverlight library code and is not intended to be used by Silverlight application code. The class has been marked as obsolete so that it will display a compilation warning. You can use this class in a Silverlight-based application, but it will have no effect.

Version Information

Silverlight

Obsolete (compiler warning) in 5
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 4
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Obsolete (compiler warning) in Windows Phone OS 7.1
Obsolete (compiler warning) in Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Obsolete (compiler warning) in Xbox 360
Obsolete (compiler warning) in Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

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.