SPClaimProvider.GetHierarchy method

Gets the [T:HYPERLINK"ms-help://MS.SPF14SDK.en/SPF14MrefControls/html/a4bf54d0-29e5-e5c2-231e-b1b9f4728a7f.htm"Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.SPProviderHierarchyTree] hierarchy that is rooted at a particular hierarchyNodeID.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetHierarchy ( _
    context As Uri, _
    entityTypes As String(), _
    hierarchyNodeID As String, _
    numberOfLevels As Integer _
) As SPProviderHierarchyTree
'Usage
Dim instance As SPClaimProvider
Dim context As Uri
Dim entityTypes As String()
Dim hierarchyNodeID As String
Dim numberOfLevels As Integer
Dim returnValue As SPProviderHierarchyTree

returnValue = instance.GetHierarchy(context, _
    entityTypes, hierarchyNodeID, numberOfLevels)

public SPProviderHierarchyTree GetHierarchy(
    Uri context,
    string[] entityTypes,
    string hierarchyNodeID,
    int numberOfLevels
)

Parameters

• context
  Type: System.Uri

  The context, as a URI. This must be a properly formatted URI.

• entityTypes
  Type: []

  The [P:HYPERLINK"mk:@MSITStore:D:\\\\aSDK\\\\SP2010SDK.chm::/html/a4bf54d0-29e5-e5c2-231e-b1b9f4728a7f.htm"Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.PickerEntity.EntityType] entity types that are returned on the SPProviderHierarchyTree tree.

• hierarchyNodeID
  Type: System.String

  The [P:HYPERLINK"ms-help://MS.SPF14SDK.en/SPF14MrefControls/html/a4bf54d0-29e5-e5c2-231e-b1b9f4728a7f.htm"Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.SPProviderHierarchyNode.HierarchyNodeID] of the node to root the result set at. If a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) then the root is returned.

• numberOfLevels
  Type: System.Int32

  The number of levels of hierarchy to return.

Return value

Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.SPProviderHierarchyTree
A SPProviderHierarchyTree tree for the claims provider with a maximum height specified in the numberOfLevels parameter.

Exceptions

See also

Reference

SPClaimProvider class

SPClaimProvider members

Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims namespace