SPClaimProviderOperations.Search method (Uri, SPClaimProviderOperationOptions, SPProviderSearchArguments[], String[], String)

Performs a search for the entity types that match the specified pattern for the claims providers in the context using the search arguments and operation option.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function Search ( _
    context As Uri, _
    mode As SPClaimProviderOperationOptions, _
    providerSearchArguments As SPProviderSearchArguments(), _
    entityTypes As String(), _
    searchPattern As String _
) As SPProviderHierarchyTree()
'Usage
Dim context As Uri
Dim mode As SPClaimProviderOperationOptions
Dim providerSearchArguments As SPProviderSearchArguments()
Dim entityTypes As String()
Dim searchPattern As String
Dim returnValue As SPProviderHierarchyTree()

returnValue = SPClaimProviderOperations.Search(context, _
    mode, providerSearchArguments, entityTypes, _
    searchPattern)

public static SPProviderHierarchyTree[] Search(
    Uri context,
    SPClaimProviderOperationOptions mode,
    SPProviderSearchArguments[] providerSearchArguments,
    string[] entityTypes,
    string searchPattern
)

Parameters

• context
  Type: System.Uri

  The context within which the claims providers are found.

• mode
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims.SPClaimProviderOperationOptions

  The operation option to get the claims providers.

• providerSearchArguments
  Type: []

  The arguments for searching the hierarchy trees.

• entityTypes
  Type: []

  The entity types that are returned on the hierarchy trees.

• searchPattern
  Type: System.String

  The data to search for.

Return value

Type: []
The array of claims provider hierarchy trees.

Exceptions

Remarks

If entityTypes is null , all entity types are returned.

See also

Reference

SPClaimProviderOperations class

SPClaimProviderOperations members

Search overload

Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims namespace