SPClaimProvider.Search method

Performs a search of the [T:HYPERLINK"ms-help://MS.SPF14SDK.en/SPF14MrefControls/html/a4bf54d0-29e5-e5c2-231e-b1b9f4728a7f.htm"Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.SPProviderHierarchyTree] hierarchy.

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

Syntax

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

returnValue = instance.Search(context, _
    entityTypes, searchPattern, hierarchyNodeID, _
    maxCount)

public SPProviderHierarchyTree Search(
    Uri context,
    string[] entityTypes,
    string searchPattern,
    string hierarchyNodeID,
    int maxCount
)

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] types to return on the SPProviderHierarchyTree tree. If a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), all types are returned.

• searchPattern
  Type: System.String

  The data to search for.

• hierarchyNodeID
  Type: System.String

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

• maxCount
  Type: System.Int32

  Maximum number of results.

Return value

Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.SPProviderHierarchyTree
A SPProviderHierarchyTree tree from the root node or from hierarchyNodeID to all tree nodes and nodes containing the matching PickerEntity objects.

Exceptions

See also

Reference

SPClaimProvider class

SPClaimProvider members

Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims namespace