Type: System.Net.ICredentials

System.Net.ICredentials Interface

Assembly: System.dll
Namespace: System.Net

Summary: Provides the base authentication interface for retrieving credentials for Web client authentication.

C# Syntax:


        public interface ICredentials

Remarks

The ICredentials interface provides the ICredentials.GetCredential method to objects that supply network credentials to applications.

See also:

System.Net Namespace

Public Methods

GetCredential

Returns a NetworkCredential object that is associated with the specified URI, and authentication type.

Method: GetCredential(
Uri uri,
string authType
)

Summary: Returns a NetworkCredential object that is associated with the specified URI, and authentication type.

C# Syntax:


            NetworkCredential GetCredential(
   Uri uri,
   string authType
);

Parameters:

uri

The Uri that the client is providing authentication for.

authType

The type of authentication, as defined in the IAuthenticationModule.AuthenticationType property.

Return Value:: The NetworkCredential associated with the specified URI and authentication type, or if no credentials are available, null.

Remarks

The ICredentials.GetCredential method returns a NetworkCredential instance that contains the credentials associated with the specified URI and authorization scheme. When no credentials are available, the ICredentials.GetCredential method returns null.