<Type Name="ICredentials" FullName="System.Net.ICredentials" FullNameSP="System_Net_ICredentials" Maintainer="ecma">
  <TypeSignature Language="ILASM" Value=".class interface public abstract ICredentials" />
  <TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public interface ICredentials" />
  <MemberOfLibrary>Networking</MemberOfLibrary>
  <AssemblyInfo>
    <AssemblyName>System</AssemblyName>
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    <AssemblyVersion>1.0.x.x</AssemblyVersion>
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    <AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
  </AssemblyInfo>
  <Interfaces />
  <Docs>
    <summary>
      <para> Implemented by types that supply network credentials used to authenticate clients.</para>
    </summary>
    <remarks>
      <para>The <see cref="T:System.Net.ICredentials" /> interface defines the <see cref="M:System.Net.ICredentials.GetCredential(System.Uri,System.String)" /> method, which
   is used to supply network credentials for client authentication.</para>
    </remarks>
  </Docs>
  <Members>
    <Member MemberName="GetCredential">
      <MemberSignature Language="ILASM" Value=".method public hidebysig virtual abstract class System.Net.NetworkCredential GetCredential(class System.Uri uri, string authType)" />
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public System.Net.NetworkCredential GetCredential (Uri uri, string authType);" />
      <MemberType>Method</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Net.NetworkCredential</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="uri" Type="System.Uri" />
        <Parameter Name="authType" Type="System.String" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <param name="uri">A <see cref="T:System.Uri" /> representing the URI for which the client is providing authentication.</param>
        <param name="authType">A <see cref="T:System.String" /> containing the type of authentication. This value is required to be identical to the <see cref="P:System.Net.IAuthenticationModule.AuthenticationType" qualify="true" /> of the authentication module that uses the credential returned by this method. </param>
        <summary>
          <para>Returns a <see cref="T:System.Net.NetworkCredential" /> object that is associated with a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and authentication type.</para>
        </summary>
        <returns>
          <para>A <see cref="T:System.Net.NetworkCredential" /> associated with the specified URI and authentication
   type, or <see langword="null" /> if the credentials cannot be provided.</para>
        </returns>
        <remarks>
          <para>
            <block subset="none" type="behaviors">As described above.</block>
          </para>
          <para>
            <block subset="none" type="overrides">Implement this method to return
      credentials information appropriate for the specified authentication
      type.</block>
          </para>
          <para>
            <block subset="none" type="usage">This method returns an object suitable for passing to the <see cref="M:System.Net.IAuthenticationModule.Authenticate(System.String,System.Net.WebRequest,System.Net.ICredentials)" /> method
   of the authorization module registered for the specified authentication type.
   For additional information, see <see cref="M:System.Net.AuthenticationManager.Register(System.Net.IAuthenticationModule)" />.</block>
          </para>
        </remarks>
      </Docs>
      <Excluded>0</Excluded>
      <AssemblyInfo>
        <AssemblyVersion>1.0.5000.0</AssemblyVersion>
        <AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
      </AssemblyInfo>
    </Member>
  </Members>
  <TypeExcluded>0</TypeExcluded>
</Type>
