<Type Name="XmlResolver" FullName="System.Xml.XmlResolver" FullNameSP="System_Xml_XmlResolver" Maintainer="ecma">
  <TypeSignature Language="ILASM" Value=".class public abstract XmlResolver extends System.Object" />
  <TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public abstract class XmlResolver" />
  <MemberOfLibrary>XML</MemberOfLibrary>
  <AssemblyInfo>
    <AssemblyName>System.Xml</AssemblyName>
    <AssemblyPublicKey>[00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ]</AssemblyPublicKey>
    <AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
  </AssemblyInfo>
  <ThreadingSafetyStatement>All public static members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. No instance members are guaranteed to be thread safe.</ThreadingSafetyStatement>
  <Base>
    <BaseTypeName>System.Object</BaseTypeName>
  </Base>
  <Interfaces />
  <Docs>
    <summary>
      <para> Resolves external XML resources named by a
      URI.</para>
    </summary>
    <remarks>
      <para>This class is used to resolve external XML resources such as entities, 
      document type definitions (DTDs), or schemas. It is also used to process include
      and import elements found in Extensible StyleSheet Language (XSL) stylesheets or
      XML Schema Definition language (XSD) schemas.</para>
      <para>This class is <see langword="abstract" /> and implemented in the <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlUrlResolver" /> 
class.</para>
    </remarks>
  </Docs>
  <Members>
    <Member MemberName=".ctor">
      <MemberSignature Language="ILASM" Value="family specialname instance void .ctor()" />
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="protected XmlResolver ();" />
      <MemberType>Constructor</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue />
      <Parameters />
      <Docs>
        <summary>Constructs a new instance of the <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlResolver" /> class.</summary>
        <remarks>To be added.</remarks>
      </Docs>
      <Excluded>0</Excluded>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName="Credentials">
      <MemberSignature Language="ILASM" Value=".property class System.Net.ICredentials Credentials { public hidebysig virtual abstract specialname void set_Credentials(class System.Net.ICredentials value) }" />
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public abstract System.Net.ICredentials Credentials { set; };" />
      <MemberType>Property</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Net.ICredentials</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters />
      <Docs>
        <summary>
          <para> Sets the credentials used to authenticate Web
      requests.</para>
        </summary>
        <value>
          <para>A <see cref="T:System.Net.ICredentials" /> instance
   containing the
   credentials.</para>
        </value>
        <remarks>
          <block subset="none" type="behaviors">
            <para>This property
         sets the credentials used to authenticate Web requests. If the virtual directory
         is configured to allow anonymous access, this property does not need to be set.
         Otherwise, the credentials of the user must be supplied. If credentials are
         needed but not supplied, the <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlResolver" />
         
         class uses default credentials (<see cref="P:System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials" qualify="true" />).</para>
            <para>This property is write-only.</para>
          </block>
          <para>
            <block subset="none" type="overrides"> This property must be overridden in order to
      provide the functionality described above, as there is no default implementation.
   </block>
          </para>
        </remarks>
        <example>
          <para>See <see cref="P:System.Xml.XmlUrlResolver.Credentials" /> for an example using this property.</para>
        </example>
      </Docs>
      <Excluded>0</Excluded>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName="GetEntity">
      <MemberSignature Language="ILASM" Value=".method public hidebysig virtual abstract object GetEntity(class System.Uri absoluteUri, string role, class System.Type ofObjectToReturn)" />
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public abstract object GetEntity (Uri absoluteUri, string role, Type type);" />
      <MemberType>Method</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Object</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="absoluteUri" Type="System.Uri" />
        <Parameter Name="role" Type="System.String" />
        <Parameter Name="type" Type="System.Type" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <param name="absoluteUri">An instance of the <see cref="T:System.Uri" qualify="true" /> class containing an absolute URI.</param>
        <param name="role">A <see cref="T:System.String" qualify="true" /> containing the <c>xlink:role</c>, or used as an implementation specific argument in other scenarios.</param>
        <param name="ofObjectToReturn">The type of object to return.</param>
        <param name="type">To be added.</param>
        <summary>
          <para> Maps a URI to an object
      containing the actual resource that the URI represents.</para>
        </summary>
        <returns>
          <para> A <see cref="T:System.Object" qualify="true" />
containing the resource.</para>
        </returns>
        <remarks>
          <para>
            <block subset="none" type="behaviors"> As described above. </block>
          </para>
          <para>
            <block subset="none" type="overrides"> At a minimum, supporting the return of a <see cref="T:System.IO.Stream" qualify="true" /> object is required.
</block>
          </para>
        </remarks>
        <exception cref="T:System.ArgumentNullException">
          <paramref name="absoluteUri" /> is <see langword="null" />.</exception>
        <exception cref="T:System.Xml.XmlException">
          <paramref name="ofObjectToReturn" /> is not a supported type.</exception>
      </Docs>
      <Excluded>0</Excluded>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName="ResolveUri">
      <MemberSignature Language="ILASM" Value=".method public hidebysig virtual abstract class System.Uri ResolveUri(class System.Uri baseUri, string relativeUri)" />
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public virtual Uri ResolveUri (Uri baseUri, string relativeUri);" />
      <MemberType>Method</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Uri</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="baseUri" Type="System.Uri" />
        <Parameter Name="relativeUri" Type="System.String" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <param name="baseUri">The <see cref="T:System.Uri" qualify="true" /> specifying the base URI used to resolve <paramref name="relativeURI" />.</param>
        <param name="relativeUri">
          <para>A <see cref="T:System.String" qualify="true" /> specifying the URI to resolve. The URI can be absolute or relative.</para>
        </param>
        <summary>
          <para>Resolves the absolute URI from the base and relative URIs.</para>
        </summary>
        <returns>
          <para> A <see cref="T:System.Uri" qualify="true" /> containing the absolute URI, or <see langword="null" /> if <paramref name="relativeUri" /> can not be resolved.</para>
        </returns>
        <remarks>
          <para>
            <block subset="none" type="behaviors"> As described above. </block>
          </para>
          <para>
            <block subset="none" type="overrides"> This method must be overridden in order to
      provide the functionality described above, as there is no default implementation.
   </block>
          </para>
        </remarks>
        <exception cref="T:System.Xml.XmlException">
          <paramref name="baseUri" /> and <paramref name="relativeUri" /> are <see langword="null" />.</exception>
      </Docs>
      <Excluded>0</Excluded>
    </Member>
  </Members>
  <TypeExcluded>0</TypeExcluded>
</Type>
