<Type Name="IIdentity" FullName="System.Security.Principal.IIdentity">
  <TypeSignature Maintainer="auto" Language="C#" Value="public interface IIdentity" />
  <AssemblyInfo>
    <AssemblyName>mscorlib</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>
  <ThreadSafetyStatement>Gtk# is thread aware, but not thread safe; See the &lt;link location="node:gtk-sharp/programming/threads"&gt;Gtk# Thread Programming&lt;/link&gt; for details.</ThreadSafetyStatement>
  <Docs>
    <summary>This is the common interface for all Identity classes.</summary>
    <remarks>
      <para>
Objects implementing this interface can be set as the identity of the principal on the currently executing thread. 
</para>
See <see cref="T:System.Security.Principal.IPrincipal" /></remarks>
  </Docs>
  <Members>
    <Member MemberName="AuthenticationType">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public string AuthenticationType { get; };" />
      <MemberType>Property</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.String</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Docs>
        <summary>The name of the authentication method used to authentify the current identity.</summary>
        <value>The authentication method (e.g. NTLM, POSIX ...).</value>
        <remarks>To be added</remarks>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName="IsAuthenticated">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public bool IsAuthenticated { get; };" />
      <MemberType>Property</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Boolean</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Docs>
        <summary>Returns if the current identity was authenticated.</summary>
        <value>True if the current identity was authenticated, false otherwise.</value>
        <remarks>To be added</remarks>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName="Name">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public string Name { get; };" />
      <MemberType>Property</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.String</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Docs>
        <summary>Current name of the identity.</summary>
        <value>Textual representation of the current identity (e.g. user name).</value>
        <remarks>Typically, this value represents the name of the user the current thread is executing as. This value may be an empty string if the user is unauthenticated.</remarks>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
  </Members>
  <Interfaces />
  <Attributes>
    <Attribute>
      <AttributeName>System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)</AttributeName>
    </Attribute>
  </Attributes>
</Type>
