2 // System.Security.Policy.IdentityReference.cs
5 // Sebastien Pouliot <sebastien@ximian.com>
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31 using System.Globalization;
32 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
34 namespace System.Security.Principal {
37 public abstract class IdentityReference {
39 // yep, this means it cannot be inherited outside corlib
40 // not sure if this is "by design" reported as FDBK30180
41 internal IdentityReference ()
46 public abstract string Value {
51 public abstract override bool Equals (object o);
53 public abstract override int GetHashCode ();
55 public abstract bool IsValidTargetType (Type targetType);
57 public abstract override string ToString ();
59 public abstract IdentityReference Translate (Type targetType);
62 public static bool operator== (IdentityReference left, IdentityReference right)
65 return (right == null);
68 return (left.Value == right.Value);
71 public static bool operator!= (IdentityReference left, IdentityReference right)
74 return (right != null);
77 return (left.Value != right.Value);