Specifies the base attribute class for declarative security from which CodeAccessSecurityAttribute is derived.

For a list of all members of this type, see SecurityAttribute Members.

System.Object
   System.Attribute
      System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAttribute
         System.Security.Permissions.CodeAccessSecurityAttribute

[Visual Basic]
<AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Assembly Or AttributeTargets.Class _
   Or AttributeTargets.Struct Or AttributeTargets.Constructor Or _
   AttributeTargets.Method)>
<Serializable>
MustInherit Public Class SecurityAttribute
   Inherits Attribute
[C#]
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Assembly | AttributeTargets.Class
   | AttributeTargets.Struct | AttributeTargets.Constructor |
   AttributeTargets.Method)]
[Serializable]
public abstract class SecurityAttribute : Attribute
[C++]
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets::Assembly |
   AttributeTargets::Class | AttributeTargets::Struct |
   AttributeTargets::Constructor | AttributeTargets::Method)]
[Serializable]
public __gc __abstract class SecurityAttribute : public Attribute
[JScript]
public
   AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Assembly | AttributeTargets.Class |
   AttributeTargets.Struct | AttributeTargets.Constructor |
   AttributeTargets.Method)
   Serializable
abstract class SecurityAttribute extends Attribute

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Remarks

Notes to Inheritors:  When you inherit from SecurityAttribute, you must override CreatePermission.

Requirements

Namespace: System.Security.Permissions

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family

Assembly: Mscorlib (in Mscorlib.dll)

See Also

SecurityAttribute Members | System.Security.Permissions Namespace | Extending Metadata Using Attributes