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The ExternalSecurityProvider element represents an interface that returns custom information about the security used in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services for use in indexing by a search crawler on a portal.
Syntax
<ExternalSecurityProvider
ID = "Text"
Type = "Text">
</ExternalSecurityProvider>
Attributes
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ID | Required Text. Specifies the GUID of the component. |
| Type | Optional Text. Specifies the assembly and class to which the interface supplies information in the portal, separated by a semicolon. The value of this attribute is used by a search Web service for crawling by a portal server. |
Element Relationships
| Parent Elements |
|---|
| Components |
Remarks
The ExternalSecurityProvider element corresponds to the IExternalSecurityWeb interface of the Microsoft.SharePoint namespace.
Example
The following example from an ONET.XML file shows how the ExternalSecurityProvider element is used.
<Components>
<FileDialogPostProcessor ID="C6659361-1625-4746-931C-36014B146679" />
<ExternalSecurityProvider ID="A373E6A8-7A87-11D3-B1C1-00C04F68155C" Type="Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal;Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.SiteData.CategoryWebSecurityProvider" />
</Components>