OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
Authority Property (ObjectDescriptor)



OpcLabs.BaseLib Assembly > OpcLabs.BaseLib Namespace > ObjectDescriptor Class : Authority Property
Holds an optional user-information part, terminated with "@" (e.g. username:password@); a hostname (e.g., domain name or IP address); and an optional port number, preceded by a colon ":".
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Shadows Property Authority As String
'Usage
 
Dim instance As ObjectDescriptor
Dim value As String
 
instance.Authority = value
 
value = instance.Authority
public new string Authority {get; set;}
public:
new property String^ Authority {
   String^ get();
   void set (    String^ value);
}

Property Value

The value of this property can be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

The default value of this property is "" (String.Empty).

Remarks

This user-information part of the authority is normally not used with OPC UA. For username/password authentication in OPC UA, use the UAEndpointDescriptor.UserIdentity.UserNameTokenInfo property, and its sub-properties.

This method or property does not throw any exceptions, aside from execution exceptions such as System.Threading.ThreadAbortException or System.OutOfMemoryException.

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

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