﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Type Name="IPartitionResolver" FullName="System.Web.IPartitionResolver"><TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public interface IPartitionResolver" /><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyName>System.Web</AssemblyName><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><Interfaces /><Attributes><Attribute><AttributeName>System.Web.AspNetHostingPermission(System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, Level=System.Web.AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)</AttributeName></Attribute><Attribute><AttributeName>System.Web.AspNetHostingPermission(System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Level=System.Web.AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)</AttributeName></Attribute></Attributes><Docs><remarks><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Implement the <see cref="T:System.Web.IPartitionResolver" /> interface and the <see cref="M:System.Web.IPartitionResolver.Initialize" /> and <see cref="M:System.Web.IPartitionResolver.ResolvePartition(System.Object)" /> methods, if you are providing custom partition resolution for session-state data across multiple backend nodes when in SQL or state-server mode.</para><para>The session-state management information can be configured in the <format type="text/html"><a href="bda6fb8c-0076-43e3-9ce2-8cf1f8bdaa7d">sessionState Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)</a></format> of the configuration file with the partitionResolverType attribute. If a value is specified for the partitionResolverType attribute, the sqlConnectionString and stateConnectionString attributes are ignored.</para><para>The partition resolution configuration can also be set programmatically using the <see cref="P:System.Web.Configuration.SessionStateSection.PartitionResolverType" /> property. If the <see cref="P:System.Web.Configuration.SessionStateSection.PartitionResolverType" /> property is specified, the <see cref="P:System.Web.Configuration.SessionStateSection.SqlConnectionString" /> and <see cref="P:System.Web.Configuration.SessionStateSection.StateConnectionString" /> properties are ignored.</para></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Defines methods that must be implemented for custom session-state partition resolution.</para></summary></Docs><Members><Member MemberName="Initialize"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public void Initialize ();" /><MemberType>Method</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.Void</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Parameters /><Docs><remarks><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Use the <see cref="M:System.Web.IPartitionResolver.Initialize" /> method to provide any initialization code that is needed for your custom partition resolution. The <see cref="T:System.Web.SessionState.SessionStateModule" /> creates the type implementing the <see cref="T:System.Web.IPartitionResolver" /> interface, calls the <see cref="M:System.Web.IPartitionResolver.Initialize" /> method to initialize it (once per instance), and then indicates to the ASP.NET state service or SQL Server provider that partitioning is being used and passes a resolver instance to the provider.</para></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Initializes the custom partition resolver. </para></summary></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="ResolvePartition"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public string ResolvePartition (object key);" /><MemberType>Method</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.String</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Parameters><Parameter Name="key" Type="System.Object" /></Parameters><Docs><remarks><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>The <paramref name="key" /> parameter of the <see cref="M:System.Web.IPartitionResolver.ResolvePartition(System.Object)" /> method is the <see cref="P:System.Web.SessionState.HttpSessionState.SessionID" /> property. The <see cref="P:System.Web.SessionState.HttpSessionState.SessionID" /> property uniquely identifies a browser with session data on the server.</para></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Resolves the partition based on a key parameter.</para></summary><returns><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>A string with connection information.</para></returns><param name="key"><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />An identifier used to determine which partition to use for the current session state.</param></Docs></Member></Members></Type>