/// <summary>
/// Extracts a list of ACEs from a SDDL string.
/// </summary>
public static IList <AccessControlEntity> Parse(string sddl)
{
List <AccessControlEntity> entities = new List <AccessControlEntity>();
if (!sddl.StartsWith("D:", StringComparison.Ordinal))
{
throw new ArgumentException(Utils.Format("Could not parse SDDL string: {0}", sddl));
}
sddl = sddl.Substring(2, sddl.Length - 2);
string[] aces = sddl.Split('(', ')');
for (int ii = 0; ii < aces.Length; ii++)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(aces[ii]))
{
continue;
}
AccessControlEntity entity = new AccessControlEntity();
entity.Initialize(aces[ii]);
entities.Add(entity);
}
return(entities);
}