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# OutboundGrantKindParser

> Parses and formats the CLI `--grant` wire names for [OutboundGrantKind](/odata-mcp/api-reference/Microsoft/OData/Mcp/Authentication/Outbound/OutboundGrantKind).

## Definition

**Assembly:** Microsoft.OData.Mcp.Authentication.dll

**Namespace:** Microsoft.OData.Mcp.Authentication.Outbound

**Inheritance:** System.Object

## Syntax

```csharp theme={null}
Microsoft.OData.Mcp.Authentication.Outbound.OutboundGrantKindParser
```

## Summary

Parses and formats the CLI `--grant` wire names for [OutboundGrantKind](https://ai.easyaf.dev/odata-mcp/api-reference/Microsoft/OData/Mcp/Authentication/Outbound/OutboundGrantKind.md).

## Remarks

[OutboundGrantKind.RefreshToken](https://ai.easyaf.dev/odata-mcp/api-reference/Microsoft/OData/Mcp/Authentication/Outbound/OutboundGrantKind.md#refreshtoken) is intentionally excluded from
[OutboundGrantKind@)](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/microsoft.odata.mcp.authentication.outbound.outboundgrantkindparser.tryparse\(system.string,microsoft.odata.mcp.authentication.outbound.outboundgrantkind@\)): it is never a value an operator passes on the
command line, only a kind the outbound auth handler selects internally once a refresh token is cached.
[OutboundGrantKind)](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/microsoft.odata.mcp.authentication.outbound.outboundgrantkindparser.towirename\(microsoft.odata.mcp.authentication.outbound.outboundgrantkind\)) still formats it, because log lines and cache diagnostics
need a name for every defined value.

## Methods

###  ToWireName

Formats a grant kind as its RFC wire name.

#### Syntax

```csharp theme={null}
public static string ToWireName(Microsoft.OData.Mcp.Authentication.Outbound.OutboundGrantKind kind)
```

#### Parameters

| Name | Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| `kind` | `Microsoft.OData.Mcp.Authentication.Outbound.OutboundGrantKind` | The grant kind to format. |

#### Returns

Type: `string`
`device_code`, `authorization_code`, `client_credentials`, `identity_assertion`,
or `refresh_token`.

#### Exceptions

| Exception | Description |
| - | - |
| `ArgumentOutOfRangeException` | Thrown when *kind* is not a defined [OutboundGrantKind](https://ai.easyaf.dev/odata-mcp/api-reference/Microsoft/OData/Mcp/Authentication/Outbound/OutboundGrantKind.md) value. |

#### Examples

```csharp theme={null}
OutboundGrantKindParser.ToWireName(OutboundGrantKind.DeviceCode); // "device_code"
```

###  TryParse

Parses a CLI `--grant` wire name into an [OutboundGrantKind](https://ai.easyaf.dev/odata-mcp/api-reference/Microsoft/OData/Mcp/Authentication/Outbound/OutboundGrantKind.md).

#### Syntax

```csharp theme={null}
public static bool TryParse(string value, out Microsoft.OData.Mcp.Authentication.Outbound.OutboundGrantKind kind)
```

#### Parameters

| Name | Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| `value` | `string?` | The wire name to parse; matched case-insensitively after trimming surrounding white space. |
| `kind` | `Microsoft.OData.Mcp.Authentication.Outbound.OutboundGrantKind?` | The parsed grant kind when parsing succeeds; otherwise the default enum value. |

#### Returns

Type: `bool`
[`true`](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/bool) when *value* is `device_code`, `authorization_code`,
`client_credentials`, or `identity_assertion`; otherwise [`false`](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/bool).

#### Examples

```csharp theme={null}
OutboundGrantKindParser.TryParse("  Device_Code  ", out var kind); // true, OutboundGrantKind.DeviceCode
OutboundGrantKindParser.TryParse("refresh_token", out _);         // false: not CLI-selectable
```

#### Remarks

`null`, empty, and white-space-only values return [`false`](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/bool) rather than throwing,
so a caller can use this directly against an optional CLI option value.


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