This structure contains the top level authorities. The following enumerators are within the scope of the class authority.
| null | 0 | Null authority |
| world | 1 | World authority |
| local | 2 | Local authority |
| creator | 3 | Creator authority |
| nonunique | 4 | Non-unique authority |
| nt | 5 | windows NT Operating System authority |
Predefined instances of the class authority matching the above constants are shown below.
authority authority_null (0,0,0,0,0,authority::null); authority authority_world (0,0,0,0,0,authority::world); authority authority_local (0,0,0,0,0,authority::local); authority authority_creator (0,0,0,0,0,authority::creator); authority authority_nonunique (0,0,0,0,0,authority::nonunique); authority authority_nt (0,0,0,0,0,authority::nt);