---
title: DistributionMethod<T>
summary: API reference for DistributionMethod<T>.
status: draft
owner: Technical Writer
last_reviewed: 2026-07-31
library: SAIF.Business.Policy.Audit.ApiCalls
reference_type: package
---

# DistributionMethod<T>

Generic base class that implements `IDistributionMethod` by reporting the concrete channel class name.

> **Compilation status:** This type is defined in `Business\SAIF.Business.Policy.Audit.ApiCalls\DistributionMethod.cs`, which is present in this library's source directory but is **not** listed in the `<Compile>` item group of `SAIF.BOF.Business.Policy.Audit.ApiCalls.csproj`. It is a source-included artifact and is not part of the compiled `SAIF.Business.Policy.Audit.ApiCalls` assembly's public surface.

## Purpose
- Provide a shared discriminator implementation for all channel option DTOs.
- Keep channel-class naming and wire discriminator generation in one place.

## Context
- Namespace: `SAIF.Business.Policy.Audit.ApiCalls`
- Assembly/package: `SAIF.Business.Policy.Audit.ApiCalls`

## Public members
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| DistributionMethodType | `public string DistributionMethodType => typeof(T).Name;` | Exposes the channel discriminator used to identify the concrete distribution method. |

## Behavioral notes
- Concrete channel types inherit this property instead of implementing the interface themselves.

## Constraints and usage notes
- Renaming a concrete channel type changes the emitted discriminator.

## Sources
- `Business\SAIF.Business.Policy.Audit.ApiCalls\DistributionMethod.cs`