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

# IDistributionMethod

Common contract implemented by every distribution-channel option so the payload can expose a channel discriminator.

> **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
- Standardize access to the `DistributionMethodType` value across imaging, email, fax, print, file-share, and other channel objects.

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

## Public members
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| DistributionMethodType | `string DistributionMethodType { get; }` | Exposes the channel discriminator used to identify the concrete distribution method. |

## Behavioral notes
- The interface defines only the discriminator property; channel-specific fields live on the concrete implementations.

## Constraints and usage notes
- Concrete classes rely on `DistributionMethod<T>` to supply the interface implementation.

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