GenericIdentity Constructors

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Definition

Namespace:: System.Security.Principal

Assemblies:: mscorlib.dll, System.Security.Claims.dll

Assemblies:: netstandard.dll, System.Security.Claims.dll

Assembly:: System.Security.Claims.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

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Initializes a new instance of the GenericIdentity class.

Overloads

GenericIdentity(GenericIdentity)	Initializes a new instance of the GenericIdentity class by using the specified GenericIdentity object.
GenericIdentity(String)	Initializes a new instance of the GenericIdentity class representing the user with the specified name.
GenericIdentity(String, String)	Initializes a new instance of the GenericIdentity class representing the user with the specified name and authentication type.

GenericIdentity(GenericIdentity)

Source:: GenericIdentity.cs

Source:: GenericIdentity.cs

Source:: GenericIdentity.cs

Initializes a new instance of the GenericIdentity class by using the specified GenericIdentity object.

protected:
 GenericIdentity(System::Security::Principal::GenericIdentity ^ identity);

protected GenericIdentity(System.Security.Principal.GenericIdentity identity);

new System.Security.Principal.GenericIdentity : System.Security.Principal.GenericIdentity -> System.Security.Principal.GenericIdentity

Protected Sub New (identity As GenericIdentity)

Parameters

identity: GenericIdentity

The object from which to construct the new instance of GenericIdentity.

Applies to

.NET 10 and other versions

Product	Versions
.NET	Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework	4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard	2.0, 2.1
UWP	10.0

GenericIdentity(String)

Source:: GenericIdentity.cs

Source:: GenericIdentity.cs

Source:: GenericIdentity.cs

Initializes a new instance of the GenericIdentity class representing the user with the specified name.

public:
 GenericIdentity(System::String ^ name);

public GenericIdentity(string name);

new System.Security.Principal.GenericIdentity : string -> System.Security.Principal.GenericIdentity

Public Sub New (name As String)

Parameters

name: String

The name of the user on whose behalf the code is running.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

The name parameter is null.

Examples

The following code shows the use of the GenericIdentity constructor. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the GenericIdentity class.

GenericIdentity^ defaultIdentity = gcnew GenericIdentity( "DefaultUser" );

GenericIdentity defaultIdentity = new GenericIdentity("DefaultUser");

Dim defaultIdentity As New GenericIdentity("DefaultUser")

Applies to

.NET 10 and other versions

Product	Versions
.NET	Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework	1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard	2.0, 2.1
UWP	10.0

GenericIdentity(String, String)

Source:: GenericIdentity.cs

Source:: GenericIdentity.cs

Source:: GenericIdentity.cs

Initializes a new instance of the GenericIdentity class representing the user with the specified name and authentication type.

public:
 GenericIdentity(System::String ^ name, System::String ^ type);

public GenericIdentity(string name, string type);

new System.Security.Principal.GenericIdentity : string * string -> System.Security.Principal.GenericIdentity

Public Sub New (name As String, type As String)

Parameters

name: String

The name of the user on whose behalf the code is running.

type: String

The type of authentication used to identify the user.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

The name parameter is null.

-or-

The type parameter is null.

Examples

The following code shows the use of the GenericIdentity constructor. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the GenericIdentity class.

WindowsIdentity^ windowsIdentity = WindowsIdentity::GetCurrent();

// Construct a GenericIdentity object based on the current Windows
// identity name and authentication type.
String^ authenticationType = windowsIdentity->AuthenticationType;
String^ userName = windowsIdentity->Name;
GenericIdentity^ authenticatedGenericIdentity = gcnew GenericIdentity( userName,authenticationType );

WindowsIdentity windowsIdentity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();

// Construct a GenericIdentity object based on the current Windows
// identity name and authentication type.
string authenticationType = windowsIdentity.AuthenticationType;
string userName = windowsIdentity.Name;
GenericIdentity authenticatedGenericIdentity =
    new GenericIdentity(userName, authenticationType);

Dim windowsIdentity As WindowsIdentity = windowsIdentity.GetCurrent()

' Construct a GenericIdentity object based on the current Windows
' identity name and authentication type.
Dim authenticationType As String = windowsIdentity.AuthenticationType
Dim userName As String = windowsIdentity.Name
Dim authenticatedGenericIdentity As _
    New GenericIdentity(userName, authenticationType)

Applies to

.NET 10 and other versions

Product	Versions
.NET	Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework	1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard	2.0, 2.1
UWP	10.0

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GenericIdentity Constructors

Definition

Overloads

GenericIdentity(GenericIdentity)

Parameters

Applies to

GenericIdentity(String)

Parameters

Exceptions

Examples

Applies to

GenericIdentity(String, String)

Parameters

Exceptions

Examples

Applies to

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