RolePrincipal.Identity Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Security

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Gets the security identity for the current HTTP request.

public:
 property System::Security::Principal::IIdentity ^ Identity { System::Security::Principal::IIdentity ^ get(); };

public:
 virtual property System::Security::Principal::IIdentity ^ Identity { System::Security::Principal::IIdentity ^ get(); };

public System.Security.Principal.IIdentity Identity { get; }

public override System.Security.Principal.IIdentity Identity { get; }

member this.Identity : System.Security.Principal.IIdentity

Public ReadOnly Property Identity As IIdentity

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property Identity As IIdentity

Property Value

IIdentity

The security identity for the current HTTP request.

Implements

Identity

Examples

The following example displays role-caching information for the current user if role management is enabled. For information on enabling role management, see the Roles class.

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

public void Page_Load()
{

  try
  {
    RolePrincipal r = (RolePrincipal)User;

    IsCachedLabel.Text     = r.IsRoleListCached.ToString();
    CacheChangedLabel.Text = r.CachedListChanged.ToString();
    ExpiredLabel.Text      = r.Expired.ToString();
    VersionLabel.Text      = r.Version.ToString();
    IssueDateLabel.Text    = r.IssueDate.ToString();
    ExpireDateLabel.Text   = r.ExpireDate.ToString();
    CookiePathLabel.Text   = r.CookiePath;

    Msg.Text = "";
  }
  catch (InvalidCastException)
  {
    Msg.Text = "User is not of type RolePrincipal. Are roles enabled?";
  }

}

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Role Information</title>
</head>
<body>

<form id="form1" runat="server">

  Role Information for <b><%=User.Identity.Name%></b>.<br />

  <asp:Label id="Msg" runat="Server" ForeColor="maroon" /><br />

  <table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4">
    <tr>
      <td>IsRoleListCached</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="IsCachedLabel" runat="Server" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>CachedListChanged</td>  
      <td><asp:Label id="CacheChangedLabel" runat="Server" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Expired</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="ExpiredLabel" runat="Server" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Version</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="VersionLabel" runat="Server" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>IssueDate</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="IssueDateLabel" runat="Server" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>ExpireDate</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="ExpireDateLabel" runat="Server" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>CookiePath</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="CookiePathLabel" runat="Server" /></td>
    </tr>
  </table>

</form>


</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

Public Sub Page_Load()

    Try
    Dim r As RolePrincipal = CType(User, RolePrincipal)

    IsCachedLabel.Text     = r.IsRoleListCached.ToString()
    CacheChangedLabel.Text = r.CachedListChanged.ToString()
    ExpiredLabel.Text      = r.Expired.ToString()
    VersionLabel.Text      = r.Version.ToString()
    IssueDateLabel.Text    = r.IssueDate.ToString()
    ExpireDateLabel.Text   = r.ExpireDate.ToString()
    CookiePathLabel.Text   = r.CookiePath

    Msg.Text = ""
  Catch e As InvalidCastException
    Msg.Text = "User is not of type RolePrincipal. Are roles enabled?"
  End Try

End Sub

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Role Information</title>
</head>
<body>

<form id="form1" runat="server">

  Role Information for <b><%=User.Identity.Name%></b>.<br />

  <asp:Label id="Msg" runat="Server" ForeColor="maroon" /><br />

  <table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4">
    <tr>
      <td>IsRoleListCached</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="IsCachedLabel" runat="Server" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>CachedListChanged</td>  
      <td><asp:Label id="CacheChangedLabel" runat="Server" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Expired</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="ExpiredLabel" runat="Server" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Version</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="VersionLabel" runat="Server" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>IssueDate</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="IssueDateLabel" runat="Server" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>ExpireDate</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="ExpireDateLabel" runat="Server" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>CookiePath</td>
      <td><asp:Label id="CookiePathLabel" runat="Server" /></td>
    </tr>
  </table>

</form>


</body>
</html>

Remarks

The Identity of a RolePrincipal object is set when the RolePrincipal constructor is called.

Applies to