UserNamePasswordValidator.Validate(String, String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.IdentityModel.Selectors

Assembly:

System.IdentityModel.dll

When overridden in a derived class, validates the specified username and password.

public:
 abstract void Validate(System::String ^ userName, System::String ^ password);

public abstract void Validate (string userName, string password);

abstract member Validate : string * string -> unit

Public MustOverride Sub Validate (userName As String, password As String)

Parameters

userName

String

The username to validate.

password

String

The password to validate.

Examples

// This method validates users. It allows two users, test1 and test2
// with passwords 1tset and 2tset respectively.
// This code is for illustration purposes only and
// MUST NOT be used in a production environment because it is NOT secure.	
public override void Validate(string userName, string password)
{
    if (null == userName || null == password)
    {
        throw new ArgumentNullException();
    }

    if (!(userName == "test1" && password == "1tset") && !(userName == "test2" && password == "2tset"))
    {
        throw new SecurityTokenException("Unknown Username or Password");
    }
}

' This method validates users. It allows two users, test1 and test2 
' with passwords 1tset and 2tset respectively.
' This code is for illustration purposes only and 
' MUST NOT be used in a production environment because it is NOT secure.	
Public Overrides Sub Validate(ByVal userName As String, ByVal password As String)
    If Nothing = userName OrElse Nothing = password Then
        Throw New ArgumentNullException()
    End If

    If Not (userName = "test1" AndAlso password = "1tset") AndAlso Not (userName = "test2" AndAlso password = "2tset") Then
        Throw New SecurityTokenException("Unknown Username or Password")
    End If

End Sub

Remarks

Override the Validate method to specify how the username and password is validated. If the username and password do not pass validation, then throw a SecurityTokenValidationException.