RolePrincipal.ToEncryptedTicket Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.Security

Assembly:

System.Web.dll

Returns the role information cached with the RolePrincipal object encrypted based on the CookieProtectionValue.

public:
 System::String ^ ToEncryptedTicket();

public string ToEncryptedTicket ();

member this.ToEncryptedTicket : unit -> string

Public Function ToEncryptedTicket () As String

Returns

String

The role information cached with the RolePrincipal object encrypted based on the CookieProtectionValue.

Examples

The following code example writes the results of the ToEncryptedTicket method to the roles cookie.

try
{
  RolePrincipal r = (RolePrincipal)User;
  string eTicket = r.ToEncryptedTicket();
  HttpCookie cookie = new HttpCookie(Roles.CookieName, eTicket);
  cookie.Path = Roles.CookiePath;
  cookie.Expires = r.ExpireDate;
  Response.Cookies.Add(cookie);
}
catch (InvalidCastException)
{
  Response.Write("User is not of type RolePrincipal. Are roles enabled?");
}

Try
  Dim r As RolePrincipal = CType(User, RolePrincipal)
  Dim eTicket As String = r.ToEncryptedTicket()
  Dim cookie As HttpCookie = New HttpCookie(Roles.CookieName, eTicket)
  cookie.Path = Roles.CookiePath
  cookie.Expires = r.ExpireDate
  Response.Cookies.Add(cookie)
Catch e As InvalidCastException
  Response.Write("User is not of type RolePrincipal. Are roles enabled?")
End Try

Remarks

The value returned by the ToEncryptedTicket method is stored in the roles cookie when CacheRolesInCookie is true.

See also

• Managing Authorization Using ASP.NET Roles