ProfileProviderAttribute Class
Identifies the profile provider for a user-profile property.
Namespace: System.Web.Profile
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
The ProfileProviderAttribute type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | ProfileProviderAttribute | Creates a new instance of the ProfileProviderAttribute class with the specified profile provider name. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| ProviderName | Gets the name of the profile provider for the user-profile property. |
| TypeId | When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Equals | Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| GetHashCode | Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| IsDefaultAttribute | When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| Match | When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| _Attribute.GetIDsOfNames | Maps a set of names to a corresponding set of dispatch identifiers. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| _Attribute.GetTypeInfo | Retrieves the type information for an object, which can be used to get the type information for an interface. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| _Attribute.GetTypeInfoCount | Retrieves the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1). (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| _Attribute.Invoke | Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
The ProfileProviderAttribute class is used to identify the profile provider for a property of a custom profile implementation. A custom profile implementation is a class that inherits from the ProfileBase abstract class and defines properties for the user profile that are not specified in the profile configuration element. You can specify a custom type for the user profile using the inherits attribute of the profile configuration element in the Web.config file for an application, as shown in the following example.
<configuration>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="SqlServices" connectionString=
"Data Source=localhost;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=aspnetdb;" />
</connectionStrings>
<system.web>
<authentication mode="Forms" >
<forms loginUrl="login.aspx"
name=".ASPXFORMSAUTH" />
</authentication>
<authorization>
<deny users="?" />
</authorization>
<profile inherits="Samples.AspNet.Profile.EmployeeProfile"
defaultProvider="SqlProvider">
<providers>
<clear />
<add
name="SqlProvider"
type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider"
connectionStringName="SqlServices"
description="SQL Profile Provider for Sample"/>
<add
name="EmployeeInfoProvider"
type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider"
connectionStringName="SqlServices"
description="SQL Profile Provider for Employee Info"/>
</providers>
<properties>
<add name="GarmentSize" />
</properties>
</profile>
</system.web>
</configuration>
The following code example defines a class that inherits from the ProfileBase class to create a custom profile. The type of the custom profile is specified in the inherits attribute of the profile configuration element in the Web.config file for an application.
using System; using System.Web.Profile; namespace Samples.AspNet.Profile { public class EmployeeProfile : ProfileBase { [SettingsAllowAnonymous(false)] [ProfileProvider("EmployeeInfoProvider")] public string Department { get { return base["EmployeeDepartment"].ToString(); } set { base["EmployeeDepartment"] = value; } } [SettingsAllowAnonymous(false)] [ProfileProvider("EmployeeInfoProvider")] public EmployeeInfo Details { get { return (EmployeeInfo)base["EmployeeInfo"]; } set { base["EmployeeInfo"] = value; } } } public class EmployeeInfo { public string Name; public string Address; public string Phone; public string EmergencyContactName; public string EmergencyContactAddress; public string EmergencyContactPhone; } }
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