MembershipProvider Members (System.Web.Security)

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MembershipProvider Members

Defines the contract that ASP.NET implements to provide membership services using custom membership providers.

The following tables list the members exposed by the MembershipProvider type.

Protected Constructors
  Name Description
Protected method MembershipProvider Initializes a new instance of the MembershipProvider class.
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Public Properties
  Name Description
Public property ApplicationName The name of the application using the custom membership provider.
Public property Description  Gets a brief, friendly description suitable for display in administrative tools or other user interfaces (UIs).(Inherited from ProviderBase.)
Public property EnablePasswordReset Indicates whether the membership provider is configured to allow users to reset their passwords.
Public property EnablePasswordRetrieval Indicates whether the membership provider is configured to allow users to retrieve their passwords.
Public property MaxInvalidPasswordAttempts Gets the number of invalid password or password-answer attempts allowed before the membership user is locked out.
Public property MinRequiredNonAlphanumericCharacters Gets the minimum number of special characters that must be present in a valid password.
Public property MinRequiredPasswordLength Gets the minimum length required for a password.
Public property Name  Gets the friendly name used to refer to the provider during configuration.(Inherited from ProviderBase.)
Public property PasswordAttemptWindow Gets the number of minutes in which a maximum number of invalid password or password-answer attempts are allowed before the membership user is locked out.
Public property PasswordFormat Gets a value indicating the format for storing passwords in the membership data store.
Public property PasswordStrengthRegularExpression Gets the regular expression used to evaluate a password.
Public property RequiresQuestionAndAnswer Gets a value indicating whether the membership provider is configured to require the user to answer a password question for password reset and retrieval.
Public property RequiresUniqueEmail Gets a value indicating whether the membership provider is configured to require a unique e-mail address for each user name.
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Public Methods
(see also Protected Methods )
  Name Description
Public method ChangePassword Processes a request to update the password for a membership user.
Public method ChangePasswordQuestionAndAnswer Processes a request to update the password question and answer for a membership user.
Public method CreateUser Adds a new membership user to the data source.
Public method DeleteUser Removes a user from the membership data source.
Public method Equals  Overloaded. Determines whether two Object instances are equal. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method FindUsersByEmail Gets a collection of membership users where the e-mail address contains the specified e-mail address to match.
Public method FindUsersByName Gets a collection of membership users where the user name contains the specified user name to match.
Public method GetAllUsers Gets a collection of all the users in the data source in pages of data.
Public method GetHashCode  Serves as a hash function for a particular type. GetHashCode is suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures like a hash table. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetNumberOfUsersOnline Gets the number of users currently accessing the application.
Public method GetPassword Gets the password for the specified user name from the data source.
Public method GetType  Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetUser Overloaded. Gets information from the data source for a membership user.
Public method GetUserNameByEmail Gets the user name associated with the specified e-mail address.
Public method Initialize  Initializes the provider. (Inherited from ProviderBase.)
Public method Static ReferenceEquals  Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ResetPassword Resets a user's password to a new, automatically generated password.
Public method ToString  Returns a String that represents the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method UnlockUser Clears a lock so that the membership user can be validated.
Public method UpdateUser Updates information about a user in the data source.
Public method ValidateUser Verifies that the specified user name and password exist in the data source.
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Protected Methods
  Name Description
Protected method DecryptPassword Decrypts an encrypted password.
Protected method EncryptPassword Encrypts a password.
Protected method Finalize  Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone  Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method OnValidatingPassword Raises the ValidatingPassword event if an event handler has been defined.
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Public Events
  Name Description
Public event ValidatingPassword Occurs when a user is created, a password is changed, or a password is reset.
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