PassportPrincipal Class (System.Web.Security)

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PassportPrincipal Class

Note: This API is now obsolete.

Represents a Passport-authenticated principal. This class is deprecated.

Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
  System.Security.Principal.GenericPrincipal
    System.Web.Security.PassportPrincipal

Namespace:  System.Web.Security
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic
<ObsoleteAttribute("This type is obsolete. The Passport authentication product is no longer supported and has been superseded by Live ID.")> _
Public NotInheritable Class PassportPrincipal _
	Inherits GenericPrincipal
C#
[ObsoleteAttribute("This type is obsolete. The Passport authentication product is no longer supported and has been superseded by Live ID.")]
public sealed class PassportPrincipal : GenericPrincipal
Visual C++
[ObsoleteAttribute(L"This type is obsolete. The Passport authentication product is no longer supported and has been superseded by Live ID.")]
public ref class PassportPrincipal sealed : public GenericPrincipal
F#
[<Sealed>]
[<ObsoleteAttribute("This type is obsolete. The Passport authentication product is no longer supported and has been superseded by Live ID.")>]
type PassportPrincipal =  
    class
        inherit GenericPrincipal
    end

The PassportPrincipal type exposes the following members.

Constructors
  Name Description
Public method PassportPrincipal Initializes a new instance of the PassportPrincipal class from a PassportIdentity instance and an array of role names to which the user represented by that PassportIdentity belongs. This class is deprecated.
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Properties
  Name Description
Public property Identity Gets the GenericIdentity of the user represented by the current GenericPrincipal. (Inherited from GenericPrincipal.)
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Methods
  Name Description
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method IsInRole Determines whether the current GenericPrincipal belongs to the specified role. (Inherited from GenericPrincipal.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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Remarks

This class has been deprecated and is no longer supported. Microsoft Passport Network has been replaced by Windows Live ID. For more information about how to use Windows Live ID to authenticate users in a Web application, see Windows Live ID SDK.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 4
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
See Also

Reference

System.Web.Security Namespace