ClientRoleProvider.GetRolesForUser(String) Method

public:
 override cli::array <System::String ^> ^ GetRolesForUser(System::String ^ username);

public override string[] GetRolesForUser (string username);

override this.GetRolesForUser : string -> string[]

Public Overrides Function GetRolesForUser (username As String) As String()

Parameters

Returns

The role names that username belongs to or an empty array if the user is not authenticated.

Exceptions

Examples

The following example code demonstrates how to use this method to determine whether the user login has expired before testing role membership. This code assumes that all valid users are associated with one or more roles. In this case, the GetRolesForUser method will not return any roles for a previously-authenticated user whose login has expired. If the user login has expired, this code displays the login dialog box. Otherwise, it calls the IsUserInRole method to determine whether the user is in the "manager" role. The restricted code is in a PerformManagerTask method, which is not provided.

private void AttemptManagerTask()
{
    System.Security.Principal.IIdentity identity =
        System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity;

    // Return if the authentication type is not "ClientForms". 
    // This indicates that the user is logged out.
    if (!identity.AuthenticationType.Equals("ClientForms")) return;

    try
    {
        ClientRoleProvider provider =
            (ClientRoleProvider)System.Web.Security.Roles.Provider;
        String userName = identity.Name;

        // Determine whether the user login has expired by attempting
        // to retrieve roles from the service. Call the ResetCache method
        // to ensure that the roles are retrieved from the service. If no 
        // roles are returned, then the login has expired. This assumes 
        // that every valid user has been assigned to one or more roles.
        provider.ResetCache();
        String[] roles = provider.GetRolesForUser(userName);
        if (roles.Length == 0)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(
                "Your login has expired. Please log in again to access " +
                "the roles service.", "Attempting to access user roles...");

            // Call ValidateUser with empty strings in order to 
            // display the login dialog box configured as a 
            // credentials provider.
            if (!System.Web.Security.Membership.ValidateUser(
                String.Empty, String.Empty))
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Unable to authenticate. " +
                    "Cannot retrieve user roles.", "Not logged in",
                    MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
                return;
            }
        }

        if (provider.IsUserInRole(userName, "manager"))
        {
            PerformManagerTask();
        }
    }
    catch (System.Net.WebException)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(
            "Unable to access the remote service. " +
            "Cannot retrieve user roles.", "Warning",
            MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
    }
}

Private Sub AttemptManagerTask()

    Dim identity As System.Security.Principal.IIdentity = _
        System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity

    ' Return if the authentication type is not "ClientForms". 
    ' This indicates that the user is logged out.
    If Not identity.AuthenticationType.Equals("ClientForms") Then Return

    Try

        Dim provider As ClientRoleProvider = _
            CType(System.Web.Security.Roles.Provider, ClientRoleProvider)
        Dim userName As String = identity.Name

        ' Determine whether the user login has expired by attempting
        ' to retrieve roles from the service. Call the ResetCache method
        ' to ensure that the roles are retrieved from the service. If no 
        ' roles are returned, then the login has expired. This assumes 
        ' that every valid user has been assigned to one or more roles.
        provider.ResetCache()
        Dim roles As String() = provider.GetRolesForUser(userName)
        If roles.Length = 0 Then

            MessageBox.Show( _
                "Your login has expired. Please log in again to access " & _
                "the roles service.", "Attempting to access user roles...")

            ' Call ValidateUser with empty strings in order to 
            ' display the login dialog box configured as a 
            ' credentials provider.
            If Not System.Web.Security.Membership.ValidateUser( _
                String.Empty, String.Empty) Then

                MessageBox.Show("Unable to authenticate. " & _
                    "Cannot retrieve user roles.", "Not logged in", _
                    MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
                Return

            End If

        End If

        If provider.IsUserInRole(userName, "manager") Then
            PerformManagerTask()
        End If

    Catch ex As System.Net.WebException

        MessageBox.Show( _
            "Unable to access the remote service. " & _
            "Cannot retrieve user roles.", "Warning", _
            MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning)

    End Try

End Sub

Remarks

The GetRolesForUser method retrieves role information for the current, authenticated user, which you must specify in the username parameter. You can get the user name through the static Thread.CurrentPrincipal property as follows: Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.Name.

The service provider caches role information about the local file system to avoid unnecessary service calls. For more information, see the ClientRoleProvider class overview.

Applies to

See also

• CurrentPrincipal
• IsUserInRole(String, String)
• Client Application Services
• How to: Configure Client Application Services