IAuthenticationManager.AuthenticateAsync Method (String)
Call back through the middleware to ask for a specific form of authentication to be performed on the current request.
Namespace: Microsoft.Owin.Security
Assembly: Microsoft.Owin (in Microsoft.Owin.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Function AuthenticateAsync ( _
authenticationType As String _
) As Task(Of AuthenticateResult)
'Usage
Dim instance As IAuthenticationManager
Dim authenticationType As String
Dim returnValue As Task(Of AuthenticateResult)
returnValue = instance.AuthenticateAsync(authenticationType)
Task<AuthenticateResult> AuthenticateAsync(
string authenticationType
)
Task<AuthenticateResult^>^ AuthenticateAsync(
String^ authenticationType
)
abstract AuthenticateAsync :
authenticationType:string -> Task<AuthenticateResult>
function AuthenticateAsync(
authenticationType : String
) : Task<AuthenticateResult>
Parameters
- authenticationType
Type: System.String
Identifies which middleware should respond to the request for authentication. This value is compared to the middleware's Options.AuthenticationType property.
Return Value
Type: System.Threading.Tasks.Task<AuthenticateResult>
Returns an object with the results of the authentication. The AuthenticationResult.Identity may be null if authentication failed. Even if the Identity property is null, there may still be AuthenticationResult.properties and AuthenticationResult.Description information returned.