ClaimsPrincipal.IsInRole(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Security.Claims

Assemblies:: mscorlib.dll, System.Security.Claims.dll

Assembly:: System.Security.Claims.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: ClaimsPrincipal.cs

Source:: ClaimsPrincipal.cs

Source:: ClaimsPrincipal.cs

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Returns a value that indicates whether the entity (user) represented by this claims principal is in the specified role.

public:
 virtual bool IsInRole(System::String ^ role);

public virtual bool IsInRole (string role);

abstract member IsInRole : string -> bool
override this.IsInRole : string -> bool

Public Overridable Function IsInRole (role As String) As Boolean

Parameters

role: String

The role for which to check.

Returns

Boolean

true if claims principal is in the specified role; otherwise, false.

Implements

IsInRole(String)

Remarks

The IsInRole method checks whether an identity that this claims principal possesses contains a claim of type ClaimsIdentity.RoleClaimType where the value of the claim is equal to the value specified by the role parameter.

Note

Each ClaimsIdentity has its own definition of the claim type that represents a role. This claim type can be accessed and set through the ClaimsIdentity.RoleClaimType property.

Applies to