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GenericPrincipal.Identity Property

Gets the GenericIdentity of the user represented by the current GenericPrincipal.

Namespace:  System.Security.Principal
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

'Declaration
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Identity As IIdentity

Property Value

Type: System.Security.Principal.IIdentity
The GenericIdentity of the user represented by the GenericPrincipal.

Implements

IPrincipal.Identity

The following code shows the use of the Identity property. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the GenericPrincipal class.


Dim principalIdentity As GenericIdentity = _
    CType(genericPrincipal.Identity, GenericIdentity)


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

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.
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