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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)

public virtual IIdentity Identity { get; }

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.

GenericIdentity principalIdentity = 
    (GenericIdentity)genericPrincipal.Identity;

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

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