ClientRolePrincipal Class
Represents security information for client application services, which includes role information.
Assembly: System.Web.Extensions (in System.Web.Extensions.dll)
When you validate a user in client application services, the ClientFormsAuthenticationMembershipProvider or the ClientWindowsAuthenticationMembershipProvider sets the static Thread.CurrentPrincipal property to an instance of this class. The ClientFormsAuthenticationMembershipProvider initializes the Identity property to a new instance of the ClientFormsIdentity class. The ClientWindowsAuthenticationMembershipProvider initializes the Identity property to the WindowsIdentity object returned by the static WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent method.
You will not typically access this class directly. Normally, you will call the IsInRole method of the IPrincipal returned by the static CurrentPrincipal property. However, you can cast the CurrentPrincipal property value to a ClientRolePrincipal reference to call the IsInRole method explicitly, as demonstrated in the Example section.
The following example code demonstrates how to use this class to display a button only when the user is in the "manager" role. This example requires a Button named managerOnlyButton with an initial Visible property value of false.
Private Sub DisplayButtonForManagerRole() Try Dim rolePrincipal As ClientRolePrincipal = TryCast( _ System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal, ClientRolePrincipal) If rolePrincipal IsNot Nothing And _ rolePrincipal.IsInRole("manager") Then managerOnlyButton.Visible = True End If Catch ex As System.Net.WebException MessageBox.Show("Unable to access the role service.", _ "Warning", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning) End Try End Sub
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003
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.