ProfileProviderAttribute Class

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Identifies the profile provider for a user-profile property.

Namespace: System.Web.Profile
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Attribute
System.Web.Profile.ProfileProviderAttribute

Syntax

C++

[<Sealed>]
[<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Property)>]
type ProfileProviderAttribute = 
    class
        inherit Attribute
    end

Constructors

	Name	Description
	ProfileProviderAttribute(String)	Creates a new instance of the ProfileProviderAttribute class with the specified profile provider name.

Properties

	Name	Description
	ProviderName	Gets the name of the profile provider for the user-profile property.
	TypeId	When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute.(Inherited from Attribute.)

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object.(Inherited from Attribute.)
	GetHashCode()	Returns the hash code for this instance.(Inherited from Attribute.)
	GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance.(Inherited from Object.)
	IsDefaultAttribute()	When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class.(Inherited from Attribute.)
	Match(Object)	When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object.(Inherited from Attribute.)
	ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object.(Inherited from Object.)

Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	_Attribute.GetIDsOfNames(Guid, IntPtr, UInt32, UInt32, IntPtr)	Maps a set of names to a corresponding set of dispatch identifiers.(Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute.GetTypeInfo(UInt32, UInt32, IntPtr)	Retrieves the type information for an object, which can be used to get the type information for an interface.(Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute.GetTypeInfoCount(UInt32)	Retrieves the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1).(Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute.Invoke(UInt32, Guid, UInt32, Int16, IntPtr, IntPtr, IntPtr, IntPtr)	Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object.(Inherited from Attribute.)

The ProfileProviderAttribute class is used to identify the profile provider for a property of a custom profile implementation. A custom profile implementation is a class that inherits from the ProfileBase abstract class and defines properties for the user profile that are not specified in the configuration element. You can specify a custom type for the user profile using the inherits attribute of the configuration element in the Web.config file for an application, as shown in the following example.

<configuration>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="SqlServices" connectionString=
      "Data Source=localhost;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=aspnetdb;" />
  </connectionStrings>

  <system.web>
    <authentication mode="Forms" >
      <forms loginUrl="login.aspx"
        name=".ASPXFORMSAUTH" />
    </authentication>

    <authorization>
      <deny users="?" />
    </authorization>

    <profile inherits="Samples.AspNet.Profile.EmployeeProfile"
      defaultProvider="SqlProvider">
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add
          name="SqlProvider"
          type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider" 
          connectionStringName="SqlServices" 
          description="SQL Profile Provider for Sample"/> 
        <add
          name="EmployeeInfoProvider"
          type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider" 
          connectionStringName="SqlServices" 
          description="SQL Profile Provider for Employee Info"/> 
      </providers>

      <properties>
        <add name="GarmentSize" />
      </properties>
    </profile>
  </system.web>
</configuration>

Examples

The following code example defines a class that inherits from the ProfileBase class to create a custom profile. The type of the custom profile is specified in the inherits attribute of the configuration element in the Web.config file for an application.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Version Information

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0

Thread Safety

Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.