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GenericIdentity Class
Visual Studio 2010
Represents a generic user.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The GenericIdentity type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | GenericIdentity(String) | Initializes a new instance of the GenericIdentity class representing the user with the specified name. |
![]() | GenericIdentity(String, String) | Initializes a new instance of the GenericIdentity class representing the user with the specified name and authentication type. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | AuthenticationType | Gets the type of authentication used to identify the user. |
![]() | IsAuthenticated | Gets a value indicating whether the user has been authenticated. |
![]() | Name | Gets the user's name. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
An identity object represents the user on whose behalf the code is running.
| Topic | Location |
|---|---|
| How to: Create GenericPrincipal and GenericIdentity Objects | .NET Framework: Security |
| How to: Create GenericPrincipal and GenericIdentity Objects | .NET Framework: Security |
The following example shows the use of members of the GenericIdentity class.
using System; using System.Security.Principal; class GenericIdentityMembers { [STAThread] static void Main(string[] args) { // Create a GenericIdentity object with no authentication type // specified. GenericIdentity defaultIdentity = new GenericIdentity("DefaultUser"); // Retrieve a GenericIdentity created from current WindowsIdentity // values. GenericIdentity currentIdentity = GetGenericIdentity(); ShowIdentityPreferences(new GenericIdentity("")); ShowIdentityPreferences(defaultIdentity); ShowIdentityPreferences(currentIdentity); Console.WriteLine("The sample completed successfully; " + "press Enter to continue."); Console.ReadLine(); } // Print identity preferences to the console window. private static void ShowIdentityPreferences( GenericIdentity genericIdentity) { // Retrieve the name of the generic identity object. string identityName = genericIdentity.Name; // Retrieve the authentication type of the generic identity object. string identityAuthenticationType = genericIdentity.AuthenticationType; Console.WriteLine("Name: " + identityName); Console.WriteLine("Type: " + identityAuthenticationType); // Verify that the user's identity has been authenticated // (was created with a valid name). if (genericIdentity.IsAuthenticated) { Console.WriteLine("The user's identity has been authenticated."); } else { Console.WriteLine("The user's identity has not been " + "authenticated."); } Console.WriteLine("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"); } // Create generic identity based on values from the current // WindowsIdentity. private static GenericIdentity GetGenericIdentity() { // Get values from the current WindowsIdentity. WindowsIdentity windowsIdentity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent(); // Construct a GenericIdentity object based on the current Windows // identity name and authentication type. string authenticationType = windowsIdentity.AuthenticationType; string userName = windowsIdentity.Name; GenericIdentity authenticatedGenericIdentity = new GenericIdentity(userName, authenticationType); return authenticatedGenericIdentity; } }
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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