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RoleProvider::IsUserInRole Method (String^, String^)

 

Gets a value indicating whether the specified user is in the specified role for the configured applicationName.

Namespace:   System.Web.Security
Assembly:  System.Web.ApplicationServices (in System.Web.ApplicationServices.dll)

public:
virtual bool IsUserInRole(
	String^ username,
	String^ roleName
) abstract

Parameters

username
Type: System::String^

The user name to search for.

roleName
Type: System::String^

The role to search in.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean

true if the specified user is in the specified role for the configured applicationName; otherwise, false.

The IsUserInRole method is called by the IsUserInRole method of the Roles class to determine whether the current logged-on user is associated with a role from the data source for the configured ApplicationName.

If the specified user name is null or is an empty string, we recommend that your provider throw an exception.

If the specified role name is null or is an empty string, we recommend that your provider throw an exception.

The following code example shows a sample implementation of the IsUserInRole method.

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.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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