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RoleProvider::RoleExists Method (String^)

 

Gets a value indicating whether the specified role name already exists in the role data source for the configured applicationName.

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

public:
virtual bool RoleExists(
	String^ roleName
) abstract

Parameters

roleName
Type: System::String^

The name of the role to search for in the data source.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean

true if the role name already exists in the data source for the configured applicationName; otherwise, false.

RoleExists is called by the RoleExists method of the Roles class to determine whether a role name exists in the data source for the configured ApplicationName.

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 RoleExists method.

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.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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