System.Web.Security Namespace

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.NET Framework version 2.0

Defines the contract that ASP.NET implements to provide role-management services using custom role providers.

RoleProvider Class Members

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Properties Visibility Name Value Type Accessibility public ApplicationName String [ Get , Set ]   Methods Visibility Name Parameters Return Type public AddUsersToRoles ( String usernames , String roleNames ) Void public CreateRole ( String roleName ) Void public DeleteRole ( String roleName , Boolean throwOnPopulatedRole ) Boolean public FindUsersInRole ( String roleName , String usernameToMatch ) String public GetAllRoles ( ) String public GetRolesForUser ( String username ) String public GetUsersInRole ( String roleName ) String public IsUserInRole ( String username , String roleName ) Boolean public RemoveUsersFromRoles ( String usernames , String roleNames ) Void public RoleExists ( String roleName ) Boolean

ASP.NET role management is designed to enable you to easily use a number of different role providers for your ASP.NET applications. You can use the supplied role providers that are included with the .NET Framework, or you can implement your own provider.

When implementing a custom role provider, you are required to inherit the RoleProvider abstract class.

There are two primary reasons for creating a custom role provider.

• You need to store role information in a data source that is not supported by the role providers included with the .NET Framework, such as a FoxPro database, an Oracle database, or other data sources.
• You need to manage role information using a database schema that is different from the database schema used by the providers that ship with the .NET Framework. A common example of this would be role data that already exists in a SQL Server database for a company or Web site.

RoleManagerModule Class   RolePrincipal Class   RoleProviderCollection Class   Roles Class

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