/// <summary>
/// Reads the auth cookie and validates the user and returns the User object
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
private DAL.User GetAuthenticatedUser()
{
HttpRequestMessageProperty reqMsg = OperationContext.Current.IncomingMessageProperties["httpRequest"] as HttpRequestMessageProperty;
DAL.UserCookie cookie = DAL.UserCookie.Parse((string)reqMsg.Headers[Globals.AuthTokenCookie]);
if (cookie == null || !cookie.IsValid())
{
return(null);
}
return(cookie.User);
}
