public ADALTokenCache(string signedInUserId)
 {
     // associate the cache to the current user of the web app
       userId = signedInUserId;
       this.AfterAccess = AfterAccessNotification;
       this.BeforeAccess = BeforeAccessNotification;
       this.BeforeWrite = BeforeWriteNotification;
       // look up the entry in the database
       Cache = db.UserTokenCacheList.FirstOrDefault(c => c.webUserUniqueId == userId);
       // place the entry in memory
       this.Deserialize((Cache == null) ? null : MachineKey.Unprotect(Cache.cacheBits, "ADALCache"));
 }
 // Notification raised after ADAL accessed the cache.
 // If the HasStateChanged flag is set, ADAL changed the content of the cache
 void AfterAccessNotification(TokenCacheNotificationArgs args)
 {
     // if state changed
       if (this.HasStateChanged) {
     Cache = new UserTokenCache {
       webUserUniqueId = userId,
       cacheBits = MachineKey.Protect(this.Serialize(), "ADALCache"),
       LastWrite = DateTime.Now
     };
     // update the DB and the lastwrite
     db.Entry(Cache).State = Cache.UserTokenCacheId == 0 ? EntityState.Added : EntityState.Modified;
     db.SaveChanges();
     this.HasStateChanged = false;
       }
 }
        // Notification raised before ADAL accesses the cache.
        // This is your chance to update the in-memory copy from the DB, if the in-memory version is stale
        void BeforeAccessNotification(TokenCacheNotificationArgs args)
        {
            if (Cache == null) {
            // first time access
            Cache = db.UserTokenCacheList.FirstOrDefault(c => c.webUserUniqueId == userId);
              }
              else {
            // retrieve last write from the DB
            var status = from e in db.UserTokenCacheList
                     where (e.webUserUniqueId == userId)
                     select new {
                       LastWrite = e.LastWrite
                     };

            // if the in-memory copy is older than the persistent copy
            if (status.First().LastWrite > Cache.LastWrite) {
              // read from from storage, update in-memory copy
              Cache = db.UserTokenCacheList.FirstOrDefault(c => c.webUserUniqueId == userId);
            }
              }
              this.Deserialize((Cache == null) ? null : MachineKey.Unprotect(Cache.cacheBits, "ADALCache"));
        }