/// <summary>Validate a set of user credentials, and return the user obejct if valid</summary>
public AuthenticationResult AuthenticateUser(string emailAddress, string password, out User user)
{
user = null;
var result = AuthenticateUser(emailAddress, password);
if (result == AuthenticationResult.Success)
user = userService.GetByEmail(emailAddress);
return result;
}
/// <summary>Replace properties on source with those from target</summary>
public static void ApplyValues(this User source, User newValues)
{
if (source == null || newValues == null)
{
return;
}
source.EmailAddress = newValues.EmailAddress;
// check if a new password is provided
if (newValues.Password != null)
{
// create new salt key for each new password
source.Salt = SecurityExtensions.GenerateSalt();
source.Password = newValues.Password.Hash(source.Salt);
}
}