/// <summary>
/// Generates the authentication cookie.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="username">The username.</param>
/// <param name="authenticationTimeoutInSeconds">The authentication timeout in seconds.</param>
/// <param name="persistentAuthenticationTimeoutInSeconds">The persistent authentication timeout in seconds.</param>
/// <param name="userObject">The user object.</param>
/// <param name="isPersistent">The is persistent.</param>
/// <param name="cookieGenerationMode">The cookie generation mode.</param>
/// <param name="domain">The domain to share the cookie in. Set this to null if you don't want to share the cookie in a domain.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
internal static HttpCookie GenerateAuthenticationCookie <T>(string username, int authenticationTimeoutInSeconds, int persistentAuthenticationTimeoutInSeconds
, T userObject, bool?isPersistent, CookieGenerationMode cookieGenerationMode, string domain) where T : IXmlSerializable
{
HttpCookie cookie = null;
switch (cookieGenerationMode)
{
case CookieGenerationMode.RefreshExisting:
case CookieGenerationMode.UpdateExisting:
cookie = HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies[FormsAuthentication.FormsCookieName];
break;
case CookieGenerationMode.CreateNew:
cookie = FormsAuthentication.GetAuthCookie(username, isPersistent ?? false);
break;
}
FormsAuthenticationTicket ticket = FormsAuthentication.Decrypt(cookie.Value);
if (!isPersistent.HasValue)
{
isPersistent = ticket.IsPersistent;
}
DateTime expires = isPersistent.Value ? DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(persistentAuthenticationTimeoutInSeconds)
: DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(authenticationTimeoutInSeconds);
string userData = string.Empty;
switch (cookieGenerationMode)
{
case CookieGenerationMode.RefreshExisting: userData = ticket.UserData; break;
case CookieGenerationMode.CreateNew:
case CookieGenerationMode.UpdateExisting: userData = XmlSerializationHelper <T> .ConvertToXml(userObject); break;
}
FormsAuthenticationTicket newTicket = new FormsAuthenticationTicket(
2 // only microsoft knows what the version flag means. 2 is default, 1 works as well...
, ticket.Name
, ticket.IssueDate
, expires
, isPersistent.Value
, userData);
cookie.Value = FormsAuthentication.Encrypt(newTicket);
if (isPersistent.Value)
{
cookie.Expires = expires;
}
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(domain))
{
cookie.Domain = domain;
}
return(cookie);
}