/// <summary>
/// Authenticates the user's credentials against the ASP.NET
/// membership provider.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">
/// Type of object (subclass of MembershipIdentity) to retrieve.
/// </typeparam>
/// <param name="userName">Username to authenticate.</param>
/// <param name="password">Password to authenticate.</param>
/// <param name="isRunOnWebServer">
/// Specifies whether to access the membership provider locally (true),
/// or through the data portal (false) presumably to reach an application
/// server.
/// </param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static T GetMembershipIdentity <T>(string userName, string password, bool isRunOnWebServer)
where T : MembershipIdentity
{
IdentityFactory factory = new IdentityFactory();
return((T)factory.FetchMembershipIdentity(new Criteria(userName, password, typeof(T), isRunOnWebServer)));
}
private MembershipIdentity GetIdentity(Type identityType, IdentityFactory identity)
{
MembershipIdentity returnValue = (MembershipIdentity)Activator.CreateInstance(identityType);
returnValue.IsAuthenticated = identity.IsAuthenticated;
returnValue.Name = identity.Name;
returnValue.Roles = identity.Roles;
returnValue.AuthenticationType = "YYT";
return(returnValue);
}
/// <summary>
/// Fetches MembershipIdentity from the server
/// </summary>
/// <param name="criteria"><see cref="MembershipIdentity.Criteria"/></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public MembershipIdentity FetchMembershipIdentity(MembershipIdentity.Criteria criteria)
{
if (criteria.IsRunOnWebServer)
{
return(GetIdentityOnServer(criteria));
}
else
{
IdentityFactory serverIdentity = DataPortal.Fetch <IdentityFactory>(criteria);
Type identityType = Type.GetType(criteria.MembershipIdentityType);
return(GetIdentity(identityType, serverIdentity));
}
}
