AuthorizationStoreRoleProvider.RoleExists(String) Method
Definition
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Gets a value indicating whether the specified role name already exists in the authorization-manager policy store.
public:
override bool RoleExists(System::String ^ roleName);public override bool RoleExists (string roleName);override this.RoleExists : string -> boolPublic Overrides Function RoleExists (roleName As String) As BooleanParameters
- roleName
- String
The name of the role to search for in the authorization-manager policy store.
Returns
true if the role name already exists in the authorization-manager policy store; otherwise, false.
Exceptions
roleName is null.
The configured applicationName was not found.
-or-
The configured scopeName was not found.
-or-
The authorization-manager runtime is not installed on the server.
The connectionStringName attribute references a connection string to a file that does not exist.
The AuthorizationStoreRoleProvider instance is configured with a file-based policy store, and read access to the file is not allowed at the current trust level.
Examples
The following code example uses the RoleExists method to determine whether a role name already exists before creating the role. For an example of a Web.config file that enables role management, see AuthorizationStoreRoleProvider.
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
string[] rolesArray;
public void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
// Bind roles to GridView.
rolesArray = Roles.GetAllRoles();
RolesGrid.DataSource = rolesArray;
RolesGrid.DataBind();
}
}
public void CreateRole_OnClick(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
string createRole = RoleTextBox.Text;
try
{
if (Roles.RoleExists(createRole))
{
Msg.Text = "Role '" + Server.HtmlEncode(createRole) + "' already exists. Please specify a different role name.";
return;
}
Roles.CreateRole(createRole);
Msg.Text = "Role '" + Server.HtmlEncode(createRole) + "' created.";
// Re-bind roles to GridView.
rolesArray = Roles.GetAllRoles();
RolesGrid.DataSource = rolesArray;
RolesGrid.DataBind();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Msg.Text = "Role '" + Server.HtmlEncode(createRole) + "' <u>not</u> created.";
Response.Write(e.ToString());
}
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Sample: Create Role</title>
</head>
<body>
<form runat="server" id="PageForm">
<h3>Create a Role</h3>
<asp:Label id="Msg" ForeColor="maroon" runat="server" /><br />
Role name:
<asp:TextBox id="RoleTextBox" runat="server" />
<asp:Button Text="Create Role" id="CreateRoleButton"
runat="server" OnClick="CreateRole_OnClick" />
<br />
<asp:GridView runat="server" CellPadding="2" id="RolesGrid"
Gridlines="Both" CellSpacing="2" AutoGenerateColumns="false" >
<HeaderStyle BackColor="navy" ForeColor="white" />
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Roles" >
<ItemTemplate>
<%# Container.DataItem.ToString() %>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
Dim rolesArray() As String
Public Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, args As EventArgs)
If Not IsPostBack Then
' Bind roles to GridView.
rolesArray = Roles.GetAllRoles()
RolesGrid.DataSource = rolesArray
RolesGrid.DataBind()
End If
End Sub
Public Sub CreateRole_OnClick(sender As Object, args As EventArgs)
Dim createRole As String = RoleTextBox.Text
Try
If Roles.RoleExists(createRole) Then
Msg.Text = "Role '" & Server.HtmlEncode(createRole) & "' already exists. Please specify a different role name."
Return
End If
Roles.CreateRole(createRole)
Msg.Text = "Role '" & Server.HtmlEncode(createRole) & "' created."
' Re-bind roles to GridView.
rolesArray = Roles.GetAllRoles()
RolesGrid.DataSource = rolesArray
RolesGrid.DataBind()
Catch
Msg.Text = "Role '" & Server.HtmlEncode(createRole) & "' <u>not</u> created."
End Try
End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Sample: Create Role</title>
</head>
<body>
<form runat="server" id="PageForm">
<h3>Create a Role</h3>
<asp:Label id="Msg" ForeColor="maroon" runat="server" /><br />
Role name:
<asp:TextBox id="RoleTextBox" runat="server" />
<asp:Button Text="Create Role" id="CreateRoleButton"
runat="server" OnClick="CreateRole_OnClick" />
<br />
<asp:GridView runat="server" CellPadding="2" id="RolesGrid"
Gridlines="Both" CellSpacing="2" AutoGenerateColumns="false" >
<HeaderStyle BackColor="navy" ForeColor="white" />
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Roles" >
<ItemTemplate>
<%# Container.DataItem.ToString() %>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
The RoleExists method is called by the Roles class to determine whether a role name exists in the authorization-manager data store specified in the ASP.NET application's configuration file (Web.config).
