CredentialAttribute Class

Specifies the user name and password for ASP.NET sites that require basic authentication or Windows authentication. This class cannot be inherited.

Inheritance Hierarchy

Object
  Attribute
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.Web.CredentialAttribute

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.Web
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple := False)> _
Public NotInheritable Class CredentialAttribute _
    Inherits Attribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple = false)]
public sealed class CredentialAttribute : Attribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets::Method, AllowMultiple = false)]
public ref class CredentialAttribute sealed : public Attribute

[<Sealed>]
[<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple = false)>]
type CredentialAttribute =  
    class 
        inherit Attribute 
    end

public final class CredentialAttribute extends Attribute

The CredentialAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	CredentialAttribute(String, String)	Initializes a new instance of the CredentialAttribute class with a user name and password needed to access the test Web site.
	CredentialAttribute(String, String, String)	Initializes a new instance of the CredentialAttribute class with a user name, password and domain needed to access the test Web site.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Domain	Gets the user's domain.
	Password	Gets the user's password.
	TypeId	When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	UserName	Gets the user's user name.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	GetHashCode	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	IsDefaultAttribute	When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	Match	When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	System#Runtime#InteropServices#_Attribute#GetIDsOfNames	Maps a set of names to a corresponding set of dispatch identifiers. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	System#Runtime#InteropServices#_Attribute#GetTypeInfo	Retrieves the type information for an object, which can be used to get the type information for an interface. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	System#Runtime#InteropServices#_Attribute#GetTypeInfoCount	Retrieves the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1). (Inherited from Attribute.)
	System#Runtime#InteropServices#_Attribute#Invoke	Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object. (Inherited from Attribute.)

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Remarks

If a site uses Windows Authentication, the supplied credentials will override the logged in user's credentials.

This attribute targets methods. Only one instance of this attribute may be applied to a method.

For more information about how to use attributes, see Extending Metadata Using Attributes.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.Web Namespace

Other Resources

ASP.NET Unit Tests

How to: Create an ASP.NET Unit Test