AuthorizationContext Class

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02/21/2011

Encapsulates the information that is required for using an AuthorizeAttribute attribute.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Web.Mvc.ControllerContext
System.Web.Mvc.AuthorizationContext

Namespace: System.Web.Mvc
Assembly: System.Web.Mvc (in System.Web.Mvc.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class AuthorizationContext _
    Inherits ControllerContext

public class AuthorizationContext : ControllerContext

public ref class AuthorizationContext : public ControllerContext

The AuthorizationContext type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	AuthorizationContext()	Initializes a new instance of the AuthorizationContext class.
	AuthorizationContext(ControllerContext)	Obsolete. Initializes a new instance of the AuthorizationContext class using the specified controller context.
	AuthorizationContext(ControllerContext, ActionDescriptor)	Initializes a new instance of the AuthorizationContext class using the specified controller context and action descriptor.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	ActionDescriptor	Provides information about the action method that is marked by the AuthorizeAttribute attribute, such as its name, controller, parameters, attributes, and filters.
	Controller	Gets or sets the controller. (Inherited from ControllerContext.)
	HttpContext	Gets or sets the HTTP context. (Inherited from ControllerContext.)
	IsChildAction	Gets a value that indicates whether the associated action method is a child action. (Inherited from ControllerContext.)
	ParentActionViewContext	Gets an object that contains the view context information for the parent action method. (Inherited from ControllerContext.)
	RequestContext	Gets or sets the request context. (Inherited from ControllerContext.)
	Result	Gets or sets the result that is returned by an action method.
	RouteData	Gets or sets the URL route data. (Inherited from ControllerContext.)

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

When an action method is marked with the AuthorizeAttribute attribute, an AuthorizationContext instance is passed to the OnAuthorization method. The AuthorizationContext class encapsulates information about the controller, HTTP context, request context, route data, action descriptor, and action result.

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.

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