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Interface IAuthorizationHelper

Utility class for working with policy authorizers.

Namespace: Umbraco.Cms.Core.Security.Authorization

Assembly: Umbraco.Core.dll

Syntax

public interface IAuthorizationHelper

Methods

GetUmbracoUser(IPrincipal)

Converts an System.Security.Principal.IPrincipal into an IUser.

Declaration

IUser GetUmbracoUser(IPrincipal currentUser)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Security.Principal.IPrincipal	currentUser	The current user's principal.

Returns

Type	Description
IUser	IUser.

TryGetUmbracoUser(IPrincipal, out IUser)

Attempts to convert an System.Security.Principal.IPrincipal into an IUser.

Declaration

virtual bool TryGetUmbracoUser(IPrincipal currentUser, out IUser user)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Security.Principal.IPrincipal	currentUser	The current user's principal.
IUser	user	The resulting IUser, if the conversion is successful.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if the conversion is successful, false otherwise