UserManager.CreateUser<TUser>(IObjectSpace, IPrincipal, Action<TUser>, Boolean) Method

Creates a new user with the specified settings.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Security

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Security.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Security

Declaration

C#

public UserResult<TUser> CreateUser<TUser>(
    IObjectSpace objectSpace,
    IPrincipal principal,
    Action<TUser> customizeUser = null,
    bool autoCommit = true
)
    where TUser : class, ISecurityUserWithLoginInfo

VB.NET

Public Function CreateUser(Of TUser As {Class, ISecurityUserWithLoginInfo})(
    objectSpace As IObjectSpace,
    principal As IPrincipal,
    customizeUser As Action(Of TUser) = Nothing,
    autoCommit As Boolean = True
) As UserResult(Of TUser)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
objectSpace	IObjectSpace	An Object Space used to create the user.
principal	IPrincipal	A claims principal object that contains info about the user to create.

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
customizeUser	Action<TUser>	null	A delegate method used to additionally customize the created user object.
autoCommit	Boolean	True	A boolean value that specifies whether or not to automatically commit the changes to the Object Space.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TUser	A user object type.

Returns

Type	Description
DevExpress.ExpressApp.Security.UserResult<TUser>	An object that contains the result of the user creation operation.

Remarks

The following code snippet demonstrates a custom authentication provider implementation that uses the CreateUser method to automatically create users for third-party OAuth2 authentication providers for testing purposes (XAF Solution Wizard generates equivalent code for applications configured to use OAuth2).

C#

public class CustomAuthenticationProvider : IAuthenticationProviderV2 {
    private readonly UserManager userManager;

    public CustomAuthenticationProvider(UserManager userManager) {
        this.userManager = userManager;
    }

    public object Authenticate(IObjectSpace objectSpace) {
        var currentPrincipal = userManager.GetCurrentPrincipal();
        if(currentPrincipal?.Identity?.IsAuthenticated ?? false) {
            var user = userManager.FindUserByPrincipal<ApplicationUser>(objectSpace, currentPrincipal);
            if(user != null) {
                return new UserResult<ApplicationUser>(user);
            }

        // The code below creates users for testing purposes only.
#if !RELEASE
            bool autoCreateUser = true;
            if(autoCreateUser) {
                var userResult = userManager.CreateUser<ApplicationUser>(objectSpace, currentPrincipal, user => {
                    user.Roles.Add(objectSpace.FirstOrDefault<PermissionPolicyRole>(role => role.Name == "Default"));
                });
                if(!userResult.Succeeded) {
                    //throw userResult.Error;
                }
                return userResult;
            }
#endif
        }
        return null;
    }
}

The CreateUser method returns a UserResult object. This object exposes the following properties:

Succeeded

A boolean property that indicates whether or not a user was created successfully.

User

The created user object.

Error

If user creation fails, this property contains the resulting Exception.