UserManager.GetUserName(IPrincipal) Method

Returns the value of the User Name claim from the specified claims principal.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Security

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Security

Declaration

C#

public string GetUserName(
    IPrincipal principal
)

VB.NET

Public Function GetUserName(
    principal As IPrincipal
) As String

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
principal	IPrincipal	An object that implements the IPrincipal interface.

Returns

Type	Description
String	A System.String value that contains the user name.

Remarks

The following code snippet demonstrates how to use the GetUserName method:

C#

using DevExpress.ExpressApp.Security;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
// ...
// Use Dependency Injection to access the IServiceProvider.
var userManager = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<UserManager>();
string userName = userManager.GetUserName(principal);