The Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.Membership namespace provides classes used to create, edit, delete and to grant roles to users stored in a Visual Guard repository.

The VGMembership class allows to create, edit or delete Visual Guard user.
The VGRoles class allows to create, edit and delete a role and allows to grant or revoke roles to users.

By default, Visual Guard membership API can be used by all users of your application. It is possible to restrict the use of Membership API to some users of your application. To enable Membership permission, you must:

Run the Visual Guard Console
Connect you to the repository of your application
Select the treenode corresponding to your application
Set the property 'Membership Access Level' to the appropiate value.
Select the special role 'Membership Manager' and edit the granted users list of this role.

Visual Guard will throw a SecurityException exception when a user attempt to use Membership API and the membership access level defined for the application is not appropriate or when the access level is set to 'MembershipMembersOnly' and the user is not a member of the 'Membership Manager' role of the application.

Classes

	Class	Description
	VGAdministrationException
	VGAdministrationInstance
	VGAdministrationInstance..::.VGWebConsoleAdministrationInstance
	VGApplication	Exposes information about application set stored in a Visual Guard repository.
	VGApplicationCollection	Represents a collection of VGApplicationCollection objects.
	VGApplicationInstance
	VGGroup
	VGGroupsInstance
	VGIsMemberOfAnotherApplicationException	Exception thrown when you try to delete a user and this user is member of another application.
	VGMembership	Validates user credentials and manages user settings.
	VGMembershipCreateUserException	Exception thrown when an action generates an exception.
	VGMembershipInstance	Validates user credentials and manages user settings for a specific security runtime.
	VGMembershipPasswordException	The exception that is thrown when a password cannot be retrieved from the Visual Guard repository.
	VGMembershipUser	Exposes and updates membership user information in the Visual Guard repository.
	VGMembershipUserCollection	Represents a collection of VGMembershipUser objects.
	VGMembershipUserComparer	Compares two VGMembershipUser for equivalence.
	VGPermission
	VGPermissionSet	Exposes information about permission set stored in a Visual Guard repository.
	VGPermissionSetCollection	Represents a collection of VGPermissionSet objects.
	VGPermissionSets	Manages user membership in roles for authorization checking in a WinForm application.
	VGPermissionSetsInstance	Manages user membership in permission sets for a specific VGSecurityRuntime object.
	VGRepository
	VGRepositoryInstance
	VGRole	Exposes and updates role information in the Visual Guard repository.
	VGRoleCollection	Represents a collection of VGRole objects.
	VGRoleComparer	Compares two VGRole for equivalence.
	VGRoles	Manages user membership in roles for authorization checking in a WinForm application.
	VGRolesInstance	Manages user membership in roles for a specific VGSecurityRuntime object.

Enumerations

	Enumeration	Description
	VGMembershipCreateStatus	Describes the result of a CreateUser(String, String) operation.
	VGMembershipUserComparer..::.SortColumn	The column used to sort a VGMembershipUserCollection
	VGRepositoryStatus	Describes the result of a [!:VGRepository.UpdateRepository( VGIRepositoryInformation repository)] operation.
	VGRepositoryType	Describes the Type of a RepositoryType operation.
	VGRoleComparer..::.SortColumn	The column used to sort a collection