Authorize attribute using a constant expression

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I am trying to set the Authorize for my controllers can do the following:

[Authorize(Roles = "Approver")]

How ever the names of the roles are held in the database, and therefore I would like to try and do the following:

[Authorize(Roles = Settings.Instance.RoleEmployee)]

but I get the following error:

An attribute argument must be a constant expression, typeof expression or array creation expression of an attribute parameter type

Any way around this?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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answered Jul 29 '09 at 11:31

eu-ge-ne

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Both those links imply it's very difficult or impossible. it's relatively easy (5 total lines) to do this by creating your own authorization attribute (e.g. [AuthorizeApprover]) and using that instead. Not very scalable, though. – James S Jul 29 '09 at 12:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 24 '16 at 04:40

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If an "Employee" is a known role, then define this string constant in your application, and ensure the a role stored in the database can be mapped to this value when required.

answered Nov 24 '16 at 04:40

Aaron Hudon

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 24 '16 at 05:28

public class UniqueAttribute : ValidationAttribute
{        
    public string Identifier { get; set; }

    public override bool IsValid(object value)
    {          
        // Get property value
        PropertyDescriptorCollection properties = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(value);
        string identifierValue = properties.Find(this.Identifier,     true).GetValue(value).ToString();
    }
}

You will get value of any property like this above

   [UniqueAttribute(Identifier = "Id")]

Authorize attribute using a constant expression

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