Custom Membership Providers

Summary

In this chapter, you saw how to extend the ASP.NET Membership API and Roles API through custom Membership providers and Roles providers. As an example, you developed a custom, XML-based provider for the Membership and Roles Services. An XML-based provider is appropriate for simple applications only, but you learned the most important concepts for developing a custom Membership and Roles provider. These providers should conform as much as possible to the suggested interfaces so that you don’t have to change your application when using a different provider.