Pro ASP.NET Core Identity: Under the Hood with Authentication and Authorization in ASP.NET Core 5 and 6 Applications

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19. Creating a Role Store

Adam Freeman¹  

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London, UK

 

In this chapter, I create and use a role store. As earlier chapters have shown, Identity doesn’t need a role store to use roles, and the use of a role store is entirely optional and the features that are provided are not needed in most projects. That said, a role store can be a useful way to ensure that roles are used consistently. Table 19-1 puts role stores in context.

Table 19-1.

Putting Roles Stores in Context

Question	Answer
What is it?	The role store allows additional data to be associated with roles.
Why is it useful?	The ...