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Developing Next Generation Smart Clients using .NET 2.0 working with Existing .NET 1.1 SOA-based XML Web Services

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Comprehensive guide to development of .NET 2.0 Smart Clients working with existing Service Oriented Architecture based XML web services, fully utilizing the Enterprise Library
// Copyright � 2005 by Omar Al Zabir. All rights are reserved.
// 
// If you like this code then feel free to go ahead and use it.
// The only thing I ask is that you don't remove or alter my copyright notice.
//
// Your use of this software is entirely at your own risk. I make no claims or
// warrantees about the reliability or fitness of this code for any particular purpose.
// If you make changes or additions to this code please mark your code as being yours.
// 
// website http://www.oazabir.com, email OmarAlZabir@gmail.com, msn oazabir@hotmail.com

using System;

using Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging;
using Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.ExceptionHandling;
using Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Configuration;
using Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Caching;
using Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Security.Cryptography;
using Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Security;
using System.Security.Principal;

namespace SmartInstitute.Facade
{

	/// <summary>
	/// Helper class for dealing with enterprise library
	/// </summary>
	public class EntLibHelper 
	{
		#region Configuration Section Names

		private const string CONFIGURATION_SECTION_NAME = "globalConfiguration";
		
		private const string EXCEPTION_POLICY_NAME = "Exception Policy";
		private const string SYMMETRIC_INSTANCE = "DPAPI Symmetric Cryptography Provider";
		private const string HASH_INSTANCE = "MD5CryptoServiceProvider";
		private const string GENERAL_CACHE_MANAGER = "General Cache";
		private const string AUTHENTICATION_PROVIDER = "Database Provider";
		private const string CACHING_STORE_PROVIDER = "Caching Store Provider";
		private const string RULE_PROVIDER = "RuleProvider";
		private const string PROFILE_PROVIDER = "Profile Database Provider";
		private const string ROLE_PROVIDER = "Role Database Provider";

		#endregion

		#region Logging

		private const string INFO_CATEGORY = "Info";
		private const string WARN_CATEGORY = "Warn";
		private const string ERROR_CATEGORY = "Error";
		private const string DEBUG_CATEGORY = "Debug";

		private const int INFO_PRIORITY = 4;
		private const int INFO_EVENTID = 0;

		private const int ERROR_PRIORITY = 3;
		private const int ERROR_EVENTID = 0;

		private const int WARN_PRIORITY = 2;
		private const int WARN_EVENTID = 0;

		private const int DEBUG_PRIORITY = 1;
		private const int DEBUG_EVENTID = 0;

		/*
		Category - used to determine the routing of the LogEntry; 
		Priority - used to filter Log Entries, only those above the �Minimum Priority� are processed (defaults to -1 which indicates that the Minimum Priority should be used); 
		EventId - a value you can use to further categorise Log Entries (defaults to 0 for a LogEntry and to 1 for a LogEntry implicitly created by Logger.Write); 
		Severity - indicates the severity of the Log Entry, e.g., Information, Warning, Error etc. 
		Title - a summary of the LogEntry.Message. 
		*/
		
		private static CacheManager manager = CacheFactory.GetCacheManager(GENERAL_CACHE_MANAGER);

		public static void Info( string title, object message )
		{
			Logger.Write( "Log message", "Debug" );
			Logger.Write( message, INFO_CATEGORY, INFO_PRIORITY, INFO_EVENTID, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Severity.Information, title );
		}

		public static void Error( string title, object message )
		{
			Logger.Write( message, ERROR_CATEGORY, ERROR_PRIORITY, ERROR_EVENTID, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Severity.Error, title );
		}
		
		public static void Warn( string title, object message )
		{
			Logger.Write( message, WARN_CATEGORY, WARN_PRIORITY, WARN_EVENTID, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Severity.Warning, title );
		}
		
		public static void Debug( string title, object message )
		{
			Logger.Write( message, DEBUG_CATEGORY, DEBUG_PRIORITY, DEBUG_EVENTID, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Severity.Unspecified, title );
		}
		
		#endregion

		#region Exception Handling

		public static bool Exception( string title, Exception x )
		{
			ApplicationException wrapped = new ApplicationException( "title", x );
			bool rethrow = ExceptionPolicy.HandleException( wrapped, EXCEPTION_POLICY_NAME );
			return rethrow;
		}

		internal static void UnhandledException(Exception x)
		{
			// An unhandled exception occured somewhere in our application. Let
			// the 'Global Policy' handler have a try at handling it.
			try
			{
				bool rethrow = ExceptionPolicy.HandleException(x, "Unhandled Exception");
				if (rethrow)
				{
					throw x;
				}
			}
			catch
			{
				// Something has gone wrong during HandleException (e.g. incorrect configuration of the block).
				// Exit the application
				string errorMsg = "An unexpected exception occured while calling HandleException with policy 'Global Policy'. "; 
				errorMsg += "Please check the event log for details about the exception." + Environment.NewLine + Environment.NewLine;

				throw new Exception( errorMsg );
			}
		}

		#endregion

		#region Caching

		public static void StoreInCache( string key, object data )
		{
			if( null == data ) manager.Remove( key );
			else manager.Add( key, data );			
		}

		public static object GetCachedObject( string key )
		{
			if( manager.Contains( key ) )
				return manager.GetData( key );
			else 
				return null;			
		}
		#endregion

		#region Cryptography

		public static string Encrypt( string data )
		{
			if( 0 == data.Trim().Length ) return string.Empty;
			return Cryptographer.EncryptSymmetric( SYMMETRIC_INSTANCE, data );
		}

		public static string Decrypt( string data )
		{
			if( 0 == data.Trim().Length ) return string.Empty;
			try
			{
				return Cryptographer.DecryptSymmetric( SYMMETRIC_INSTANCE, data );
			}
			catch
			{
				throw new ApplicationException( "Cannot decrypt password. Please set again." );
			}
		}

		public static string Hash( string data )
		{
			if( 0 == data.Length ) return string.Empty;
			
			return Cryptographer.CreateHash( HASH_INSTANCE, data );
		}

		public static byte [] HashUnicoded( string data )
		{
			// Initialize hash provider
			ConfigurationContext context = ConfigurationManager.GetCurrentContext();
			HashProviderFactory hashProviderFactory = new HashProviderFactory(context);
			IHashProvider hashProvider = hashProviderFactory.CreateHashProvider( HASH_INSTANCE );

			byte [] unicodeBytes = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(data);
			byte[] hashBytes = hashProvider.CreateHash(unicodeBytes);

			return hashBytes;
		}
		
		#endregion

		#region Authentication and Authorization

		public static string Authenticate( string userName, string password )
		{
			IAuthenticationProvider authenticationProvider = AuthenticationFactory.GetAuthenticationProvider(AUTHENTICATION_PROVIDER);

			IIdentity identity;

			byte [] passwordBytes = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes( password );
			NamePasswordCredential credentials = new NamePasswordCredential(userName, passwordBytes);
				
			bool authenticated = authenticationProvider.Authenticate(credentials, out identity);

			if( authenticated )
			{
				ISecurityCacheProvider cache = SecurityCacheFactory.GetSecurityCacheProvider(CACHING_STORE_PROVIDER);

				// Cache the identity. The SecurityCache will generate a token which is then
				// returned to us.
				IToken token = cache.SaveIdentity(identity);

				return token.Value;
			}
			else
			{
				return null;
			}
		}

		public static bool Authenticate(string tokenValue)
		{
			ISecurityCacheProvider cache = SecurityCacheFactory.GetSecurityCacheProvider(CACHING_STORE_PROVIDER);

			// Retrieves the identity previously saved by using the corresponding token
			IToken token = new GuidToken( new Guid( tokenValue ) );
			IIdentity savedIdentity = cache.GetIdentity(token);

			if( null != savedIdentity )
				return true;
			else
				return false;
		}

		public static void CleanSecurityToken( string tokenValue )
		{
			IToken token = new GuidToken( new Guid( tokenValue ) );
			ISecurityCacheProvider cache = SecurityCacheFactory.GetSecurityCacheProvider(CACHING_STORE_PROVIDER);

			// Expire the identity
			cache.ExpireIdentity(token);
		}

		public static bool IsInRole(string userName, string roleName)
		{
			IRolesProvider rolesProvider = RolesFactory.GetRolesProvider(ROLE_PROVIDER);
			
			IPrincipal principal = rolesProvider.GetRoles(new GenericIdentity(userName)); 
			if (principal != null) 
			{ 
				bool isInRole = principal.IsInRole(roleName); 
				return isInRole;
			}
			else
			{
				return false;
			}
		}

		public static bool IsAuthorized( string userName, string task )
		{
			IRolesProvider roleProvider = RolesFactory.GetRolesProvider(ROLE_PROVIDER);		
			IIdentity identity = new GenericIdentity(userName);
			IPrincipal principal = roleProvider.GetRoles(identity);

			IAuthorizationProvider ruleProvider = AuthorizationFactory.GetAuthorizationProvider(RULE_PROVIDER);

			// Determine if user is authorized for the rule defined e.g. "Print Document"
			bool authorized = ruleProvider.Authorize(principal, task); 

			return authorized;
		}


		[Serializable]
		public class MyIdentity : GenericIdentity
		{
			public string SecurityToken = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();

			public MyIdentity( string userName, string type ) : base( userName, type )
			{
			}

			public MyIdentity( string userName ) : base( userName )
			{
			}
		}
		#endregion
	}
}

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