Possible to [Authorize] at the Area level in ASP.NET MVC 2?

Question

Slapping on [Authorize] attributes on Controllers and Actions to restrict access is awesome.

Is it possible to do the equivalent for an entire Area in MVC 2? Where I can restrict Area-wide access dependent on Roles/Users/whatever in a central place instead of littering them throughout all the Controllers?

Answer 1

You could use a base controller decorated with this attribute that all your controllers in the area derive from.