SamlSecurityTokenHandler.GetSigningCredentials Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.IdentityModel.Tokens

Assembly:: System.IdentityModel.dll

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Gets the credentials for signing the assertion.

protected:
 virtual System::IdentityModel::Tokens::SigningCredentials ^ GetSigningCredentials(System::IdentityModel::Tokens::SecurityTokenDescriptor ^ tokenDescriptor);

protected virtual System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SigningCredentials GetSigningCredentials (System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityTokenDescriptor tokenDescriptor);

abstract member GetSigningCredentials : System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityTokenDescriptor -> System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SigningCredentials
override this.GetSigningCredentials : System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityTokenDescriptor -> System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SigningCredentials

Protected Overridable Function GetSigningCredentials (tokenDescriptor As SecurityTokenDescriptor) As SigningCredentials

Parameters

tokenDescriptor: SecurityTokenDescriptor

The token descriptor.

Returns

SigningCredentials

A SigningCredentials that represents the credentials for signing the assertion.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

tokenDescriptor is null.

Remarks

SAML2 assertions used as security tokens should be signed.

The default implementation uses the SigningCredentials property of the tokenDescriptor to retrieve the credentials.

Applies to

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