DataObject.Data Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Cryptography.Xml

Assembly:

System.Security.Cryptography.Xml.dll

Source:

DataObject.cs

Gets or sets the data value of the current DataObject object.

C#

public System.Xml.XmlNodeList Data { get; set; }

Property Value

XmlNodeList

The data of the current DataObject.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

The value used to set the property is null.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to generate an enveloping XML signature.

C#

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Security.Cryptography.Xml;
using System.Xml;

public class XMLdsigsample1 {

static void Main(String[] args)
{
     // Create example data to sign.
     XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
     XmlNode  node = document.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "", "MyElement", "samples");
     node.InnerText = "This is some text";
     document.AppendChild(node);
     Console.Error.WriteLine("Data to sign:\n" + document.OuterXml + "\n");

     // Create the SignedXml message.
     SignedXml signedXml = new SignedXml();
     RSA key = RSA.Create();
     signedXml.SigningKey = key;

     // Create a data object to hold the data to sign.
     DataObject dataObject = new DataObject();
     dataObject.Data = document.ChildNodes;
     dataObject.Id = "MyObjectId";

     // Add the data object to the signature.
     signedXml.AddObject(dataObject);

     // Create a reference to be able to package everything into the
     // message.
     Reference reference = new Reference();
     reference.Uri = "#MyObjectId";

     // Add it to the message.
     signedXml.AddReference(reference);

     // Add a KeyInfo.
     KeyInfo keyInfo = new KeyInfo();
     keyInfo.AddClause(new RSAKeyValue(key));
     signedXml.KeyInfo = keyInfo;

     // Compute the signature.
     signedXml.ComputeSignature();

     // Get the XML representation of the signature.
     XmlElement xmlSignature = signedXml.GetXml();
     Console.WriteLine(xmlSignature.OuterXml);
}
}

The following code example demonstrates how to check an XML signature.

C#

using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Security.Cryptography.Xml;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Verify {

    public static void Main(String[] args)
    {

        Console.WriteLine("Verifying " + args[0] + "...");

        // Create a SignedXml.
        SignedXml signedXml = new SignedXml();

        // Load the XML.
        XmlDocument xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
        xmlDocument.PreserveWhitespace = true;
        xmlDocument.Load(new XmlTextReader(args[0]));

        XmlNodeList nodeList = xmlDocument.GetElementsByTagName("Signature");
        signedXml.LoadXml((XmlElement)nodeList[0]);

        if (signedXml.CheckSignature()) {
            Console.WriteLine("Signature check OK");
        } else {
            Console.WriteLine("Signature check FAILED");
        }
    }
}

Remarks

This property is the XML node list that contains the element described in the Id property.

Applies to