<cryptoNameMapping> Element

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09/15/2021

Contains mappings of classes to friendly names.

<configuration>
  <mscorlib>
    <cryptographySettings>
      <cryptoNameMapping>

Syntax

      <cryptoNameMapping>
</cryptoNameMapping>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element	Description
`cryptoClasses`	Contains a list of cryptography classes that have a mapping to a friendly name in the <nameEntry> element.
`nameEntry`	Maps a class name to a friendly algorithm name, which allows one class to have many friendly names.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
`configuration`	The root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications.
`cryptographySettings`	Contains cryptography settings.
`cryptoNameMapping`	Contains mappings of classes to friendly names.
`mscorlib`	Contains the <cryptographySettings> element.

Example

The following example shows how to use the <cryptoNameMapping> element to reference a cryptography class and to configure the runtime. You can then pass the string "RSA" to the CryptoConfig.CreateFromName method and use the Create method to return a MyCryptoRSAClass object.

<configuration>  
   <mscorlib>  
      <cryptographySettings>  
         <cryptoNameMapping>  
            <cryptoClasses>  
               <cryptoClass   MyCryptoRSA="MyCryptoRSAClass, MyAssembly  
                  Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a5d015c7d5a0b012,  
                  Version=1.0.0.0"/>  
            </cryptoClasses>  
            <nameEntry name="RSA" class="MyCryptoRSA"/>  
            <nameEntry name="System.Security.Cryptography.AsymmetricAlgorithm"  
                       class="MyCryptoRSA"/>  
         </cryptoNameMapping>  
      </cryptographySettings>  
   </mscorlib>  
</configuration>

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