HashAlgorithmProvider.OpenAlgorithm(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.Security.Cryptography.Core

Creates a HashAlgorithmProvider object and opens the specified algorithm for use.

public:
 static HashAlgorithmProvider ^ OpenAlgorithm(Platform::String ^ algorithm);

 static HashAlgorithmProvider OpenAlgorithm(winrt::hstring const& algorithm);

public static HashAlgorithmProvider OpenAlgorithm(string algorithm);

function openAlgorithm(algorithm)

Public Shared Function OpenAlgorithm (algorithm As String) As HashAlgorithmProvider

Parameters

algorithm

String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

Algorithm name.

Returns

HashAlgorithmProvider

Represents a provider that implements hash algorithms.

Remarks

The following hashing algorithm names are supported:

• HashAlgorithmNames.Md5
• HashAlgorithmNames.Sha1
• HashAlgorithmNames.Sha256
• HashAlgorithmNames.Sha384
• HashAlgorithmNames.Sha512