SecurityTokenHandler.ReadToken Method
Definition
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When overridden in a derived class, deserializes the specified XML to a token of the type processed by the derived class.
Overloads
ReadToken(String) |
When overridden in a derived class, deserializes the specified string to a token of the type processed by the derived class. |
ReadToken(XmlReader) |
When overridden in a derived class, deserializes the XML referenced by the specified XML reader to a token of the type processed by the derived class. |
ReadToken(XmlReader, SecurityTokenResolver) |
When overridden in a derived class, deserializes the XML referenced by the specified XML reader to a token of the type processed by the derived class by using the specified token resolver. |
ReadToken(String)
When overridden in a derived class, deserializes the specified string to a token of the type processed by the derived class.
public:
virtual System::IdentityModel::Tokens::SecurityToken ^ ReadToken(System::String ^ tokenString);
public virtual System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken ReadToken (string tokenString);
abstract member ReadToken : string -> System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken
override this.ReadToken : string -> System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken
Public Overridable Function ReadToken (tokenString As String) As SecurityToken
Parameters
- tokenString
- String
The string to be deserialized.
Returns
The security token that was deserialized from the specified string.
Remarks
Important
Calling this method with untrusted data is a security risk. Call this method only with trusted data. For more information, see Validate All Inputs.
By default this method throws a NotImplementedException exception.
Override this method to provide functionality that can deserialize a security token from a string. If you override, this method, you should also override the SecurityTokenHandler.CanReadToken method.
Applies to
ReadToken(XmlReader)
When overridden in a derived class, deserializes the XML referenced by the specified XML reader to a token of the type processed by the derived class.
public:
virtual System::IdentityModel::Tokens::SecurityToken ^ ReadToken(System::Xml::XmlReader ^ reader);
public virtual System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken ReadToken (System.Xml.XmlReader reader);
abstract member ReadToken : System.Xml.XmlReader -> System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken
override this.ReadToken : System.Xml.XmlReader -> System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken
Public Overridable Function ReadToken (reader As XmlReader) As SecurityToken
Parameters
- reader
- XmlReader
An XML reader positioned at the start element of the token.
Returns
The security token that was deserialized from the XML.
Examples
The following code shows how to override the ReadToken method to read a custom token from the specified XML reader. The code is taken from the Custom Token
sample. This sample provides custom classes that enable processing of Simple Web Tokens (SWT). For information about this sample and other samples available for WIF and where to download them, see WIF Code Sample Index.
/// <summary>
/// Reads a serialized token and converts it into a <see cref="SecurityToken"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="reader">An XML reader positioned at the token's start element.</param>
/// <returns>The parsed form of the token.</returns>
public override SecurityToken ReadToken( XmlReader reader )
{
if ( reader == null )
{
throw new ArgumentNullException( "reader" );
}
XmlDictionaryReader dictionaryReader = XmlDictionaryReader.CreateDictionaryReader(reader);
byte[] binaryData;
string encoding = dictionaryReader.GetAttribute( EncodingType );
if ( encoding == null || encoding == Base64EncodingType )
{
dictionaryReader.Read();
binaryData = dictionaryReader.ReadContentAsBase64();
}
else
{
throw new SecurityTokenException(
"Cannot read SecurityToken as its encoding is" + encoding + ". Expected a BinarySecurityToken with base64 encoding.");
}
string serializedToken = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(binaryData);
return ReadSecurityTokenFromString(serializedToken);
}
/// <summary>
/// Parse the string token and generates a <see cref="SecurityToken"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="serializedToken">The serialized form of the token received.</param>
/// <returns>The parsed form of the token.</returns>
protected SecurityToken ReadSecurityTokenFromString( string serializedToken )
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(serializedToken))
{
throw new ArgumentException("The parameter 'serializedToken' cannot be null or empty string.");
}
// Create a collection of SWT name value pairs
NameValueCollection properties = ParseToken( serializedToken );
SimpleWebToken swt = new SimpleWebToken( properties, serializedToken );
return swt;
}
/// <summary>
/// Parses the token into a collection.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="encodedToken">The serialized token.</param>
/// <returns>A colleciton of all name-value pairs from the token.</returns>
NameValueCollection ParseToken( string encodedToken )
{
if ( String.IsNullOrEmpty( encodedToken ) )
{
throw new ArgumentException( "The parameter 'encodedToken' cannot be null or empty string.");
}
NameValueCollection keyValuePairs = new NameValueCollection();
foreach ( string nameValue in encodedToken.Split( ParameterSeparator ) )
{
string[] keyValueArray = nameValue.Split( '=' );
if ( ( keyValueArray.Length < 2 ) || String.IsNullOrEmpty( keyValueArray[0] ) )
{
throw new SecurityTokenException("The incoming token was not in an expected format.");
}
// Names must be decoded for the claim type case
string key = HttpUtility.UrlDecode( keyValueArray[0].Trim() );
// remove any unwanted "
string value = HttpUtility.UrlDecode( keyValueArray[1].Trim().Trim( '"' ) );
keyValuePairs.Add( key, value );
}
return keyValuePairs;
}
Remarks
Important
Calling this method with untrusted data is a security risk. Call this method only with trusted data. For more information, see Validate All Inputs.
By default this method throws a NotImplementedException exception.
Override this method to provide the logic to deserialize a security token from XML. If you override this method, you should also override the SecurityTokenHandler.CanReadToken method. Typically, in derived classes, if the method cannot deserialize the token from the referenced XML, it throws an XmlException.
Applies to
ReadToken(XmlReader, SecurityTokenResolver)
When overridden in a derived class, deserializes the XML referenced by the specified XML reader to a token of the type processed by the derived class by using the specified token resolver.
public:
virtual System::IdentityModel::Tokens::SecurityToken ^ ReadToken(System::Xml::XmlReader ^ reader, System::IdentityModel::Selectors::SecurityTokenResolver ^ tokenResolver);
public virtual System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken ReadToken (System.Xml.XmlReader reader, System.IdentityModel.Selectors.SecurityTokenResolver tokenResolver);
abstract member ReadToken : System.Xml.XmlReader * System.IdentityModel.Selectors.SecurityTokenResolver -> System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken
override this.ReadToken : System.Xml.XmlReader * System.IdentityModel.Selectors.SecurityTokenResolver -> System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken
Public Overridable Function ReadToken (reader As XmlReader, tokenResolver As SecurityTokenResolver) As SecurityToken
Parameters
- reader
- XmlReader
An XML reader positioned at the start element of the token.
- tokenResolver
- SecurityTokenResolver
A token resolver that contains out-of-band and cached tokens.
Returns
The security token that was deserialized from the XML.
Remarks
Important
Calling this method with untrusted data is a security risk. Call this method only with trusted data. For more information, see Validate All Inputs.
The default implementation ignores the tokenResolver
parameter and delegates the call to the SecurityTokenHandler.ReadToken method.
Override this method to provide the logic to deserialize a security token from XML. If you override this method, you should also override the SecurityTokenHandler.CanReadToken method. Typically, in derived classes, if the method cannot deserialize the token from the referenced XML, it throws an XmlException.