SecurityTokenHandler.WriteToken Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.IdentityModel.Tokens

Assembly:

System.IdentityModel.dll

When overridden in a derived class, serializes the specified security token. The token must be of the type processed by the derived class.

Overloads

WriteToken(SecurityToken)	When overridden in a derived class, serializes the specified security token to a string. The token must be of the type processed by the derived class.
WriteToken(XmlWriter, SecurityToken)	When overridden in a derived class, serializes the specified security token to XML. The token must be of the type processed by the derived class.

WriteToken(SecurityToken)

When overridden in a derived class, serializes the specified security token to a string. The token must be of the type processed by the derived class.

public:
 virtual System::String ^ WriteToken(System::IdentityModel::Tokens::SecurityToken ^ token);

public virtual string WriteToken (System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken token);

abstract member WriteToken : System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken -> string
override this.WriteToken : System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken -> string

Public Overridable Function WriteToken (token As SecurityToken) As String

Parameters

token

SecurityToken

The token to serialize.

Returns

String

The serialized token.

Remarks

By default this method throws a NotImplementedException exception.

Override this method to provide the logic to serialize a security token to XML. If you override this method, you should also override the CanWriteToken property.

WriteToken(XmlWriter, SecurityToken)

When overridden in a derived class, serializes the specified security token to XML. The token must be of the type processed by the derived class.

public:
 virtual void WriteToken(System::Xml::XmlWriter ^ writer, System::IdentityModel::Tokens::SecurityToken ^ token);

public virtual void WriteToken (System.Xml.XmlWriter writer, System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken token);

abstract member WriteToken : System.Xml.XmlWriter * System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken -> unit
override this.WriteToken : System.Xml.XmlWriter * System.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityToken -> unit

Public Overridable Sub WriteToken (writer As XmlWriter, token As SecurityToken)

Parameters

writer

XmlWriter

The XML writer.

token

SecurityToken

The token to serialize.

Examples

The following code shows how to override the WriteToken method to serialize a custom token. 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>
/// Serializes the given SecurityToken to the XmlWriter.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="writer">XmlWriter into which the token is serialized.</param>
/// <param name="token">SecurityToken to be serialized.</param>
public override void WriteToken( XmlWriter writer, SecurityToken token )
{
    SimpleWebToken simpleWebToken = token as SimpleWebToken;
    if ( simpleWebToken == null )
    {
        throw new SecurityTokenException("The given token is not of the expected type 'SimpleWebToken'.");
    }

    string signedToken = null;

    if ( String.IsNullOrEmpty( simpleWebToken.SerializedToken ) )
    {
        StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();

        bool skipDelimiter = true;
        NameValueCollection tokenProperties = simpleWebToken.GetAllProperties();

        // remove the signature if present
        if ( String.IsNullOrEmpty( tokenProperties[SimpleWebTokenConstants.Signature] ) )
        {
            tokenProperties.Remove( SimpleWebTokenConstants.Signature );
        }

        foreach ( string key in tokenProperties.Keys )
        {
            if ( tokenProperties[key] != null )
            {
                if ( !skipDelimiter )
                {
                    strBuilder.Append( ParameterSeparator );
                }

                strBuilder.Append( String.Format(
                    CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
                    "{0}={1}",
                    HttpUtility.UrlEncode( key ),
                    HttpUtility.UrlEncode( tokenProperties[key] ) ) );

                skipDelimiter = false;
            }
        }

        string serializedToken = strBuilder.ToString();

        SimpleWebTokenKeyIdentifierClause clause = new SimpleWebTokenKeyIdentifierClause(simpleWebToken.Audience);
        InMemorySymmetricSecurityKey securityKey = null;
        try
        {
            securityKey = (InMemorySymmetricSecurityKey)this.Configuration.IssuerTokenResolver.ResolveSecurityKey(clause);
        }
        catch (InvalidOperationException)
        {
            throw new SecurityTokenValidationException("A Symmetric key was not found for the given key identifier clause.");
        }
       
        // append the signature
        string signature = GenerateSignature( serializedToken, securityKey.GetSymmetricKey() );
        strBuilder.Append( String.Format(
                    CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
                    "{0}{1}={2}",
                    ParameterSeparator,
                    HttpUtility.UrlEncode( SimpleWebTokenConstants.Signature ),
                    HttpUtility.UrlEncode( signature ) ) );

        signedToken = strBuilder.ToString();
    }
    else
    {
        // reuse the stored serialized token if present
        signedToken = simpleWebToken.SerializedToken;
    }

    string encodedToken = Convert.ToBase64String( Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes( signedToken ) );
    writer.WriteStartElement(BinarySecurityToken);
    writer.WriteAttributeString("Id", "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd", token.Id);
    writer.WriteAttributeString( ValueType, SimpleWebTokenConstants.ValueTypeUri );
    writer.WriteAttributeString( EncodingType, Base64EncodingType );
    writer.WriteString( encodedToken );
    writer.WriteEndElement();
}

/// <summary>
/// Generates an HMACSHA256 signature for a given string and key.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="unsignedToken">The token to be signed.</param>
/// <param name="signingKey">The key used to generate the signature.</param>
/// <returns>The generated signature.</returns>
protected static string GenerateSignature(string unsignedToken, byte[] signingKey)
{
    using (HMACSHA256 hmac = new HMACSHA256(signingKey))
    {
        byte[] signatureBytes = hmac.ComputeHash(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(unsignedToken));
        string signature = HttpUtility.UrlEncode(Convert.ToBase64String(signatureBytes));

        return signature;
    }
}

Remarks

By default this method throws a NotImplementedException exception.

Override this method to provide the logic to serialize a security token to XML. If you override this method, you should also override the CanWriteToken property.