DataObject.Data Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Cryptography.Xml

Assembly:

System.Security.Cryptography.Xml.dll

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

public:
 property System::Xml::XmlNodeList ^ Data { System::Xml::XmlNodeList ^ get(); void set(System::Xml::XmlNodeList ^ value); };

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

member this.Data : System.Xml.XmlNodeList with get, set

Public Property Data As XmlNodeList

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.

#using <System.dll>
#using <System.Xml.dll>
#using <System.Security.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Security::Cryptography;
using namespace System::Security::Cryptography::Xml;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   
   // Create example data to sign.
   XmlDocument^ document = gcnew 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{0}\n", document->OuterXml );
   
   // Create the SignedXml message.
   SignedXml^ signedXml = gcnew SignedXml;
   RSA^ key = RSA::Create();
   signedXml->SigningKey = key;
   
   // Create a data object to hold the data to sign.
   DataObject^ dataObject = gcnew 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 = gcnew Reference;
   reference->Uri = "#MyObjectId";
   
   // Add it to the message.
   signedXml->AddReference( reference );
   
   // Add a KeyInfo.
   KeyInfo^ keyInfo = gcnew KeyInfo;
   keyInfo->AddClause( gcnew 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 );
}

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);
}
}

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Imports System.Security.Cryptography.Xml
Imports System.Xml

 _


Public Class XMLdsigsample1

   Shared Sub Main(args() As [String])
      ' Create example data to sign.
      Dim document As New XmlDocument()
      Dim node As XmlNode = document.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "", "MyElement", "samples")
      node.InnerText = "This is some text"
      document.AppendChild(node)
      Console.Error.WriteLine("Data to sign:")
      Console.Error.WriteLine()
      Console.Error.WriteLine(document.OuterXml)
      Console.Error.WriteLine()
      
      ' Create the SignedXml message.
      Dim signedXml As New SignedXml()
      Dim key As RSA = RSA.Create()
      signedXml.SigningKey = key
      
      ' Create a data object to hold the data to sign.
      Dim dataObject As 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.
      Dim reference As New Reference()
      reference.Uri = "#MyObjectId"
      
      ' Add it to the message.
      signedXml.AddReference(reference)
      
      ' Add a KeyInfo.
      Dim keyInfo As New KeyInfo()
      keyInfo.AddClause(New RSAKeyValue(key))
      signedXml.KeyInfo = keyInfo
      
      ' Compute the signature.
      signedXml.ComputeSignature()
      
      ' Get the XML representation of the signature.
      Dim xmlSignature As XmlElement = signedXml.GetXml()
      Console.WriteLine(xmlSignature.OuterXml)
   End Sub
End Class

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

#using <System.dll>
#using <System.Security.dll>
#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Security::Cryptography;
using namespace System::Security::Cryptography::Xml;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   array<String^>^args = System::Environment::GetCommandLineArgs();
   Console::WriteLine( "Verifying {0}...", args[ 1 ] );

   // Create a SignedXml.
   SignedXml^ signedXml = gcnew SignedXml;

   // Load the XML.
   XmlDocument^ xmlDocument = gcnew XmlDocument;
   xmlDocument->PreserveWhitespace = true;
   xmlDocument->Load( gcnew XmlTextReader( args[ 1 ] ) );
   XmlNodeList^ nodeList = xmlDocument->GetElementsByTagName( "Signature" );
   signedXml->LoadXml( safe_cast<XmlElement^>(nodeList[ 0 ]) );
   if ( signedXml->CheckSignature() )
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Signature check OK" );
   }
   else
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Signature check FAILED" );
   }
}

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");
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Imports System.Security.Cryptography.Xml
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

 _

Public Class Verify
   
   Public Shared Sub Main(args() As [String])
      
      Console.WriteLine(("Verifying " + args(0) + "..."))
      
      ' Create a SignedXml.
      Dim signedXml As New SignedXml()
      
      ' Load the XML.
      Dim xmlDocument As New XmlDocument()
      xmlDocument.PreserveWhitespace = True
      xmlDocument.Load(New XmlTextReader(args(0)))
      
      Dim nodeList As XmlNodeList = xmlDocument.GetElementsByTagName("Signature")
      signedXml.LoadXml(CType(nodeList(0), XmlElement))
      
      If signedXml.CheckSignature() Then
         Console.WriteLine("Signature check OK")
      Else
         Console.WriteLine("Signature check FAILED")
      End If
   End Sub
End Class

Remarks

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