DataProtector.Create(String, String, String, String[]) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Cryptography

Assembly:

System.Security.dll

Creates an instance of a data protector implementation by using the specified class name of the data protector, the application name, the primary purpose, and the specific purposes.

public:
 static System::Security::Cryptography::DataProtector ^ Create(System::String ^ providerClass, System::String ^ applicationName, System::String ^ primaryPurpose, ... cli::array <System::String ^> ^ specificPurposes);

public static System.Security.Cryptography.DataProtector Create (string providerClass, string applicationName, string primaryPurpose, params string[] specificPurposes);

static member Create : string * string * string * string[] -> System.Security.Cryptography.DataProtector

Public Shared Function Create (providerClass As String, applicationName As String, primaryPurpose As String, ParamArray specificPurposes As String()) As DataProtector

Parameters

providerClass

String

The class name for the data protector.

applicationName

String

The name of the application.

primaryPurpose

String

The primary purpose for the protected data.

specificPurposes

String[]

The specific purposes for the protected data.

Returns

DataProtector

A data protector implementation object.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

providerClass is null.