KeyedHashAlgorithm.Key Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Cryptography

Assembly:

System.Security.Cryptography.dll

Source:

KeyedHashAlgorithm.cs

Gets or sets the key to use in the hash algorithm.

public:
 virtual property cli::array <System::Byte> ^ Key { cli::array <System::Byte> ^ get(); void set(cli::array <System::Byte> ^ value); };

public virtual byte[] Key { get; set; }

member this.Key : byte[] with get, set

Public Overridable Property Key As Byte()

Property Value

Byte[]

The key to use in the hash algorithm.

Exceptions

CryptographicException

An attempt was made to change the Key property after hashing has begun.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to override the Key property to retrieve the key used in the current KeyedHashAlgorithm object. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the KeyedHashAlgorithm class.

   virtual array<Byte>^ get() override
   {
      return dynamic_cast<array<Byte>^>(keyedCrypto->Key->Clone());
   }

   virtual void set( array<Byte>^value ) override
   {
      keyedCrypto->Key = dynamic_cast<array<Byte>^>(value->Clone());
   }
}

public override byte[] Key
{
    get
    {
        return (byte[]) keyedCrypto.Key.Clone();
    }
    set
    {
        keyedCrypto.Key = (byte[]) value.Clone();
    }
}

Public Overrides Property Key() As Byte()
    Get
        Return CType(keyedCrypto.Key.Clone(), Byte())
    End Get
    Set(ByVal Value As Byte())
        keyedCrypto.Key = CType(Value.Clone(), Byte())
    End Set
End Property

Remarks

This property is the public accessor for the KeyValue field.

See also

• Cryptographic Services