Pkcs8PrivateKeyInfo.Create(AsymmetricAlgorithm) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs

Assembly:

System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs.dll

Source:

Pkcs8PrivateKeyInfo.cs

Exports a specified key as a PKCS#8 PrivateKeyInfo and returns its decoded interpretation.

public:
 static System::Security::Cryptography::Pkcs::Pkcs8PrivateKeyInfo ^ Create(System::Security::Cryptography::AsymmetricAlgorithm ^ privateKey);

public static System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs.Pkcs8PrivateKeyInfo Create (System.Security.Cryptography.AsymmetricAlgorithm privateKey);

static member Create : System.Security.Cryptography.AsymmetricAlgorithm -> System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs.Pkcs8PrivateKeyInfo

Public Shared Function Create (privateKey As AsymmetricAlgorithm) As Pkcs8PrivateKeyInfo

Parameters

privateKey

AsymmetricAlgorithm

The private key to represent in a PKCS#8 PrivateKeyInfo.

Returns

Pkcs8PrivateKeyInfo

The decoded interpretation of the exported PKCS#8 PrivateKeyInfo.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

The privateKey parameter is null.

See also

• ExportPkcs8PrivateKey()
• Decode