SecureString.Length Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security

Assembly:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll

Source:

SecureString.cs

Gets the number of characters in the current secure string.

public:
 property int Length { int get(); };

public int Length { get; }

member this.Length : int

Public ReadOnly Property Length As Integer

Property Value

Int32

The number of Char objects in this secure string.

Exceptions

ObjectDisposedException

This secure string has already been disposed.

Remarks

The Length property returns the number of Char objects in this instance, not the number of Unicode characters. A Unicode character might be represented by more than one Char object.

The maximum length of a SecureString instance is 65,536 characters.