<cryptoClass> Element

Contains a cryptography class that has a mapping to a friendly name in the <nameEntry> element.

<cryptoClass customClassName="fully qualified type name" />

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
customClassName	Required attribute. Contains the information for the cryptography class. Use this attribute to provide a short name for your class. You must specify a string that meets the requirements specified in Specifying Fully Qualified Type Names.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
configuration	The root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications.
cryptoClasses	Contains a list of cryptography classes that have a mapping to a friendly name in the <nameEntry> element.
cryptographySettings	Contains cryptography settings.
cryptoNameMapping	Contains mappings of classes to friendly names.
mscorlib	Contains the <cryptographySettings> element.

Example

The following example shows how use the <cryptoClass> element to reference a cryptography class and to configure the runtime so that System.Security.CryptoConfig.CreateFromName("RSA") and System.Security.Cryptography.AsymmetricAlgorithm.Create return a MyCryptoRSAClass object.

<configuration>
   <mscorlib>
      <cryptographySettings>
         <cryptoNameMapping>
            <cryptoClasses>
               <cryptoClass   MyCryptoRSA="MyCryptoRSAClass, MyAssembly
                  Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a5d015c7d5a0b012,
                  Version=1.0.0.0"/>
            </cryptoClasses>
            <nameEntry name="RSA" class="MyCryptoRSA"/>
            <nameEntry name="System.Security.Cryptography.AsymmetricAlgorithm"
                       class="MyCryptoRSA"/>
         </cryptoNameMapping>
      </cryptographySettings>
   </mscorlib>
</configuration>

See Also

Reference

Cryptography Settings Schema

Other Resources

Configuration File Schema for the .NET Framework
Cryptographic Services
Configuring Cryptography Classes