HashAlgorithmProvider.OpenAlgorithm(String) Method

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Definition

Namespace:: Windows.Security.Cryptography.Core

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Creates a HashAlgorithmProvider object and opens the specified algorithm for use.

public:
 static HashAlgorithmProvider ^ OpenAlgorithm(Platform::String ^ algorithm);

 static HashAlgorithmProvider OpenAlgorithm(winrt::hstring const& algorithm);

public static HashAlgorithmProvider OpenAlgorithm(string algorithm);

function openAlgorithm(algorithm)

Public Shared Function OpenAlgorithm (algorithm As String) As HashAlgorithmProvider

Parameters

algorithm: String
Platform::String

winrt::hstring

Algorithm name.

Returns

HashAlgorithmProvider

Represents a provider that implements hash algorithms.

Remarks

The following hashing algorithm names are supported:

HashAlgorithmNames.Md5
HashAlgorithmNames.Sha1
HashAlgorithmNames.Sha256
HashAlgorithmNames.Sha384
HashAlgorithmNames.Sha512

Applies to

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