ITimeLimitedDataProtector.CreateProtector(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection

Assembly:

Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Extensions.dll

Package:

Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Extensions v8.0.0

Source:

ITimeLimitedDataProtector.cs

Creates an ITimeLimitedDataProtector given a purpose.

public:
 Microsoft::AspNetCore::DataProtection::ITimeLimitedDataProtector ^ CreateProtector(System::String ^ purpose);

public Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.ITimeLimitedDataProtector CreateProtector (string purpose);

abstract member CreateProtector : string -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.ITimeLimitedDataProtector

Public Function CreateProtector (purpose As String) As ITimeLimitedDataProtector

Parameters

purpose

String

The purpose to be assigned to the newly-created ITimeLimitedDataProtector.

Returns

ITimeLimitedDataProtector

An ITimeLimitedDataProtector tied to the provided purpose.

Remarks

The purpose parameter must be unique for the intended use case; two different ITimeLimitedDataProtector instances created with two different purpose values will not be able to decipher each other's payloads. The purpose parameter value is not intended to be kept secret.