EnvelopedSignatureReader Class

Article
10/05/2012

[Starting with the .NET Framework 4.5, Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) has been fully integrated into the .NET Framework. The version of WIF addressed by this topic, WIF 3.5, is deprecated and should only be used when developing against the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or the .NET Framework 4. For more information about WIF in the .NET Framework 4.5, also known as WIF 4.5, see the Windows Identity Foundation documentation in the .NET Framework 4.5 Development Guide.]

Wraps a reader pointing to a enveloped signed XML and provides a reader that can be used to read the content without having to process the signature. The Signature is automatically validated when the last element of the envelope is read.

Namespace: Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.XmlSignature
Assembly: Microsoft.IdentityModel (in Microsoft.IdentityModel.dll)

Usage

'Usage
Dim instance As EnvelopedSignatureReader

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class EnvelopedSignatureReader
    Inherits DelegatingXmlDictionaryReader

public sealed class EnvelopedSignatureReader : DelegatingXmlDictionaryReader

public ref class EnvelopedSignatureReader sealed : public DelegatingXmlDictionaryReader

public final class EnvelopedSignatureReader extends DelegatingXmlDictionaryReader

public final class EnvelopedSignatureReader extends DelegatingXmlDictionaryReader

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   System.Xml.XmlReader
     System.Xml.XmlDictionaryReader
       Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.XmlSignature.DelegatingXmlDictionaryReader
        Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.XmlSignature.EnvelopedSignatureReader

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Target Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)