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DataObject Class

Represents the object element of an XML signature that holds data to be signed.

System.Object
  System.Security.Cryptography.Xml.DataObject

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography.Xml
Assembly:  System.Security (in System.Security.dll)
[HostProtectionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, MayLeakOnAbort = true)]
public class DataObject

The DataObject type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method DataObject() Initializes a new instance of the DataObject class.
Public method DataObject(String, String, String, XmlElement) Initializes a new instance of the DataObject class with the specified identification, MIME type, encoding, and data.
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  Name Description
Public property Data Gets or sets the data value of the current DataObject object.
Public property Encoding Gets or sets the encoding of the current DataObject object.
Public property Id Gets or sets the identification of the current DataObject object.
Public property MimeType Gets or sets the MIME type of the current DataObject object.
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  Name Description
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetXml Returns the XML representation of the DataObject object.
Public method LoadXml Loads a DataObject state from an XML element.
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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Use the DataObject class to store information or metadata directly in an XML signature. For example, you can store the signature generation date or the signer's identity. The DataObject class may or may not be covered by the XML signature.

The class corresponds to the <Object> element in the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specification for XML Signatures. For more information about the W3C specification, see http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/.

Note Note

The HostProtectionAttribute attribute applied to this type or member has the following Resources property value: MayLeakOnAbort. The HostProtectionAttribute does not affect desktop applications (which are typically started by double-clicking an icon, typing a command, or entering a URL in a browser). For more information, see the HostProtectionAttribute class or SQL Server Programming and Host Protection Attributes.

The following code example demonstrates how to generate an enveloping XML signature.


using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Security.Cryptography.Xml;
using System.Xml;


public class XMLdsigsample1 {

static void Main(String[] args)
{
     // Create example data to sign.
     XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
     XmlNode  node = document.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "", "MyElement", "samples");
     node.InnerText = "This is some text";
     document.AppendChild(node);
     Console.Error.WriteLine("Data to sign:\n" + document.OuterXml + "\n");

     // Create the SignedXml message.
     SignedXml signedXml = new SignedXml();
     RSA key = RSA.Create();
     signedXml.SigningKey = key;

     // Create a data object to hold the data to sign.
     DataObject dataObject = new DataObject();
     dataObject.Data = document.ChildNodes;
     dataObject.Id = "MyObjectId";

     // Add the data object to the signature.
     signedXml.AddObject(dataObject);

     // Create a reference to be able to package everything into the
     // message.
     Reference reference = new Reference();
     reference.Uri = "#MyObjectId";

     // Add it to the message.
     signedXml.AddReference(reference);

     // Add a KeyInfo.
     KeyInfo keyInfo = new KeyInfo();
     keyInfo.AddClause(new RSAKeyValue(key));
     signedXml.KeyInfo = keyInfo;

     // Compute the signature.
     signedXml.ComputeSignature();

     // Get the XML representation of the signature.
     XmlElement xmlSignature = signedXml.GetXml();
     Console.WriteLine(xmlSignature.OuterXml);
}

}


The following code example demonstrates how to check an XML signature.


using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Security.Cryptography.Xml;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Verify {

    public static void Main(String[] args) 
    {

        Console.WriteLine("Verifying " + args[0] + "...");

    	// Create a SignedXml.
        SignedXml signedXml = new SignedXml();

        // Load the XML.
        XmlDocument xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
        xmlDocument.PreserveWhitespace = true;
        xmlDocument.Load(new XmlTextReader(args[0]));

        XmlNodeList nodeList = xmlDocument.GetElementsByTagName("Signature");
        signedXml.LoadXml((XmlElement)nodeList[0]);

        if (signedXml.CheckSignature()) {
            Console.WriteLine("Signature check OK");
        } else {
            Console.WriteLine("Signature check FAILED");
        }

    }
}


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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