AssemblyName::KeyPair Property

 

Gets or sets the public and private cryptographic key pair that is used to create a strong name signature for the assembly.

Namespace:   System.Reflection
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public:
property StrongNameKeyPair^ KeyPair {
	StrongNameKeyPair^ get();
	void set(StrongNameKeyPair^ value);
}

Property Value

Type: System.Reflection::StrongNameKeyPair^

The public and private cryptographic key pair to be used to create a strong name for the assembly.

When the runtime loads an assembly, it does not set the KeyPair property. The getter for the property is only useful if the user set the property before using the AssemblyName object to create a dynamic assembly, and subsequently wants to retrieve the key pair.

The following example emits a dynamic assembly and saves it to the current directory. When the assembly is created, the KeyPair property is used to set the assembly's public and private cryptographic keys. .

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::Threading;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Globalization;
using namespace System::Reflection::Emit;
using namespace System::Configuration::Assemblies;
using namespace System::Text;
static void MakeAssembly( AssemblyName^ myAssemblyName, String^ fileName )
{
   // Get the assembly builder from the application domain associated with the current thread.
   AssemblyBuilder^ myAssemblyBuilder = Thread::GetDomain()->DefineDynamicAssembly( myAssemblyName, AssemblyBuilderAccess::RunAndSave );

   // Create a dynamic module in the assembly.
   ModuleBuilder^ myModuleBuilder = myAssemblyBuilder->DefineDynamicModule( "MyModule", fileName );

   // Create a type in the module.
   TypeBuilder^ myTypeBuilder = myModuleBuilder->DefineType( "MyType" );

   // Create a method called 'Main'.
   MethodBuilder^ myMethodBuilder = myTypeBuilder->DefineMethod( "Main", static_cast<MethodAttributes>(MethodAttributes::Public | MethodAttributes::HideBySig | MethodAttributes::Static), void::typeid, nullptr );

   // Get the Intermediate Language generator for the method.
   ILGenerator^ myILGenerator = myMethodBuilder->GetILGenerator();

   // Use the utility method to generate the IL instructions that print a String* to the console.
   myILGenerator->EmitWriteLine( "Hello World!" );

   // Generate the 'ret' IL instruction.
   myILGenerator->Emit( OpCodes::Ret );

   // End the creation of the type.
   myTypeBuilder->CreateType();

   // Set the method with name 'Main' as the entry point in the assembly.
   myAssemblyBuilder->SetEntryPoint( myMethodBuilder );
   myAssemblyBuilder->Save( fileName );
}

int main()
{
   // Create a dynamic assembly with name 'MyAssembly' and build version '1.0.0.2001'.
   AssemblyName^ myAssemblyName = gcnew AssemblyName;

   // Set the codebase to the physical directory were the assembly resides.
   myAssemblyName->CodeBase = Directory::GetCurrentDirectory();

   // Set the culture information of the assembly to 'English-American'.
   myAssemblyName->CultureInfo = gcnew CultureInfo( "en-US" );

   // Set the hash algoritm to 'SHA1'.
   myAssemblyName->HashAlgorithm = AssemblyHashAlgorithm::SHA1;
   myAssemblyName->VersionCompatibility = AssemblyVersionCompatibility::SameProcess;
   myAssemblyName->Flags = AssemblyNameFlags::PublicKey;

   // Provide this assembly with a strong name.
   myAssemblyName->KeyPair = gcnew StrongNameKeyPair( File::Open( "KeyPair.snk", FileMode::Open, FileAccess::Read ) );
   myAssemblyName->Name = "MyAssembly";
   myAssemblyName->Version = gcnew Version( "1.0.0.2001" );
   MakeAssembly( myAssemblyName, "MyAssembly.exe" );

   // Get the assemblies loaded in the current application domain.
   array<Assembly^>^myAssemblies = Thread::GetDomain()->GetAssemblies();

   // Get the dynamic assembly named 'MyAssembly'. 
   Assembly^ myAssembly = nullptr;
   for ( int i = 0; i < myAssemblies->Length; i++ )
      if ( String::Compare( myAssemblies[ i ]->GetName()->Name, "MyAssembly" ) == 0 )
            myAssembly = myAssemblies[ i ];

   // Display the full assembly information to the console.
   if ( myAssembly != nullptr )
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "\nDisplaying the full assembly name.\n" );
      Console::WriteLine( myAssembly->GetName()->FullName );
      Console::WriteLine( "\nDisplaying the public key.\n" );
      array<Byte>^pk;
      pk = myAssembly->GetName()->GetPublicKey();
      for ( int i = 0; i < pk->GetLength( 0 ); i++ )
         Console::Write( " {0:x2}", pk[ i ] );
      Console::WriteLine();
      Console::WriteLine( "\nDisplaying the public key token.\n" );
      array<Byte>^pt;
      pt = myAssembly->GetName()->GetPublicKeyToken();
      for ( int i = 0; i < pt->GetLength( 0 ); i++ )
         Console::Write(  " {0:x2}", pt[ i ] );
   }
}

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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