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EncryptedReference Class

Represents the abstract base class used in XML encryption from which the CipherReference, KeyReference, and DataReference classes derive.

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography.Xml
Assembly:  System.Security (in System.Security.dll)

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class EncryptedReference
'Usage
Dim instance As EncryptedReference

For more information about XML encryption standards, see http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-encryption-req.

The following code example uses the GetXml method in the CipherReference class to write the XML values to the console.

Imports System
Imports System.Security.Cryptography.Xml
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.IO


' This sample used the GetXml method in the CipherReference class 
' to write the value of CipherReference to the console. 
Module Module1

    Sub Main()
        ' Create a URI string. 
        Dim uri As String = "http://www.woodgrovebank.com/document.xml" 
        ' Create a Base64 transform. The input content retrieved from the 
        ' URI should be Base64-decoded before other processing. 
        Dim base64 As Transform = New XmlDsigBase64Transform
        Dim tc As New TransformChain
        tc.Add(base64)
        ' Create <CipherReference> information. 
        Dim reference As CipherReference = New CipherReference(uri, tc)
	' Write the XML for the CipherReference to the console.
	Console.WriteLine("Cipher Reference: {0}", reference.GetXml().OuterXml)
    End Sub 

End Module

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

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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