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MaskGenerationMethod Class

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Represents the abstract class from which all mask generator algorithms must derive.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Security.Cryptography.MaskGenerationMethod
    System.Security.Cryptography.PKCS1MaskGenerationMethod

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:  mscorlib.Extensions (in mscorlib.Extensions.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public MustInherit Class MaskGenerationMethod
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public abstract class MaskGenerationMethod

The MaskGenerationMethod type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MaskGenerationMethod Initializes a new instance of the MaskGenerationMethod class.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GenerateMask When overridden in a derived class, generates a mask with the specified length using the specified random seed.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

Derived classes of MaskGenerationMethod compute masks that are used in key exchange algorithms such as Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP).

This class is used by implementations of key exchange algorithms only for mask generation. Application code does not use this class directly.

Version Information

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

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.