Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.ICryptoProvider

public interface ICryptoProvider

Provides extensibility for cryptographic operators. If custom operators are needed, CustomCryptoProvider can be set to return these operators. This property will be checked before each creation.

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object Create(string algorithm, object[] args)

Returns a cryptographic operator that supports the specified algorithm.

bool IsSupportedAlgorithm(string algorithm, object[] args)

Determines if a cryptographic operation is supported.

void Release(object cryptoInstance)

Releases the object returned from Create.