StringExtensionsEncrypt(String, String, Byte, Encoding) Method

public static string Encrypt(
	this string text,
	string password,
	out byte[] salt,
	Encoding? encoding = null
)

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function Encrypt ( 
	text As String,
	password As String,
	<OutAttribute> ByRef salt As Byte(),
	Optional encoding As Encoding = Nothing
) As String

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static String^ Encrypt(
	String^ text, 
	String^ password, 
	[OutAttribute] array<unsigned char>^% salt, 
	Encoding^ encoding = nullptr
)

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member Encrypt : 
        text : string * 
        password : string * 
        salt : byte[] byref * 
        ?encoding : Encoding 
(* Defaults:
        let _encoding = defaultArg encoding null
*)
-> string 

Parameters

text  String

The source plain text to encrypt.

password  String

Password of encryption.

salt  Byte

When this method returns, contains the randomly generated salt bytes used to derive the key and initialization vector bytes. This parameter is passed uninitialized.

encoding  Encoding  (Optional)

An optional Encoding to transcode the text before encryption. If , then the actual UTF-16 encoding will be used, which can be faster and may allocate less memory, but the result may be longer if text contains ASCII characters only, for example. This parameter is optional.
Default value: .

Return Value

Usage Note

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