Class NameGenerator

Generates instances of the Name class (which represent X.509 names).

Inheritance

Object

NameGenerator

Inherited Members

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Namespace: Lacuna.Pki

Assembly: Lacuna.Pki.dll

Syntax

public class NameGenerator

Methods

GenerateFromDNString(String, NameGeneratorTypePolicies)

Generates a Name based on a Distinguished Name string representation such as "C=US, O=Acme Inc., CN=John Smith" (as defined by RFC 4514)

Declaration

public static Name GenerateFromDNString(string dnString, NameGeneratorTypePolicies typePolicy)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	dnString	The Distinguished Name string representation
NameGeneratorTypePolicies	typePolicy	The type policy which will define which underlying types will be used to represent each value.

Returns

Type	Description
Name	A X.509 name

GenerateFromModel(NameModel, NameGeneratorTypePolicies)

Generates a Name based on a Name model with filled fields

Declaration

public static Name GenerateFromModel(NameModel nameModel, NameGeneratorTypePolicies typePolicy)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
NameModel	nameModel
NameGeneratorTypePolicies	typePolicy

Returns

Type	Description
Name

GenerateFromOidsAndValues(NameValueCollection, NameGeneratorTypePolicies)

Declaration

public static Name GenerateFromOidsAndValues(NameValueCollection oidsAndValues, NameGeneratorTypePolicies typePolicy)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
NameValueCollection	oidsAndValues
NameGeneratorTypePolicies	typePolicy

Returns

Type	Description
Name

GenerateWithCommonNameOnly(String, NameGeneratorTypePolicies)

Generates a Name composed of only a single field of type Common Name (CN)

Declaration

public static Name GenerateWithCommonNameOnly(string commonName, NameGeneratorTypePolicies typePolicy = NameGeneratorTypePolicies.PrintableStringsOnly)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	commonName	The Common Name (CN) to be used to generate the X.509 name
NameGeneratorTypePolicies	typePolicy	The type policy which will define which underlying type will be used to represent the CN value.

Returns

Type	Description
Name	A X.509 name