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Converts the given SecureString into a String.
Namespace: GSF
Assembly: GSF.Core (in GSF.Core.dll) Version: 2.4.284-beta+805ed69bbaa748bda5f49830845a2ffff2791ae0
Syntaxpublic static string ToUnsecureString( this SecureString value )
Parameters
- value SecureString
- The SecureString to be converted.
Return Value
StringThe given SecureString as a String.
Usage Note
In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type SecureString. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).Remarks
This method is UNSAFE, as it stores your secure string data in clear text in memory.
Since strings are immutable, that memory cannot be cleaned up until all references to
the string are removed and the garbage collector deallocates it. Only use this method
to interface with APIs that do not support the use of SecureString for
sensitive text data.
See Also