SecureString C Reference Documentation
SecureString
Current Version: 10.0.0
A string class that stores the characters in memory in 256-bit AES CBC encrypted form. The encryption key will be a randomly-generated key.
Create/Dispose
HCkSecureString instance = CkSecureString_Create(); // ... CkSecureString_Dispose(instance);
Creates an instance of the HCkSecureString object and returns a handle ("void *" pointer). The handle is passed in the 1st argument for the functions listed on this page.
Objects created by calling CkSecureString_Create must be freed by calling this method. A memory leak occurs if a handle is not disposed by calling this function. Also, any handle returned by a Chilkat "C" function must also be freed by the application by calling the appropriate Dispose method, such as CkSecureString_Dispose.
Properties
LastMethodSuccess
void CkSecureString_putLastMethodSuccess(HCkSecureString cHandle, BOOL newVal);
Indicate whether the last method call succeeded or failed. A value of TRUE indicates success, a value of FALSE indicates failure. This property is automatically set for method calls. It is not modified by property accesses. The property is automatically set to indicate success for the following types of method calls:
- Any method that returns a string.
- Any method returning a Chilkat object, binary bytes, or a date/time.
- Any method returning a standard boolean status value where success = TRUE and failure = FALSE.
- Any method returning an integer where failure is defined by a return value less than zero.
Note: Methods that do not fit the above requirements will always set this property equal to TRUE. For example, a method that returns no value (such as a "void" in C++) will technically always succeed.
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void CkSecureString_putMaintainHash(HCkSecureString cHandle, const char *newVal);
const char *CkSecureString_maintainHash(HCkSecureString cHandle);
If set to the name of a hash algorithm, then a hash of the current string value is maintained. This allows for the hash to be verified via the VerifyHash method. Possible hash algorithm names are "sha1", "sha256", "sha384", "sha512", "md5", "md2", "ripemd160", "ripemd128","ripemd256", and "ripemd320".
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void CkSecureString_putReadOnly(HCkSecureString cHandle, BOOL newVal);
Can be set to TRUE to make this secure string read-only (cannot be modified).
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void CkSecureString_putUtf8(HCkSecureString cHandle, BOOL newVal);
When set to TRUE, all "const char *" arguments are interpreted as utf-8 strings. If set to FALSE (the default), then "const char *" arguments are interpreted as ANSI strings. Also, when set to TRUE, and Chilkat method returning a "const char *" is returning the utf-8 representation. If set to FALSE, all "const char *" return values are ANSI strings.
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Access
const char *CkSecureString_access(HCkSecureString cHandle);
Append
Appends a clear-text string to this secure string. The in-memory data will be decrypted, the string will be appended, and then it will be re-encrypted. Can return FALSE if the string has been marked as read-only via the ReadOnly property.
Returns TRUE for success, FALSE for failure.
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Appends a clear-text string contained in a StringBuilder to this secure string. The in-memory data will be decrypted, the string will be appended, and then it will be re-encrypted. Can return FALSE if the string has been marked as read-only via the ReadOnly property.
Returns TRUE for success, FALSE for failure.
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Appends the contents of a secure string to this secure string. The in-memory data will be decrypted, the secure string will be appended, and then it will be re-encrypted. Can return FALSE if this string has been marked as read-only via the ReadOnly property.
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const char *CkSecureString_hashVal(HCkSecureString cHandle, const char *encoding);
Returns the hash value for the current value of this secure string. The encoding specifies the encoding to be used. It can be any of the binary encoding algorithms, such as "base64", "hex", and many more listed at Chilkat Binary Encodings
Returns TRUE for success, FALSE for failure.
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Loads the contents of a file into this secure string. The current contents of this object are replaced with the new text from the file.
Returns TRUE for success, FALSE for failure.
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Returns TRUE if the secStr equals the contents of this secure string.
Returns TRUE for success, FALSE for failure.
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Verifies the hashVal against the hash value stored for the current value of this secure string. The MaintainHash property must've previously been set for this secure string to maintain an internal hash. The encoding specifies the encoding of the hashVal. It can be any of the binary encoding algorithms, such as "base64", "hex", and many more listed at Chilkat Binary Encodings
Returns TRUE for success, FALSE for failure.
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