/// <summary>
/// Gets the hardware identifier for the current computer.
/// NOTE: <see cref="SetComputerCharacteristics(IComputerCharacteristics)"/> must be set before using this method.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">
/// Thrown if <see cref="SetComputerCharacteristics(IComputerCharacteristics)"/> was not set before.
/// </exception>
public static string ForCurrentComputer()
{
if (theComputerCharacteristics == null)
{
throw new NotSupportedException("Creating hardware id for current computer is not supported for DotNetStandard. Please use 'HardwareIdentifier.SetComputerCharacteristics' to set a plattform specific implementation of 'IComputerCharacteristics'.");
}
var encodedCharacteristics = new List <string>();
foreach (var characteristic in theComputerCharacteristics.GetCharacteristicsForCurrentComputer())
{
var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(characteristic);
bytes = MD5.ComputeHash(bytes);
encodedCharacteristics.Add(Encoder.Encode(bytes));
}
var hardwareKey = string.Join(Separator, encodedCharacteristics);
return(CheckSumAppender.Append(hardwareKey));
}
