/// <summary>
/// Create a copy of the byte array.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// If this instance is read-only,
/// the copy will not be read-only.
/// </remarks>
/// <returns>A copy of the byte array.</returns>
/// <exception cref="IllegalStateException">If the byte array has been disposed</exception>
public GuardedByteArray Copy()
{
SecureString t2 = _target.Copy();
GuardedByteArray rv = new GuardedByteArray(t2);
return(rv);
}
/// <summary>
/// Decrypts the value of a <seealso cref="GuardedByteArray"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="guardedByteArray">
/// the guarded byte array value. </param>
/// <returns> the clear byte array value.</returns>
/// <remarks>Since 1.4</remarks>
public static byte[] Decrypt(GuardedByteArray guardedByteArray)
{
byte[] result = null;
guardedByteArray.Access(new GuardedByteArray.LambdaAccessor(
array =>
{
result = new byte[array.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
{
result[i] = array[i];
}
}));
return(result);
}
public override bool Equals(Object o)
{
if (o is GuardedByteArray)
{
GuardedByteArray other = (GuardedByteArray)o;
//not the true contract of equals. however,
//due to the high mathematical improbability of
//two unequal strings having the same secure hash,
//this approach feels good. the alternative,
//decrypting for comparison, is simply too
//performance intensive to be used for equals
return(_base64SHA1Hash.Equals(other._base64SHA1Hash));
}
return(false);
}