ImportAsymmetricKeyCommand Constructor

ImportAsymmetricKeyCommand(PivPrivateKey, Byte, PivPinPolicy, PivTouchPolicy)

Initializes a new instance of the ImportAsymmetricKeyCommand class. This command takes the slot number, PIN and touch policies, and the private key as input.

C#

public ImportAsymmetricKeyCommand(PivPrivateKey privateKey, byte slotNumber, PivPinPolicy pinPolicy, PivTouchPolicy touchPolicy)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PivPrivateKey	privateKey	The private key to import.
System.Byte	slotNumber	The slot which will hold the private key.
PivPinPolicy	pinPolicy	The PIN policy the key will have.
PivTouchPolicy	touchPolicy	The touch policy the key will have.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentNullException	The privateKey argument is null.
System.ArgumentException	The privateKey argument does not contain a key.

Remarks

The only possible private keys this command will accept are RSA-1024, RSA-2048, RSA-3072, RSA-4096, ECC-P256, and ECC-P384. If you supply any other private key, the constructor will throw an exception.

The slot number must be for a slot that holds an asymmetric key. See the User's Manual entry on PIV slots and PivSlot.

Both the touch policy and pin policy enum arguments have None as a possible value. This command will treat a policy of None the same as Default.

The key data must be supplied as an instance of PivPrivateKey

ImportAsymmetricKeyCommand(PivPrivateKey)

Initializes a new instance of the ImportAsymmetricKeyCommand class. This command takes the private key as input, it will set the PinPolicy and TouchPolicy to the defaults.

C#

public ImportAsymmetricKeyCommand(PivPrivateKey privateKey)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PivPrivateKey	privateKey	The private key to import.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentNullException	The privateKey argument is null.
System.ArgumentException	The privateKey argument does not contain a key.

Remarks

This constructor is provided for those developers who want to use the object initializer pattern. For example:

  var command = new ImportAsymmetricKeyCommand(privateKey)
  {
      SlotNumber = PivSlots.Authentication,
      PinPolicy = PivPinPolicy.Once,
  };

There is no default slot number, hence, for this command to be valid, the slot number must be specified. So if you create an object using this constructor, you must set the SlotNumber property at some time before using it. Otherwise you will get an exception when you do use it.