JsonWebToken.GetHeaderValue<T>(String) Method
Definition
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Gets the 'value' corresponding to key from the JWT header transformed as type 'T'.
public T GetHeaderValue<T> (string key);member this.GetHeaderValue : string -> 'TPublic Function GetHeaderValue(Of T) (key As String) As TType Parameters
- T
Parameters
- key
- String
Returns
T
The value as T.
Exceptions
Thrown if claim is not found or a transformation to T cannot be made.
Remarks
The expectation is that the 'value' corresponds to a type are expected in a JWT token. The 5 basic types: number, string, true / false, nil, array (of basic types). This is not a general purpose translation layer for complex types.