Method RevealAsString

Namespace

MailFathom.Infrastructure.Secrets.Resolution

Assembly

MailFathom.Infrastructure.dll

RevealAsString()

Reveals the material as its UTF-8 text view, with one trailing newline removed.

public string RevealAsString()

Returns

string

The decoded text.

Remarks

The returned string cannot be erased and persists until the collector reclaims it, so this accessor exists only for framework contracts that take a string — the IMAP client's authentication call and the PostgreSQL connection-string password. Call it at that boundary, as late as possible, and never store, log, or pass on the result. The newline trim belongs to the text view alone: LoadCredential=, Compose secrets, and Kubernetes Secret files routinely end with one, and an untrimmed byte presents as a wrong password.

Exceptions

ObjectDisposedException

Thrown when the material has already been erased.