Key

The Key class provides access to individual license key properties.

Syntax

public interface IKey

Discussion

A Key object represents a single license key provided by IBM Security. The license key is an encrypted string that encapsulates information such as the license type, number of allowed computers, a serial number, and whether the license is an evaluation or permanent license. For example, a single license key might authorize access for 25 servers for the organization with the serial number defined as 317.

Properties

The Key class provides the following properties:

Property	Description
Count	Gets the number of licenses provided by a specific key.
ExpiryDate	Gets the date a specific license key is set to expire.
IsEval	Determines whether the license key is an evaluation license.
IsValid	Determines whether the license key being checked is a valid license.
SerialNumber	Gets the serial number of the license key.
Type	Gets the license type for a specific license key.