public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.Configure<BearerTokensOptions>(options => Configuration.GetSection("BearerTokens").Bind(options));

            services
                .AddAuthentication(options =>
                {
                    options.DefaultChallengeScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
                    options.DefaultSignInScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
                    options.DefaultAuthenticateScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
                })
                .AddJwtBearer(cfg =>
                {
                    cfg.RequireHttpsMetadata = false;
                    cfg.SaveToken = true;
                    cfg.TokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters
                    {
                        ValidIssuer = Configuration["BearerTokens:Issuer"],
                        ValidAudience = Configuration["BearerTokens:Audience"],
                        IssuerSigningKey = new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(Configuration["BearerTokens:Key"])),
                        ValidateIssuerSigningKey = true,
                        ValidateLifetime = true,
                        ClockSkew = TimeSpan.Zero
                    };
                    cfg.Events = new JwtBearerEvents
                    {
                        OnAuthenticationFailed = context =>
                        {
                            var logger = context.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>().CreateLogger(nameof(JwtBearerEvents));
                            logger.LogError("Authentication failed.", context.Exception);
                            return Task.CompletedTask;
                        },
                        OnTokenValidated = context =>
                        {
                            var tokenValidatorService = context.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ITokenValidatorService>();
                            return tokenValidatorService.ValidateAsync(context);
                        },
                        OnMessageReceived = context =>
                         {
                             return Task.CompletedTask;
                         },
                        OnChallenge = context =>
                        {
                            var logger = context.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>().CreateLogger(nameof(JwtBearerEvents));
                            logger.LogError("OnChallenge error", context.Error, context.ErrorDescription);
                            return Task.CompletedTask;
                        }
                    };
                });

{
  "BearerTokens": {
    "Key": "This is my shared key, not so secret, secret!",
    "Issuer": "http://localhost/",
    "Audience": "Any",
    "AccessTokenExpirationMinutes": 2,
    "RefreshTokenExpirationMinutes": 60
  }
}

[Authorize(AuthenticationSchemes = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)]

$.ajax({
     headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + jwtToken },

const string tokenKey = "my.custom.jwt.token.key";
if (context.HttpContext.Items.ContainsKey(tokenKey))
{
    context.Token = (string)context.HttpContext.Items[tokenKey];
}

OnTokenValidated = context =>
{
      var tokenValidatorService = context.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ITokenValidatorService>();
      return tokenValidatorService.ValidateAsync(context);
},

    public class TokenValidatorService : ITokenValidatorService
    {
        private readonly IUsersService _usersService;
        private readonly ITokenStoreService _tokenStoreService;

        public TokenValidatorService(IUsersService usersService, ITokenStoreService tokenStoreService)
        {
            _usersService = usersService;
            _usersService.CheckArgumentIsNull(nameof(usersService));

            _tokenStoreService = tokenStoreService;
            _tokenStoreService.CheckArgumentIsNull(nameof(_tokenStoreService));
        }

        public async Task ValidateAsync(TokenValidatedContext context)
        {
            var userPrincipal = context.Principal;

            var claimsIdentity = context.Principal.Identity as ClaimsIdentity;
            if (claimsIdentity?.Claims == null || !claimsIdentity.Claims.Any())
            {
                context.Fail("This is not our issued token. It has no claims.");
                return;
            }

            var serialNumberClaim = claimsIdentity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.SerialNumber);
            if (serialNumberClaim == null)
            {
                context.Fail("This is not our issued token. It has no serial.");
                return;
            }

            var userIdString = claimsIdentity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.UserData).Value;
            if (!int.TryParse(userIdString, out int userId))
            {
                context.Fail("This is not our issued token. It has no user-id.");
                return;
            }

            var user = await _usersService.FindUserAsync(userId).ConfigureAwait(false);
            if (user == null || user.SerialNumber != serialNumberClaim.Value || !user.IsActive)
            {
                // user has changed his/her password/roles/stat/IsActive
                context.Fail("This token is expired. Please login again.");
            }

            var accessToken = context.SecurityToken as JwtSecurityToken;
            if (accessToken == null || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(accessToken.RawData) ||
                !await _tokenStoreService.IsValidTokenAsync(accessToken.RawData, userId).ConfigureAwait(false))
            {
                context.Fail("This token is not in our database.");
                return;
            }

            await _usersService.UpdateUserLastActivityDateAsync(userId).ConfigureAwait(false);
        }
    }

    public class UserToken
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }

        public string AccessTokenHash { get; set; }

        public DateTimeOffset AccessTokenExpiresDateTime { get; set; }

        public string RefreshTokenIdHash { get; set; }

        public DateTimeOffset RefreshTokenExpiresDateTime { get; set; }

        public int UserId { get; set; } // one-to-one association
        public virtual User User { get; set; }
    }

    public interface ITokenStoreService
    {
        Task AddUserTokenAsync(UserToken userToken);
        Task AddUserTokenAsync(
                User user, string refreshToken, string accessToken,
                DateTimeOffset refreshTokenExpiresDateTime, DateTimeOffset accessTokenExpiresDateTime);
        Task<bool> IsValidTokenAsync(string accessToken, int userId);
        Task DeleteExpiredTokensAsync();
        Task<UserToken> FindTokenAsync(string refreshToken);
        Task DeleteTokenAsync(string refreshToken);
        Task InvalidateUserTokensAsync(int userId);
        Task<(string accessToken, string refreshToken)> CreateJwtTokens(User user);
    }

        private async Task<string> createAccessTokenAsync(User user, DateTime expires)
        {
            var claims = new List<Claim>
            {
                // Unique Id for all Jwt tokes
                new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Jti, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
                // Issuer
                new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Iss, _configuration.Value.Issuer),
                // Issued at
                new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Iat, DateTime.UtcNow.ToUnixEpochDate().ToString(), ClaimValueTypes.Integer64),
                new Claim(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, user.Id.ToString()),
                new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, user.Username),
                new Claim("DisplayName", user.DisplayName),
                // to invalidate the cookie
                new Claim(ClaimTypes.SerialNumber, user.SerialNumber),
                // custom data
                new Claim(ClaimTypes.UserData, user.Id.ToString())
            };

            // add roles
            var roles = await _rolesService.FindUserRolesAsync(user.Id).ConfigureAwait(false);
            foreach (var role in roles)
            {
                claims.Add(new Claim(ClaimTypes.Role, role.Name));
            }

            var key = new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(_configuration.Value.Key));
            var creds = new SigningCredentials(key, SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256);
            var token = new JwtSecurityToken(
                issuer: _configuration.Value.Issuer,
                audience: _configuration.Value.Audience,
                claims: claims,
                notBefore: DateTime.UtcNow,
                expires: expires,
                signingCredentials: creds);
            return new JwtSecurityTokenHandler().WriteToken(token);
        }

<ItemGroup>
   <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="2.0.0" />
</ItemGroup>

        public async Task<(string accessToken, string refreshToken)> CreateJwtTokens(User user)
        {
            var now = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
            var accessTokenExpiresDateTime = now.AddMinutes(_configuration.Value.AccessTokenExpirationMinutes);
            var refreshTokenExpiresDateTime = now.AddMinutes(_configuration.Value.RefreshTokenExpirationMinutes);
            var accessToken = await createAccessTokenAsync(user, accessTokenExpiresDateTime.UtcDateTime).ConfigureAwait(false);
            var refreshToken = Guid.NewGuid().ToString().Replace("-", "");

            await AddUserTokenAsync(user, refreshToken, accessToken, refreshTokenExpiresDateTime, accessTokenExpiresDateTime).ConfigureAwait(false);
            await _uow.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);

            return (accessToken, refreshToken);
        }

        [AllowAnonymous]
        [HttpPost("[action]")]
        public async Task<IActionResult> Login([FromBody]  User loginUser)
        {
            if (loginUser == null)
            {
                return BadRequest("user is not set.");
            }

            var user = await _usersService.FindUserAsync(loginUser.Username, loginUser.Password).ConfigureAwait(false);
            if (user == null || !user.IsActive)
            {
                return Unauthorized();
            }

            var (accessToken, refreshToken) = await _tokenStoreService.CreateJwtTokens(user).ConfigureAwait(false);
            return Ok(new { access_token = accessToken, refresh_token = refreshToken });
        }

        [AllowAnonymous]
        [HttpPost("[action]")]
        public async Task<IActionResult> RefreshToken([FromBody]JToken jsonBody)
        {
            var refreshToken = jsonBody.Value<string>("refreshToken");
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(refreshToken))
            {
                return BadRequest("refreshToken is not set.");
            }

            var token = await _tokenStoreService.FindTokenAsync(refreshToken);
            if (token == null)
            {
                return Unauthorized();
            }

            var (accessToken, newRefreshToken) = await _tokenStoreService.CreateJwtTokens(token.User).ConfigureAwait(false);
            return Ok(new { access_token = accessToken, refresh_token = newRefreshToken });
        }

        [AllowAnonymous]
        [HttpGet("[action]"), HttpPost("[action]")]
        public async Task<bool> Logout()
        {
            var claimsIdentity = this.User.Identity as ClaimsIdentity;
            var userIdValue = claimsIdentity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.UserData)?.Value;

            // The Jwt implementation does not support "revoke OAuth token" (logout) by design.
            // Delete the user's tokens from the database (revoke its bearer token)
            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(userIdValue) && int.TryParse(userIdValue, out int userId))
            {
                await _tokenStoreService.InvalidateUserTokensAsync(userId).ConfigureAwait(false);
            }
            await _tokenStoreService.DeleteExpiredTokensAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
            await _uow.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);

            return true;
        }

   //ViewModels

    public class CustomListItem
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Text { get; set; }
    }

    public class ProductAddGetViewModel
    {
        public IEnumerable<CustomListItem> Categories { get; set; }
        public IEnumerable<CustomListItem> Groups { get; set; }
    }

    public class ProductAddViewModel
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public bool IsActive { get; set; }

        public int CategoryId { get; set; }
        public int GroupId { get; set; }
    }

    public class ProductEditGetViewModel
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }

        public IEnumerable<CustomListItem> Categories { get; set; }
        public IEnumerable<CustomListItem> Groups { get; set; }
    }

    public class ProductEditViewModel
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }

        public int CategoryId { get; set; }
        public int GroupId { get; set; }
    }

[Route("working")]
public ActionResult Working()
{
    using (var connection = new SqlConnection(_connectionString))
    {
        try
        {
            connection.Open();
        }
        catch (SqlException)
        {
            return new HttpStatusCodeResult(503, "Generic error");
        }
    }
   return new EmptyResult();
}

namespace MvcHealthCheckTest
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddHealthChecks()
                    .AddCheck("sql", () =>
                        {
                            using (var connection = new SqlConnection(Configuration["connectionString"]))
                            {
                                try
                                {
                                    connection.Open();
                                }
                                catch (SqlException)
                                {
                                    return HealthCheckResult.Unhealthy();
                                }
                            }
                            return HealthCheckResult.Healthy();
                        });
        }

        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
        {
            app.UseHealthChecks("/working");

    public class SqlServerHealthCheck : IHealthCheck
    {
        private readonly IConfiguration _configuration;

        public SqlServerHealthCheck(IConfiguration configuration)
        {
            _configuration = configuration;
        }

        public Task<HealthCheckResult> CheckHealthAsync(
            HealthCheckContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
        {
            using (var connection = new SqlConnection(_configuration["connectionString"]))
            {
                try
                {
                    connection.Open();
                }
                catch (SqlException)
                {
                    return Task.FromResult(HealthCheckResult.Unhealthy());
                }
            }
            return Task.FromResult(HealthCheckResult.Healthy());
        }
    }

namespace MvcHealthCheckTest
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddHealthChecks()
                    .AddCheck<SqlServerHealthCheck>("sql");

public Task<HealthCheckResult> CheckHealthAsync(
            HealthCheckContext context,
            CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
        {
            using (var connection = new SqlConnection(_configuration["connectionString"]))
            {
                try
                {
                    connection.Open();
                }
                catch (SqlException)
                {
                    return Task.FromResult(new HealthCheckResult(
                                                   status: context.Registration.FailureStatus,
                                                   description: "It is dead!"));
                }
            }
            return Task.FromResult(HealthCheckResult.Healthy("Healthy as a horse"));
        }

namespace MvcHealthCheckTest
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
        {
            app.UseHealthChecks("/working", new HealthCheckOptions
            {
                ResponseWriter = async (context, report) =>
                {
                    var result = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new
                    {
                        status = report.Status.ToString(),
                        errors = report.Entries.Select(e =>
                        new
                        {
                            key = e.Key,
                            value = Enum.GetName(typeof(HealthStatus), e.Value.Status)
                        })
                    });
                    context.Response.ContentType = MediaTypeNames.Application.Json;
                    await context.Response.WriteAsync(result);
                }
            });

class EventSource : System.Progress<int>
{
    public async System.Threading.Tasks.Task<int> PerformExpensiveCalculation()
    {
        var sum = 0;
        for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++)
        {
            await System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Delay(100);
            sum += i;
            this.OnReport(sum);
        }
        return sum;
    }
}

static class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var source = new EventSource();
        System.EventHandler<int> handler = (_, progress) => System.Console.WriteLine(progress);
        source.ProgressChanged += handler;
        System.Console.WriteLine(source.PerformExpensiveCalculation().Result);
        source.ProgressChanged -= handler;

        source.ProgressChanged += ProgressChangedMethod;
        System.Console.WriteLine(source.PerformExpensiveCalculation().Result);
        source.ProgressChanged -= ProgressChangedMethod;
    }

    private static void ProgressChangedMethod( object sender, int e )
    {
        System.Console.WriteLine(e);
    }
}

IL_0007:  ldsfld     class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<int32> LambdaPerformance.Program/'<>c'::'<>9__0_0'
IL_000c:  dup
IL_000d:  brtrue.s   IL_0026
IL_000f:  pop
IL_0010:  ldsfld     class LambdaPerformance.Program/'<>c' LambdaPerformance.Program/'<>c'::'<>9'
IL_0015:  ldftn      instance void LambdaPerformance.Program/'<>c'::'<Main>b__0_0'(object, int32)
IL_001b:  newobj     instance void class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<int32>::.ctor(object, native int)
IL_0020:  dup
IL_0021:  stsfld     class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<int32> LambdaPerformance.Program/'<>c'::'<>9__0_0'
IL_0026:  stloc.1
IL_0027:  ldloc.0
IL_0028:  ldloc.1
IL_0029:  callvirt   instance void class [mscorlib]System.Progress`1<int32>::add_ProgressChanged(class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<!0>)
IL_002e:  nop
IL_002f:  ldloc.0
IL_0030:  callvirt   instance class [mscorlib]System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1<int32> LambdaPerformance.EventSource::PerformExpensiveCalculation()
IL_0035:  callvirt   instance !0 class [mscorlib]System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1<int32>::get_Result()
IL_003a:  call       void [mscorlib]System.Console::WriteLine(int32)
IL_003f:  nop
IL_0040:  ldloc.0
IL_0041:  ldloc.1
IL_0042:  callvirt   instance void class [mscorlib]System.Progress`1<int32>::remove_ProgressChanged(class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<!0>)

IL_004a:  ldftn      void LambdaPerformance.Program::ProgressChangedMethod(object, int32)
IL_0050:  newobj     instance void class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<int32>::.ctor(object, native int)
IL_0055:  callvirt   instance void class [mscorlib]System.Progress`1<int32>::add_ProgressChanged(class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<!0>)
IL_005a:  nop
IL_005b:  ldloc.0
IL_005c:  callvirt   instance class [mscorlib]System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1<int32> LambdaPerformance.EventSource::PerformExpensiveCalculation()
IL_0061:  callvirt   instance !0 class [mscorlib]System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1<int32>::get_Result()
IL_0066:  call       void [mscorlib]System.Console::WriteLine(int32)
IL_006b:  nop
IL_006c:  ldloc.0
IL_006d:  ldnull
IL_006e:  ldftn      void LambdaPerformance.Program::ProgressChangedMethod(object, int32)
IL_0074:  newobj     instance void class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<int32>::.ctor(object, native int)
IL_0079:  callvirt   instance void class [mscorlib]System.Progress`1<int32>::remove_ProgressChanged(class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<!0>)

static class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        for (var repeats = 10; repeats <= 1000000; repeats *= 10)
        {
            VersionOne(repeats);
            VersionTwo(repeats);
        }
    }

    private static void VersionOne(int repeats)
    {
        var timer = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();
        timer.Start();

        var source = new EventSource();
        for (var i = 0; i < repeats; i++)
        {
            System.EventHandler<int> handler = (_, progress) => System.Console.WriteLine(progress);
            source.ProgressChanged += handler;
            // Console.WriteLine(source.PerformExpensiveCalculation().Result);
            source.ProgressChanged -= handler;
        }

        timer.Stop();

        System.Console.WriteLine($"Version one: {repeats} add/remove takes {timer.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
    }

    private static void VersionTwo(int repeats)
    {
        var timer = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();
        timer.Start();

        var source = new EventSource();
        for (var i = 0; i < repeats; i++)
        {
            source.ProgressChanged += ProgressChangedMethod;
            // Console.WriteLine(source.PerformExpensiveCalculation().Result);
            source.ProgressChanged -= ProgressChangedMethod;
        }

        timer.Stop();

        System.Console.WriteLine($"Version two: {repeats} add/remove takes {timer.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
    }

    private static void ProgressChangedMethod(object sender, int e)
    {
        System.Console.WriteLine(e);
    }
}

Version one: 10 add/remove takes 0ms
Version two: 10 add/remove takes 0ms
Version one: 100 add/remove takes 0ms
Version two: 100 add/remove takes 0ms
Version one: 1000 add/remove takes 0ms
Version two: 1000 add/remove takes 0ms
Version one: 10000 add/remove takes 0ms
Version two: 10000 add/remove takes 1ms
Version one: 100000 add/remove takes 8ms
Version two: 100000 add/remove takes 13ms
Version one: 1000000 add/remove takes 93ms
Version two: 1000000 add/remove takes 121ms

private static void VersionOne(int repeats)
{
    var timer = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();
    timer.Start();

    var source = new EventSource();
    for (var i = 0; i < repeats; i++)
    {
        // System.EventHandler<int> handler = (_, progress) => System.Console.WriteLine(progress);
        source.ProgressChanged += (_, progress) => System.Console.WriteLine(progress);
        // Console.WriteLine(source.PerformExpensiveCalculation().Result);
        source.ProgressChanged -= (_, progress) => System.Console.WriteLine(progress);
    }

    timer.Stop();

    System.Console.WriteLine($"Version one: {repeats} add/remove takes {timer.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
}

Version one: 10 add/remove takes 0ms
Version two: 10 add/remove takes 0ms
Version one: 100 add/remove takes 1ms
Version two: 100 add/remove takes 0ms
Version one: 1000 add/remove takes 102ms
Version two: 1000 add/remove takes 0ms
Version one: 10000 add/remove takes 10509ms
Version two: 10000 add/remove takes 1ms
Version one: 100000 add/remove takes 1039014ms
Version two: 100000 add/remove takes 11ms

  IL_0018:  nop
  IL_0019:  ldloc.1
  IL_001a:  ldsfld     class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<int32> LambdaPerformance.Program/'<>c'::'<>9__1_0'
  IL_001f:  dup
  IL_0020:  brtrue.s   IL_0039
  IL_0022:  pop
  IL_0023:  ldsfld     class LambdaPerformance.Program/'<>c' LambdaPerformance.Program/'<>c'::'<>9'
  IL_0028:  ldftn      instance void LambdaPerformance.Program/'<>c'::'<VersionOne>b__1_0'(object, int32)
  IL_002e:  newobj     instance void class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<int32>::.ctor(object, native int)
  IL_0033:  dup
  IL_0034:  stsfld     class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<int32> LambdaPerformance.Program/'<>c'::'<>9__1_0'
  IL_0039:  callvirt   instance void class [mscorlib]System.Progress`1<int32>::add_ProgressChanged(class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<!0>)
  IL_003e:  nop
  IL_003f:  ldloc.1
  IL_0040:  ldsfld     class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<int32> LambdaPerformance.Program/'<>c'::'<>9__1_1'
  IL_0045:  dup
  IL_0046:  brtrue.s   IL_005f
  IL_0048:  pop
  IL_0049:  ldsfld     class LambdaPerformance.Program/'<>c' LambdaPerformance.Program/'<>c'::'<>9'
  IL_004e:  ldftn      instance void LambdaPerformance.Program/'<>c'::'<VersionOne>b__1_1'(object, int32)
  IL_0054:  newobj     instance void class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<int32>::.ctor(object, native int)
  IL_0059:  dup
  IL_005a:  stsfld     class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<int32> LambdaPerformance.Program/'<>c'::'<>9__1_1'
  IL_005f:  callvirt   instance void class [mscorlib]System.Progress`1<int32>::remove_ProgressChanged(class [mscorlib]System.EventHandler`1<!0>)
  IL_0064:  nop
  IL_0065:  nop
  IL_0066:  ldloc.2
  IL_0067:  stloc.3
  IL_0068:  ldloc.3
  IL_0069:  ldc.i4.1
  IL_006a:  add
  IL_006b:  stloc.2
  IL_006c:  ldloc.2
  IL_006d:  ldarg.0
  IL_006e:  clt
  IL_0070:  stloc.s    V_4
  IL_0072:  ldloc.s    V_4
  IL_0074:  brtrue.s   IL_0018

.

namespace DbResourceProvider
{
  internal interface IDbCachedResourceManager
  {
    string ResourceName { get; }

    void ClearAll();
    void Clear(string culture);
    void Clear(string culture, string resourceKey);
  }
}

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using DbResourceProvider.Data;
namespace DbResourceProvider
{
  internal class DbResourceManager : IDbCachedResourceManager
  {
    private readonly string _resourceName;
    private readonly Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, object>> _resourceCacheByCulture;
    public DbResourceManager(string resourceName)
    {
      _resourceName = resourceName;
      _resourceCacheByCulture = new Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, object>>();
    }
    public object GetObject(string resourceKey, CultureInfo culture) { ... }
    private object GetCachedObject(string resourceKey, string cultureName) { ... }

    #region Implementation of IDbCachedResourceManager
    public string ResourceName
    {
      get { return _resourceName; }
    }
    public void ClearAll()
    {
      lock (this)
      {
        _resourceCacheByCulture.Clear(); 
      }
    }
    public void Clear(string culture)
    {
      lock (this)
      {
        if (!_resourceCacheByCulture.ContainsKey(culture)) return;
        _resourceCacheByCulture[culture].Clear(); 
      }
    }
    public void Clear(string culture, string resourceKey)
    {
      lock (this)
      {
        if (!_resourceCacheByCulture.ContainsKey(culture)) return;
        _resourceCacheByCulture[culture].Remove(resourceKey); 
      }
    }
    #endregion
  }
}

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
namespace DbResourceProvider
{
  public static class DbResourceCacheManager
  {
    internal static List<IDbCachedResourceManager> ResourceManagers { get; private set; }
    static DbResourceCacheManager()
    {
      ResourceManagers = new List<IDbCachedResourceManager>();
    }
    public static void ClearAll()
    {
      ResourceManagers.ForEach(r => r.ClearAll());
    }
    public static void Clear(string resourceName)
    {
      GetResouceManagers(resourceName).ForEach(r => r.ClearAll());
    }
    public static void Clear(string resourceName, string culture)
    {
      GetResouceManagers(resourceName).ForEach(r => r.Clear(culture));
    }
    public static void Clear(string resourceName, string culture, string resourceKey)
    {
      GetResouceManagers(resourceName).ForEach(r => r.Clear(culture, resourceKey));
    }

    private static List<IDbCachedResourceManager> GetResouceManagers(string resourceName)
    {
      return ResourceManagers.Where(r => r.ResourceName.ToLower() == resourceName.ToLower()).ToList();
    }
  }
}

private void EnsureResourceManager()
{
  if (_resourceManager != null) return;
  {
    _resourceManager = CreateResourceManager();
    DbResourceCacheManager.ResourceManagers.Add(_resourceManager);
  }
}

DbResourceCacheManager.Clear("dir1/page1.aspx");

DbResourceCacheManager.Clear("Default.aspx", "en-US");
DbResourceCacheManager.Clear("GlobalTexts", "en-US", "Yes");

public Resource GetResource(string resourceKey, string culture)
{
  using (var data = new TestContext())
  {
    return data.Resources.SingleOrDefault(r => r.Name.ToLower() == _resourceName.ToLower() && r.Key.ToLower() == resourceKey.ToLower() && r.Culture == culture);
  }
}

public List<Resource> GetResources(string culture)
{
  using (var data = new TestContext())
  {
    return data.Resources.Where(r => r.Name.ToLower() == _resourceName.ToLower() && r.Culture == culture).ToList();
  }
}

using (var sha256 = new SHA256Managed()) 
{ 
   // Crypto code here... 
}

public static string GetHash(string text)
{
  using (var sha256 = SHA256.Create())
  {
   var hashedBytes = sha256.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text));
   return BitConverter.ToString(hashedBytes).Replace("-", "").ToLower();
  }
}

 "dependencies": {
  "System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms": "4.2.0"
},

using (var md5 = IncrementalHash.CreateHash(HashAlgorithmName.MD5))
{
  md5.AppendData(byteArray1, 0, byteArray1.Length);
  md5.AppendData(byteArray2, 0, byteArray2.Length); 
  var hash = md5.GetHashAndReset();
}

   private static readonly RNGCryptoServiceProvider Rand = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider();

 var rand = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider();

    public interface IRandomNumberProvider
    {
        int Next();
        int Next(int max);
        int Next(int min, int max);
    }

    public class RandomNumberProvider : IRandomNumberProvider
    {
        private readonly RandomNumberGenerator _rand = RandomNumberGenerator.Create();

        public int Next()
        {
            var randb = new byte[4];
            _rand.GetBytes(randb);
            var value = BitConverter.ToInt32(randb, 0);
            if (value < 0) value = -value;
            return value;
        }

        public int Next(int max)
        {
            var randb = new byte[4];
            _rand.GetBytes(randb);
            var value = BitConverter.ToInt32(randb, 0);
            value = value % (max + 1); // % calculates remainder
            if (value < 0) value = -value;
            return value;
        }

        public int Next(int min, int max)
        {
            var value = Next(max - min) + min;
            return value;
        }
    }

    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.TryAddSingleton<IRandomNumberProvider, RandomNumberProvider>();

    public interface IProtectionProvider
    {
        string Decrypt(string inputText);
        string Encrypt(string inputText);
    }

namespace Providers
{
    public class ProtectionProvider : IProtectionProvider
    {
        private readonly IDataProtector _dataProtector;

        public ProtectionProvider(IDataProtectionProvider dataProtectionProvider)
        {
            _dataProtector = dataProtectionProvider.CreateProtector(typeof(ProtectionProvider).FullName);
        }

        public string Decrypt(string inputText)
        {
                var inputBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(inputText);
                var bytes = _dataProtector.Unprotect(inputBytes);
                return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
        }

        public string Encrypt(string inputText)
        {
            var inputBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(inputText);
            var bytes = _dataProtector.Protect(inputBytes);
            return Convert.ToBase64String(bytes);
        }
    }
}

    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.TryAddSingleton<IProtectionProvider, ProtectionProvider>();

public string Decrypt(string inputText, string key, string salt)
{
    var inputBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(inputText);
    var pdb = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(key, Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(salt));
 
    using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
    {
        var alg = Aes.Create();
 
        alg.Key = pdb.GetBytes(32);
        alg.IV = pdb.GetBytes(16);
 
        using (var cs = new CryptoStream(ms, alg.CreateDecryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write))
        {
            cs.Write(inputBytes, 0, inputBytes.Length);
        }
        return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(ms.ToArray());
    }
}
 
public string Encrypt(string inputText, string key, string salt)
{
 
    var inputBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(inputText);
    var pdb = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(key, Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(salt));
    using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
    {
        var alg = Aes.Create();
 
        alg.Key = pdb.GetBytes(32);
        alg.IV = pdb.GetBytes(16);
 
        using (var cs = new CryptoStream(ms, alg.CreateEncryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write))
        {
            cs.Write(inputBytes, 0, inputBytes.Length);
        }
        return Convert.ToBase64String(ms.ToArray());
    }
}