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X509Certificate.GetHashCode Method

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Returns the hash code for the X.509v3 certificate as an integer.

Namespace: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

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public override int GetHashCode()

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
The hash code for the X.509 certificate as an integer.

Remarks

If the X.509 certificate hash is an array of more than 4 bytes, any byte after the fourth byte is not seen in this integer representation.

Examples

The following example uses the GetHashCode method to return an integer representation of a certificate's hash code and displays it to the console.

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using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;


public class X509
{

    public static void Main()
    {

        // The path to the certificate.
        string Certificate =  "Certificate.cer";

        // Load the certificate into an X509Certificate object.
        X509Certificate cert = X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile(Certificate);

        // Get the value.
        int results = cert.GetHashCode();

        // Display the value to the console.
        Console.WriteLine(results);

    }

}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

X509Certificate Class

System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates Namespace

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