X509Certificate::Equals Method (X509Certificate^)

 

Compares two X509Certificate objects for equality.

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

public:
virtual bool Equals(
	X509Certificate^ other
)

Parameters

other
Type: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates::X509Certificate^

An X509Certificate object to compare to the current object.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean

true if the current X509Certificate object is equal to the object specified by the other parameter; otherwise, false.

Two X509Certificate objects are considered equal if they have the same issuer and serial number.

The following example compares two certificates for equality.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Security::Cryptography::X509Certificates;
int main()
{

   // The path to the certificate.
   String^ Certificate = "Certificate.cer";
   String^ OtherCertificate = "OtherCertificate.cer";

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

   // Load the certificate into an X509Certificate object.
   X509Certificate^ certTwo = X509Certificate::CreateFromCertFile( OtherCertificate );

   // Get the value.
   bool result = cert->Equals( certTwo );

   // Display the value to the console.
   Console::WriteLine( result );
}

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
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