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X509SecurityToken Constructor (X509Certificate2)

Initializes a new instance of the X509SecurityToken class using the specified X.509 certificate.

Namespace:  System.IdentityModel.Tokens
Assembly:  System.IdentityModel (in System.IdentityModel.dll)

public:
X509SecurityToken(
	X509Certificate2^ certificate
)

Parameters

certificate
Type: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates::X509Certificate2
An X509Certificate2 that contains the X.509 certificate. Sets the Certificate property.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

certificate is nullptr.

This constructor creates a unique identifier for the X509SecurityToken security token and assigns that value to the Id property.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, 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.
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