X509Certificate2Collection Class

Represents a collection of X509Certificate2 objects. This class cannot be inherited.

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

'Declaration
Public Class X509Certificate2Collection
	Inherits X509CertificateCollection
'Usage
Dim instance As X509Certificate2Collection

public class X509Certificate2Collection extends X509CertificateCollection
public class X509Certificate2Collection extends X509CertificateCollection
Not applicable.

When an X509Certificate2 store is opened, the result is represented by an X509Certificate2Collection object. If you are familiar with the unmanaged Cryptographic API constructs, you can think of an X509Certificate2Collection as a memory store of X509Certificate2 objects.

The following code example opens the current user's personal certificate store, selects only valid certificates, allows the user to select a certificate, and then writes certificate and certificate chain information to the console. The output depends on the certificate the user selects.

Imports System
Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Imports System.Security.Permissions
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates



Class CertSelect

    Shared Sub Main()
        Try
            Dim store As New X509Store("MY", StoreLocation.CurrentUser)
            store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly Or OpenFlags.OpenExistingOnly)
            Dim collection As X509Certificate2Collection = CType(store.Certificates, X509Certificate2Collection)
            Dim fcollection As X509Certificate2Collection = CType(collection.Find(X509FindType.FindByTimeValid, DateTime.Now, False), X509Certificate2Collection)
            Dim scollection As X509Certificate2Collection = X509Certificate2UI.SelectFromCollection(fcollection, "Test Certificate Select", "Select a certificate from the following list to get information on that certificate", X509SelectionFlag.MultiSelection)
            Console.WriteLine("Number of certificates: {0}{1}", scollection.Count, Environment.NewLine)
            Dim x509 As X509Certificate2
            For Each x509 In scollection
                Dim rawdata As Byte() = x509.RawData
                Console.WriteLine("Content Type: {0}{1}", X509Certificate2.GetCertContentType(rawdata), Environment.NewLine)
                Console.WriteLine("Friendly Name: {0}{1}", x509.FriendlyName, Environment.NewLine)
                Console.WriteLine("Certificate Verified?: {0}{1}", x509.Verify(), Environment.NewLine)
                Console.WriteLine("Simple Name: {0}{1}", x509.GetNameInfo(X509NameType.SimpleName, True), Environment.NewLine)
                Console.WriteLine("Signature Algorithm: {0}{1}", x509.SignatureAlgorithm.FriendlyName, Environment.NewLine)
                Console.WriteLine("Private Key: {0}{1}", x509.PrivateKey.ToXmlString(False), Environment.NewLine)
                Console.WriteLine("Public Key: {0}{1}", x509.PublicKey.Key.ToXmlString(False), Environment.NewLine)
                Console.WriteLine("Certificate Archived?: {0}{1}", x509.Archived, Environment.NewLine)
                Console.WriteLine("Length of Raw Data: {0}{1}", x509.RawData.Length, Environment.NewLine)
                X509Certificate2UI.DisplayCertificate(x509)
                x509.Reset()
            Next x509
            store.Close()
        Catch cExcept As CryptographicException
            Console.WriteLine("Information could not be written out for this certificate.")
        End Try

    End Sub
End Class

import System.*;
import System.Security.Cryptography.*;
import System.Security.Permissions.*;
import System.IO.*;
import System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.*;

public class CertSelect
{
	/** @attribute SecurityPermission(SecurityAction.LinkDemand,
		Unrestricted = true) */
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try {
            X509Store store = new X509Store("MY", StoreLocation.CurrentUser);
            store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly | OpenFlags.OpenExistingOnly);

            X509Certificate2Collection collection =
                (X509Certificate2Collection)store.get_Certificates();
            X509Certificate2Collection fCollection =
                (X509Certificate2Collection)collection.Find(
                X509FindType.FindByTimeValid, DateTime.get_Now(), false);
            X509Certificate2Collection sCollection = X509Certificate2UI.SelectFromCollection(fCollection, "Test Certificate Select","Select a certificate from the following list to get information on that certificate",X509SelectionFlag.MultiSelection);

            Console.WriteLine("Number of certificates: {0}{1}",
                (Int32)sCollection.get_Count(), Environment.get_NewLine());
            for (int iCtr = 0; iCtr < sCollection.get_Count(); iCtr++) {
                X509Certificate2 x509 =
                    (X509Certificate2)(sCollection.get_Item(iCtr));
                ubyte rawData[] = x509.get_RawData();

                Console.WriteLine("Content Type: {0}{1}",
                    X509Certificate2.GetCertContentType(rawData),
                    Environment.get_NewLine());
                Console.WriteLine("Friendly Name: {0}{1}",
                    x509.get_FriendlyName(), Environment.get_NewLine());
                Console.WriteLine("Certificate Verified?: {0}{1}",
                    (System.Boolean)x509.Verify(), Environment.get_NewLine());
                Console.WriteLine("Simple Name: {0}{1}",
                    x509.GetNameInfo(X509NameType.SimpleName, true),
                    Environment.get_NewLine());
                Console.WriteLine("Signature Algorithm: {0}{1}",
                    x509.get_SignatureAlgorithm().get_FriendlyName(),
                    Environment.get_NewLine());
                Console.WriteLine("Private Key: {0}{1}",
                    x509.get_PrivateKey().ToXmlString(false),
                    Environment.get_NewLine());
                Console.WriteLine("Public Key: {0}{1}",
                    x509.get_PublicKey().get_Key().ToXmlString(false),
                    Environment.get_NewLine());
                Console.WriteLine("Certificate Archived?: {0}{1}",
                    (System.Boolean)x509.get_Archived(),
                    Environment.get_NewLine());
                Console.WriteLine("Length of Raw Data: {0}{1}",
                    (Int32)x509.get_RawData().length,
                    Environment.get_NewLine());
                X509Certificate2UI.DisplayCertificate(x509);
                x509.Reset();
            }
            store.Close();
        }
        catch (CryptographicException exp) {
            Console.WriteLine("Information could not be written out for this "
                + "certificate.");
        }
    } //main
} //CertSelect

System.Object
   System.Collections.CollectionBase
     System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509CertificateCollection
      System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2Collection

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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