The methods of the Certificate class are listed below. For a complete list of Certificate class members, see the Certificate Members topic.
Public Static (Shared) Methods
  CreateFromBase64String | Creates a new Certificate from a string representation. |
| CreateFromCerFile | Overloaded. Creates a new instance of the Certificate class by opening a certificate file and retrieving the first certificate from it. |
| CreateFromPemFile | Overloaded. Creates a new instance of the Certificate class by reading a certificate from a PEM encoded file. |
| CreateFromPfxFile | Overloaded. Creates a new instance of the Certificate class by opening a PFX file and retrieving the first certificate from it. |
| CreateFromX509Certificate | Creates a new instance of the Certificate class by duplicating an existing X509Certificate instance. |
| DecodeExtension | Overloaded. Decodes the specified extension and returns an object of the specified type that is instantiated with the decoded bytes. |
| GetValidUsages | Returns an array of usages consisting of the intersection of the valid usages for all certificates in an array of certificates. |
Protected Static (Shared) Methods
Public Instance Methods
| AssociateWithPrivateKey | Overloaded. Associates the certificate with a private key from a PVK file. |
| Clone | Creates a copy of this Certificate. |
| Equals | Overloaded. Compares a Certificate object and an X509Certificate object for equality. |
| FindExtension | Searches for a certificate extension. |
| GetCertHash | Overloaded. Returns the hash value for the X.509v3 certificate as an array of bytes. |
| GetCertHashString | Overloaded. Returns the hash value for the X.509v3 certificate as a hexadecimal string. |
| GetCertificateChain | Returns a CertificateChain where the leaf certificate corresponds to this Certificate. |
| GetDistinguishedName | Returns a list of attributes of the X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetEffectiveDate | Returns the effective date of this X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetEnhancedKeyUsage | Returns a list of enhanced key usages of the X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetExpirationDate | Returns the expiration date of this X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetExtensions | Returns a list of extensions of the X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetFormat | Returns the name of the format of this X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetHashCode | Returns the hash code for the X.509v3 certificate as an integer. |
| GetIntendedKeyUsage | Returns a list of intended key usages of the X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetIssuerName | Returns the name of the certification authority that issued the X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetKeyAlgorithm | Returns the key algorithm information for this X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetKeyAlgorithmParameters | Returns the key algorithm parameters for the X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetKeyAlgorithmParametersString | Returns the key algorithm parameters for the X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetKeyIdentifier | Gets the unique identifier associated with the key. |
| GetName | Returns the name of the current principal. |
| GetPublicKey | Returns the public key for the X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetPublicKeyLength | Returns the length of the public key of the X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetPublicKeyString | Returns the public key for the X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetRawCertData | Returns the raw data for the entire X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetRawCertDataString | Returns the raw data for the entire X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetSerialNumber | Returns the serial number of the X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetSerialNumberString | Returns the serial number of the X.509v3 certificate. |
| GetType (inherited from Object) | Gets the Type of the current instance. |
| HasPrivateKey | Checks whether the Certificate has a private key associated with it. |
| ToBase64String | Returns a Base64-encoded representation of the certificate. |
| ToCerBuffer | Saves the Certificate as an encoded buffer. |
| ToCerFile | Saves the Certificate as an encoded file. |
| ToPemBuffer | Converts the Certificate to a PEM encoded buffer. |
| ToPfxBuffer | Saves the Certificate as a PFX encoded buffer. |
| ToPfxFile | Saves the Certificate as a PFX encoded file. |
| ToString | Overloaded. Returns a string representation of the current Certificate object. |
| ToX509 | Returns an X509Certificate object that corresponds to this Certificate. |
Protected Instance Methods
 Finalize | Disposes of the certificate and frees unmanaged resources. |
| MemberwiseClone (inherited from Object) | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. |
See Also
Certificate Class | Org.Mentalis.Security.Certificates Namespace