X509Certificate2CollectionExtensionsEncode Method

Encodes existing collection of certificates to ASN.1-encoded byte array.

Definition

Namespace: SysadminsLV.PKI.Cryptography.X509Certificates
Assembly: SysadminsLV.PKI (in SysadminsLV.PKI.dll) Version: 4.0.1

C#

public static byte[] Encode(
	this X509Certificate2Collection collection,
	byte enclosingByte = 48
)

VB

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function Encode ( 
	collection As X509Certificate2Collection,
	Optional enclosingByte As Byte = 48
) As Byte()

C++

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static array<unsigned char>^ Encode(
	X509Certificate2Collection^ collection, 
	unsigned char enclosingByte = 48
)

F#

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member Encode : 
        collection : X509Certificate2Collection * 
        ?enclosingByte : byte 
(* Defaults:
        let _enclosingByte = defaultArg enclosingByte 48
*)
-> byte[]

Parameters

collection X509Certificate2Collection: Extension collection to encode.
enclosingByte Byte (Optional)

Return Value

Byte
ASN.1-encoded byte array.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type X509Certificate2Collection. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

This method is not the same as X509Certificate2Collection.Export method and outputs ASN.1-style collection.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

extensions parameter is null.