KeyStore.GetCertificate(String) Method

Definition

Returns the certificate associated with the given alias.

[Android.Runtime.Register("getCertificate", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/security/cert/Certificate;", "")]
public Java.Security.Cert.Certificate? GetCertificate (string? alias);

Parameters

alias
String

the alias name

Returns

the certificate, or null if the given alias does not exist or does not contain a certificate.

Attributes

Exceptions

if this KeyStore is not initialized.

Remarks

Returns the certificate associated with the given alias.

If the given alias name identifies an entry created by a call to setCertificateEntry, or created by a call to setEntry with a TrustedCertificateEntry, then the trusted certificate contained in that entry is returned.

If the given alias name identifies an entry created by a call to setKeyEntry, or created by a call to setEntry with a PrivateKeyEntry, then the first element of the certificate chain in that entry is returned.

Java documentation for java.security.KeyStore.getCertificate(java.lang.String).

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Applies to