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Gets a certificate from a given store.

        
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using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

namespace IssueTracker.Configuration
{
    /// <summary>
    /// A utility class which helps to retrieve an x509 certificate
    /// </summary>
    public class CertificateUtil
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a certificate from a given store.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name">Certificate Store where to look for the certificate.</param>
        /// <param name="location">StoreLocation of the certificate.</param>
        /// <param name="subjectName">Distinguished name of the certificate subject name.</param>
        /// <returns>Instance of X509Certificate2.</returns>
        public static X509Certificate2 GetCertificate(StoreName name, StoreLocation location, string subjectName)
        {
            X509Store store = new X509Store(name, location);
            X509Certificate2Collection certificates = null;
            store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly);

            try
            {
                X509Certificate2 result = null;

                //
                // Every time we call store.Certificates property, a new collection will be returned.
                //
                certificates = store.Certificates;

                for (int i = 0; i < certificates.Count; i++)
                {
                    X509Certificate2 cert = certificates[i];

                    if (cert.SubjectName.Name.ToLower() == subjectName.ToLower())
                    {
                        if (result != null)
                            throw new ApplicationException(string.Format("There is more than one certificate found for subject Name {0}", subjectName));

                        result = new X509Certificate2(cert);
                    }
                }

                if (result == null)
                {
                    throw new ApplicationException(string.Format("No certificate was found for subject Name {0}", subjectName));
                }
                return result;
            }
            finally
            {
                if (certificates != null)
                {
                    for (int i = 0; i < certificates.Count; i++)
                    {
                        X509Certificate2 cert = certificates[i];
                        cert.Reset();
                    }
                }

                store.Close();
            }
        }
    }
}

   
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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