GetSerialNumberByteArray Method (IPkiCertificate)

Same as System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate.GetSerialNumber. Returns the serial number of the PKI certificate as an array of bytes in little-endian order.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
<NotNullAttribute()>
Function GetSerialNumberByteArray() As Byte()

'Usage
 
Dim instance As IPkiCertificate
Dim value() As Byte
 
value = instance.GetSerialNumberByteArray()

[NotNull()]
byte[] GetSerialNumberByteArray()

[NotNull()]
array<byte>^ GetSerialNumberByteArray();

Return Value

The serial number of the PKI certificate as an array of bytes in little-endian order.

This method never returns null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException	An error occurred during a cryptographic operation. This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

Exception

Description

System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException

An error occurred during a cryptographic operation.

This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

Remarks

This method has been introduced as an alternative way to achieve the functionality of System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate.GetSerialNumber for some COM consumers (such as Microsoft C++ native COM support #import), where the automatically generated getter function for the System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2.SerialNumber property becomes GetSerialNumber, causing a conflict.

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

Reference

IPkiCertificate Interface
IPkiCertificate Members

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