QuickOPC User's Guide and Reference
FindOwnCertificate Method (IEasyUAClientServerApplicationExtension)



OpcLabs.EasyOpcUA Assembly > OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.Extensions Namespace > IEasyUAClientServerApplicationExtension Class : FindOwnCertificate Method
The OPC UA client/server application object that will perform the operation.
Finds the own certificate the application is currently configured to use.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
<CanBeNullAttribute()>
Public Shared Function FindOwnCertificate( _
   ByVal application As IEasyUAClientServerApplication _
) As IPkiCertificate
'Usage
 
Dim application As IEasyUAClientServerApplication
Dim value As IPkiCertificate
 
value = IEasyUAClientServerApplicationExtension.FindOwnCertificate(application)
[Extension()]
[CanBeNull()]
public static IPkiCertificate FindOwnCertificate( 
   IEasyUAClientServerApplication application
)
[Extension()]
[CanBeNull()]
public:
static IPkiCertificate^ FindOwnCertificate( 
   IEasyUAClientServerApplication^ application
) 

Parameters

application
The OPC UA client/server application object that will perform the operation.

Return Value

Returns the own certificate, if found. Returns null if the own certificate cannot be found.
Exceptions
ExceptionDescription

A null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument.

This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

The OPC UA operation has failed. This operation exception in uniformly used to allow common handling of various kinds of errors. The System.Exception.InnerException always contains information about the actual error cause.

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.

Requirements

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

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