Java Requires Chilkat v10.1.2+

Find a Certificate in the "Other People" Windows Certificate Store

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Demonstrates how to open the "Current User --> Other People" Windows certificate store, and locates a certificate matching an email address. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Cert;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.CertStore;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        CertStore certStore = new CertStore();

        // The "AddressBook" is the "Other People" certificate store as shown in certmgr.msc
        boolean readOnly = true;
        try {
            certStore.openWindowsStore("CurrentUser", "AddressBook", readOnly);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Find the certificate for the email address:
        JsonObject jsonE = new JsonObject();
        jsonE.updateString("email", "joe@example.com");

        Cert cert = new Cert();
        try {
            certStore.findCert(jsonE, cert);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Found certificate: " + cert.getSubjectDN());
    }
}