Handling of certificate user tokens with OPC UA

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Handling of certificate user tokens with OPC UA

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The following code provides an example for using certificate user tokens in an OPC UA client with the C++ SDK

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    UaStatus            ret;
    UaSession*          pSession;
    UaString            sUrl;
    UaString            sCertificateFile; // Set path and file name for public key
    UaString            sPrivateKeyFile; // Set path and file name for private key
    SessionConnectInfo  connectInfo;
    SessionSecurityInfo securityInfo;

    UaPkiCertificate userCertificate = UaPkiCertificate::fromDERFile(sCertificateFile.toUtf8());
    UaPkiRsaKeyPair userPrivateKey = UaPkiRsaKeyPair::fromPEMFile(sPrivateKeyFile.toUtf8(), OpcUa_Null);

    if (userCertificate.isNull())
    {
        // Error handling
    }
    if (!userPrivateKey.isValid())
    {
        // Error handling
    }

    UaByteArray baUserCertificate = userCertificate.toDER();
    UaByteArray baUserPrivateKey = userPrivateKey.toDER();

    UaByteString bsUserCertificate(baUserCertificate.size(), (OpcUa_Byte*)baUserCertificate.data());
    UaByteString bsUserPrivateKey(baUserPrivateKey.size(), (OpcUa_Byte*)baUserPrivateKey.data());

    securityInfo.setCertificateUserIdentity(bsUserCertificate, bsUserPrivateKey);


    // Connect to server with certificate as user token
    ret = pSession->connect(sUrl, connectInfo, securityInfo, g_pCallback);
 
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