Error codes for CryptographicExceptions?

Question

I'm trying to map different CryptographicExceptions to custom exceptions and messages. For example, "Object already exists" ==> "Not enough permissions to access an existing RSA key container". However, when I examine CryptographicException class, I don't find any error code collection like other exception types have. I'm running on 3.5, so HResult is not available either. Finally, I cannot rely on the message, since it can be localized. Any other ideas?

Answer 1

public Exception GetMappedCryptographicException(CryptographicException e)
{
    uint hresult = (uint)Marshal.GetHRForException(e);

    switch (hresult)
    {
        case 0x8009000F;  // OBJECT_ALREADY_EXISTS
            return new Exception(e, "Not enough permissions to access RSA key container.");
        default:
            return new Exception(e, "Unexpected cryptographic exception occurred.");
    }
}