Code Snippet: Select feature polygon(s) on Mouse Click ArcObjects C#

Code snippet of custom feature(s) selection tool on mouse click and highlight it using ArcObjects and C#.

 class SelectFeatureTool : ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Tool  
   {  
     protected override void OnMouseDown(MouseEventArgs arg)  
     {  
       IMxDocument mxDocument = ArcMap.Application.Document as IMxDocument;  
       IActiveView activeView = mxDocument.ActiveView;  
       IMap map = mxDocument.FocusMap;  
       ILayer layer = map.get_Layer(0); //Get 1st Layer  
       IFeatureLayer featureLayer = (IFeatureLayer) layer;  
   
       IPoint identifyPoint = activeView.ScreenDisplay.DisplayTransformation.ToMapPoint(arg.X, arg.Y);  
       ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IIdentify identifyLayer = (IIdentify)layer;  
       IArray array = identifyLayer.Identify(identifyPoint);  
         
       int oid = -1;  
       if (array != null)  
       {  
         object obj = array.get_Element(0);  
         IFeatureIdentifyObj fobj = obj as IFeatureIdentifyObj;  
         IRowIdentifyObject irow = fobj as IRowIdentifyObject;  
         IFeature feature = irow.Row as IFeature;  
         oid = feature.OID;  
       }  
       HighlightClickedFeature(featureLayer, oid, activeView);  
     }  
   

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