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Alliance Access LAU Sign Message (XML Signature using HMAC-SHA-256)

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Demonstrates how to sign XML according to the requirements for Alliance Access LAU (Local Authentication) using HMAC-SHA-256.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Xml;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.XmlDSigGen;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        boolean success = false;

        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        // We begin with this message:

        // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
        // <Saa:DataPDU xmlns:Saa="urn:swift:saa:xsd:saa.2.0" xmlns:Sw="urn:swift:snl:ns.Sw"
        //   xmlns:SwGbl="urn:swift:snl:ns.SwGbl" xmlns:SwInt="urn:swift:snl:ns:SwInt" xmlns:SwSec="url:swift:snl:ns.SwSec">
        //     <Saa:Revision>2.0.7</Saa:Revision>
        //     <Saa:Header>
        //         <Saa:Message>
        //             <test>blah blah</test>
        //         </Saa:Message>
        //     </Saa:Header>
        //     <Saa:Body>...</Saa:Body>
        //     <Saa:LAU>
        //     </Saa:LAU>
        // </Saa:DataPDU>

        // And we want so sign to create this as the result:
        // The signed XML we'll create will not be indented and pretty-printed like this.
        // Instead, we'll use the "CompactSignedXml" behavior to produce compact single-line XML.

        // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
        // <Saa:DataPDU xmlns:Saa="urn:swift:saa:xsd:saa.2.0" xmlns:Sw="urn:swift:snl:ns.Sw"
        //   xmlns:SwGbl="urn:swift:snl:ns.SwGbl" xmlns:SwInt="urn:swift:snl:ns:SwInt" xmlns:SwSec="url:swift:snl:ns.SwSec">
        //     <Saa:Revision>2.0.7</Saa:Revision>
        //     <Saa:Header>
        //         <Saa:Message>
        //             <test>blah blah</test>
        //         </Saa:Message>
        //     </Saa:Header>
        //     <Saa:Body>...</Saa:Body>
        //     <Saa:LAU>
        //         <ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
        //             <ds:SignedInfo>
        //                 <ds:CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
        //                 <ds:SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#hmac-sha256"/>
        //                 <ds:Reference URI="">
        //                     <ds:Transforms>
        //                         <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature"/>
        //                         <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
        //                     </ds:Transforms>
        //                     <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
        //                     <ds:DigestValue>Y7oScHnYOUQvni/TSzZbDec+HR+mWIFH149GXpwj1Ws=</ds:DigestValue>
        //                 </ds:Reference>
        //             </ds:SignedInfo>
        //             <ds:SignatureValue>6ynF/FcwbPsHrtlj3h2agJigdnvpbO6hOzKSRGzqkw0=</ds:SignatureValue>
        //         </ds:Signature>
        //     </Saa:LAU>
        // </Saa:DataPDU>

        success = true;

        // Create the XML to be signed...

        // (The XML does not need to be created this way.  It can be loaded from a file or a string.)
        // Also, use this online tool to generate code from sample XML:
        // Generate Code to Create XML

        Xml xmlToSign = new Xml();
        xmlToSign.setTag("Saa:DataPDU");
        xmlToSign.addAttribute("xmlns:Saa", "urn:swift:saa:xsd:saa.2.0");
        xmlToSign.addAttribute("xmlns:Sw", "urn:swift:snl:ns.Sw");
        xmlToSign.addAttribute("xmlns:SwGbl", "urn:swift:snl:ns.SwGbl");
        xmlToSign.addAttribute("xmlns:SwInt", "urn:swift:snl:ns:SwInt");
        xmlToSign.addAttribute("xmlns:SwSec", "url:swift:snl:ns.SwSec");
        xmlToSign.updateChildContent("Saa:Revision", "2.0.7");
        xmlToSign.updateChildContent("Saa:Header|Saa:Message|test", "blah blah");
        xmlToSign.updateChildContent("Saa:Body", "...");
        xmlToSign.updateChildContent("Saa:LAU", "");

        XmlDSigGen gen = new XmlDSigGen();

        gen.setSigLocation("Saa:DataPDU|Saa:LAU");
        gen.setSigLocationMod(0);
        gen.setSigNamespacePrefix("ds");
        gen.setSigNamespaceUri("http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#");
        gen.setSignedInfoCanonAlg("EXCL_C14N");
        gen.setSignedInfoDigestMethod("sha256");

        // You may alternatively choose "IndentedSignature" instead of "CompactSignedXml"
        gen.setBehaviors("CompactSignedXml");

        gen.addSameDocRef("", "sha256", "EXCL_C14N", "", "");

        // Specify the HMAC key.
        // For example, if the HMAC key is to be the us-ascii bytes of the string "secret",
        // the HMAC key can be set in any of the following ways (and also more ways not shown here..)
        gen.setHmacKey("secret", "ascii");
        // or
        gen.setHmacKey("c2VjcmV0", "base64");
        // or
        gen.setHmacKey("736563726574", "hex");

        // Sign the XML..
        StringBuilder sbXml = new StringBuilder();
        xmlToSign.getXmlSb(sbXml);
        try {
            gen.createXmlDSigSb(sbXml);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Save the signed XML to a file.
        sbXml.writeFile("qa_output/signedXml.xml", "utf-8", false);

        // Show the signed XML.
        System.out.println(sbXml.getAsString());
    }
}