Java

PKCS11 Initialize

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The first thing to do to interact with a smart card or USB security token using PKCS11 is to call Initialize. It loads the vendors DLL/shared library and initializes the Cryptoki library. (The Cryptoki library is the DLL/shared lib provided by the smart card vendor.)

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.88 or later.

Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Pkcs11;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        // Note: Chilkat's PKCS11 implementation runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other supported operating systems.

        Pkcs11 pkcs11 = new Pkcs11();

        // You'll need to know in advance the name and possibly the full path to the smart card vendor's shared library.
        // On Windows systems it is a .dll.   On Linux it is a .so.  On Mac OS X it will be a .dylib.
        // On Windows, if you set the SharedLibPath equal to just the name of the DLL, then it is assumed to be located in the Windows system directory
        // which contains dynamic-link libraries and drivers. The Windows system directory is typically C:\Windows\System32

        // In this example we will pass just the name of the DLL because it is located in C:\Windows\System32.
        // On non-Windows systems you should specify the full path to the shared lib.
        // Also use the full path on Windows systems where the smart card vendor's DLL does not install to C:\Windows\System32.
        pkcs11.setSharedLibPath("aetpkss1.dll");

        try {
            pkcs11.initialize();
            System.out.println("PKCS11 successfully initialized.");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
        }
    }
}