(Java) Create JWS Using Private Key on a Smart Card

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Creates and validates a JSON Web Signature (JWS) using the private key associated with a certificate on a smart card.

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

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

    // Load the certificate from a smart card.
    CkCert cert = new CkCert();
    boolean success = cert.LoadFromSmartcard("");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(cert.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Note: Chilkat provides many different ways to load a certificate from a smartcard or USB token,
    // such as selecting a certificate if the card contains multiple certificates with private keys,
    // or working with lower-level PKCS11 or ScMinidriver API's (both of which Chilkat provides).

    // If the associated private key was present on the smartcard, then you can simply
    // get it from the Chilkat cert object:
    CkPrivateKey privKey = cert.ExportPrivateKey();
    if (cert.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(cert.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // You can check the key type to make sure it's RSA.
    // This will output "rsa" if the key is RSA.
    System.out.println("Key type = " + privKey.keyType());

    // Create the JWS Protected Header
    CkJsonObject jwsProtHdr = new CkJsonObject();
    jwsProtHdr.AppendString("alg","RS256");

    CkJws jws = new CkJws();

    // Set the protected header:
    int signatureIndex = 0;
    jws.SetProtectedHeader(signatureIndex,jwsProtHdr);

    // Set the RSA key:
    jws.SetPrivateKey(signatureIndex,privKey);

    // Set the payload.
    boolean bIncludeBom = false;
    String payloadStr = "In our village, folks say God crumbles up the old moon into stars.";
    jws.SetPayload(payloadStr,"utf-8",bIncludeBom);

    // Create the JWS
    // By default, the compact serialization is used.
    String jwsCompact = jws.createJws();
    if (jws.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        System.out.println(jws.lastErrorText());

        return;
        }

    System.out.println("JWS: " + jwsCompact);

    // sample output:
    // JWS: eyJhbGciOiJQUzI1NiJ9.SW4gb3VyIHZpbGxhZ2UsIGZvbGtzIHNheSBHb2QgY3J1bWJsZXMgdXAgdGhlIG9sZCBtb29uIGludG8gc3RhcnMu.TRWhwRo5dMv9-8OzrInfJTwmUGYgjLfHk8lqF072ND-FmLWEBnUTOpY8oJXp8FdWw2SalbdOeNlrtlJjwk4XK8Ql2iJ_2qMCtxsvLPhKBOqFoAF4aBvTOEDVJDxf0DaBSiydEEtfTVV2iwBcjWabu5J2XieR5y7QZQtuHsn7T3qKBvCcCejN3Y2oqAT3qMHvu1fTms1r_91wBn_K7Wjd9UkZ1n02qQcUHJznR_OF2BgN7_KWIDAF9ZS9keoju2NPpPelO4yxa2XUPnehY3G7dHKoCxUEQR4d2Xc5voqDASTVCDqQS4PVOZdvT3Ein6-SanAlCwbWBbkvT8g6-5PImQ

    // Now load the JWS, validate, and recover the original text.
    CkJws jws2 = new CkJws();

    // Load the JWS.
    success = jws2.LoadJws(jwsCompact);

    CkPublicKey rsaPubKey = privKey.GetPublicKey();

    // Set the RSA public key used for validation.
    signatureIndex = 0;
    jws2.SetPublicKey(signatureIndex,rsaPubKey);

    // Validate the 1st (and only) signature at index 0..
    int v = jws2.Validate(signatureIndex);
    if (v < 0) {
        // Perhaps Chilkat was not unlocked or the trial expired..
        System.out.println("Method call failed for some other reason.");
        System.out.println(jws2.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    if (v == 0) {
        System.out.println("Invalid signature.  The RSA key was incorrect, the JWS was invalid, or both.");
        return;
        }

    // If we get here, the signature was validated..
    System.out.println("Signature validated.");

    // Recover the original content:
    System.out.println(jws2.getPayload("utf-8"));

    // Examine the protected header:
    CkJsonObject joseHeader = jws2.GetProtectedHeader(signatureIndex);
    if (jws2.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        System.out.println("No protected header found at the given index.");
        return;
        }

    joseHeader.put_EmitCompact(false);

    System.out.println("Protected (JOSE) header:");
    System.out.println(joseHeader.emit());

    // Output:

    // 	Signature validated.
    // 	In our village, folks say God crumbles up the old moon into stars.
    // 	Protected (JOSE) header:
    // 	{ 
    // 	  "alg": "RS256"
    // 	}
  }
}