(Java) Send Signed Email using PFX File (long version)

Demonstrates how to send a signed email using a digital certificate w/ private key stored in a PFX file.

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

    // The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
    CkMailMan mailman = new CkMailMan();

    // Set the SMTP server.
    mailman.put_SmtpHost("smtp.mymailserver.com");

    // Create a new email object
    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();

    email.put_Subject("This email is signed");
    email.put_Body("This is a digitally signed mail");
    email.put_From("Chilkat Admin <admin@chilkatsoft.com>");
    boolean success = email.AddTo("Chilkat Support","support@chilkatsoft.com");

    // Indicate that the email should be sent signed.
    email.put_SendSigned(true);

    // Load a PFX file into a certificate store object.
    // Then locate the certificate matching the  sender's email address,
    // and use it for signing.
    // (a PFX file may contain more than one certificate.)
    CkCertStore certStore = new CkCertStore();
    // The 1st argument is the path of the PFX file, the 2nd arg is the 
    // PFX file's password:
    success = certStore.LoadPfxFile("/pfx_files/chilkatsoft_secret.pfx","secret");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(certStore.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkCert cert = certStore.FindCertBySubjectE("admin@chilkatsoft.com");
    if (certStore.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(certStore.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Alternatively, if a PFX file is known to contain a single certificate,
    // you may load it directly into a Chilkat certificate object.
    // This snippet of source code shows how:
    CkCert cert2 = new CkCert();
    // The 1st argument is the filename, the 2nd arg is the 
    // PFX file's password:
    success = cert2.LoadPfxFile("/pfx_files/chilkatsoft_secret.pfx","secret");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(cert2.lastErrorText());

        return;
        }

    // This example will use the cert from the certStore...
    success = email.SetSigningCert(cert);

    // Signed email can be sent in two different ways.  
    // In a multipart/signed email, the signature is attached as a separate MIME part.
    // In an opaque email (signedData) the content of the email is encapsulated within the signature
    // and the email is sent as "application/pkcs7-mime". 
    // Either should be fine, but some receiving systems might require one or the other..
    mailman.put_OpaqueSigning(false);

    // Send a signed email.
    success = mailman.SendEmail(email);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(mailman.lastErrorText());
        }
    else {
        // The LastErrorText property provides information
        // even when successful.
        System.out.println(mailman.lastErrorText());
        System.out.println("Mail Sent!");
        }
  }
}