(Android™) Create XML Digital Signature using HMAC Key

Demonstrates how to create an XML digital signature using an HMAC key.

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

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

    // Signs the following XML using an HMAC key.

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
    // <collection Id="root">
    // 	<album>
    // 		<title>Questions, unanswered</title>
    // 		<artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</artist>
    // 		<year>1989</year>
    // 		<t:tracks xmlns:t="http://test.xades4j/tracks">
    // 			<t:song length="4:05" tracknumber="1">
    // 				<t:title>What do you know?</t:title>
    // 				<t:artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</t:artist>
    // 				<t:lastplayed>2006-10-17-08:31</t:lastplayed>
    // 			</t:song>
    // 			<t:song length="3:45" tracknumber="2">
    // 				<t:title>Who do you know?</t:title>
    // 				<t:artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</t:artist>
    // 				<t:lastplayed>2006-10-17-08:35</t:lastplayed>
    // 			</t:song>
    // 			<t:song length="5:14" tracknumber="3">
    // 				<t:title>When do you know?</t:title>
    // 				<t:artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</t:artist>
    // 				<t:lastplayed>2006-10-17-08:39</t:lastplayed>
    // 			</t:song>
    // 			<t:song length="4:19" tracknumber="4">
    // 				<t:title>Do you know?</t:title>
    // 				<t:artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</t:artist>
    // 				<t:lastplayed>2006-10-17-08:44</t:lastplayed>
    // 			</t:song>
    // 		</t:tracks>
    // 	</album>
    // </collection>
    // 

    // The above XML is available at https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampleData/flubberblub.xml
    // Fetch the XML and then sign it..

    String url = "https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampleData/flubberblub.xml";
    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    CkStringBuilder sbXml = new CkStringBuilder();
    boolean success = http.QuickGetSb(url,sbXml);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkXmlDSigGen xmlSigGen = new CkXmlDSigGen();

    // The Signature will be inserted under the "collection" element.
    xmlSigGen.put_SigLocation("collection");

    // Sign everything in <collection Id="root"> ... </collection>
    xmlSigGen.AddSameDocRef("root","sha256","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..)
    xmlSigGen.SetHmacKey("secret","ascii");
    // or
    xmlSigGen.SetHmacKey("c2VjcmV0","base64");
    // or
    xmlSigGen.SetHmacKey("736563726574","hex");

    // Sign the XML..
    success = xmlSigGen.CreateXmlDSigSb(sbXml);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, xmlSigGen.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Examine the signed XML:
    Log.i(TAG, sbXml.getAsString());

    // The output is:
    // 
    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
    // <collection Id="root">
    // 	<album>
    // 		<title>Questions, unanswered</title>
    // 		<artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</artist>
    // 		<year>1989</year>
    // 		<t:tracks xmlns:t="http://test.xades4j/tracks">
    // 			<t:song length="4:05" tracknumber="1">
    // 				<t:title>What do you know?</t:title>
    // 				<t:artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</t:artist>
    // 				<t:lastplayed>2006-10-17-08:31</t:lastplayed>
    // 			</t:song>
    // 			<t:song length="3:45" tracknumber="2">
    // 				<t:title>Who do you know?</t:title>
    // 				<t:artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</t:artist>
    // 				<t:lastplayed>2006-10-17-08:35</t:lastplayed>
    // 			</t:song>
    // 			<t:song length="5:14" tracknumber="3">
    // 				<t:title>When do you know?</t:title>
    // 				<t:artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</t:artist>
    // 				<t:lastplayed>2006-10-17-08:39</t:lastplayed>
    // 			</t:song>
    // 			<t:song length="4:19" tracknumber="4">
    // 				<t:title>Do you know?</t:title>
    // 				<t:artist>Steve and the flubberblubs</t:artist>
    // 				<t:lastplayed>2006-10-17-08:44</t:lastplayed>
    // 			</t:song>
    // 		</t:tracks>
    // 	</album>
    // <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="#root"><ds:Transforms><ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature"/></ds:Transforms><ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/><ds:DigestValue>rD/g8soqKz8EiPUBhEWfcQacS0ta4ULHX3dKMEH6ZoQ=</ds:DigestValue></ds:Reference></ds:SignedInfo><ds:SignatureValue>R8dXP95VRYJBfL6d0Peogybdk27+R+JIfX8jnVu0NOI=</ds:SignatureValue></ds:Signature></collection>
    // 

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}