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JWE using RSAES-PKCS1-v1_5 and AES_128_CBC_HMAC_SHA_256

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This example duplicates the example A.2 in RFC 7516 for JSON Web Encryption (JWE).

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    success := false

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

    // Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.66 or greater.

    plaintext := "Live long and prosper."

    // First build the JWE Protected Header.
    // We want to build this: {"alg":"RSA1_5","enc":"A128CBC-HS256"}
    jweProtHdr := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    jweProtHdr.AppendString("alg","RSA1_5")
    jweProtHdr.AppendString("enc","A128CBC-HS256")
    fmt.Println("JWE Protected Header: ", *jweProtHdr.Emit())
    fmt.Println("--")

    // The specific RSA key used in the A.2 example is the following JWK:
    sbJwk := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    sbJwk.Append("{\"kty\":\"RSA\",")
    sbJwk.Append("\"n\":\"sXchDaQebHnPiGvyDOAT4saGEUetSyo9MKLOoWFsueri23bOdgWp4Dy1Wl")
    sbJwk.Append("UzewbgBHod5pcM9H95GQRV3JDXboIRROSBigeC5yjU1hGzHHyXss8UDpre")
    sbJwk.Append("cbAYxknTcQkhslANGRUZmdTOQ5qTRsLAt6BTYuyvVRdhS8exSZEy_c4gs_")
    sbJwk.Append("7svlJJQ4H9_NxsiIoLwAEk7-Q3UXERGYw_75IDrGA84-lA_-Ct4eTlXHBI")
    sbJwk.Append("Y2EaV7t7LjJaynVJCpkv4LKjTTAumiGUIuQhrNhZLuF_RJLqHpM2kgWFLU")
    sbJwk.Append("7-VTdL1VbC2tejvcI2BlMkEpk1BzBZI0KQB0GaDWFLN-aEAw3vRw\",")
    sbJwk.Append("\"e\":\"AQAB\",")
    sbJwk.Append("\"d\":\"VFCWOqXr8nvZNyaaJLXdnNPXZKRaWCjkU5Q2egQQpTBMwhprMzWzpR8Sxq")
    sbJwk.Append("1OPThh_J6MUD8Z35wky9b8eEO0pwNS8xlh1lOFRRBoNqDIKVOku0aZb-ry")
    sbJwk.Append("nq8cxjDTLZQ6Fz7jSjR1Klop-YKaUHc9GsEofQqYruPhzSA-QgajZGPbE_")
    sbJwk.Append("0ZaVDJHfyd7UUBUKunFMScbflYAAOYJqVIVwaYR5zWEEceUjNnTNo_CVSj")
    sbJwk.Append("-VvXLO5VZfCUAVLgW4dpf1SrtZjSt34YLsRarSb127reG_DUwg9Ch-Kyvj")
    sbJwk.Append("T1SkHgUWRVGcyly7uvVGRSDwsXypdrNinPA4jlhoNdizK2zF2CWQ\",")
    sbJwk.Append("\"p\":\"9gY2w6I6S6L0juEKsbeDAwpd9WMfgqFoeA9vEyEUuk4kLwBKcoe1x4HG68")
    sbJwk.Append("ik918hdDSE9vDQSccA3xXHOAFOPJ8R9EeIAbTi1VwBYnbTp87X-xcPWlEP")
    sbJwk.Append("krdoUKW60tgs1aNd_Nnc9LEVVPMS390zbFxt8TN_biaBgelNgbC95sM\",")
    sbJwk.Append("\"q\":\"uKlCKvKv_ZJMVcdIs5vVSU_6cPtYI1ljWytExV_skstvRSNi9r66jdd9-y")
    sbJwk.Append("BhVfuG4shsp2j7rGnIio901RBeHo6TPKWVVykPu1iYhQXw1jIABfw-MVsN")
    sbJwk.Append("-3bQ76WLdt2SDxsHs7q7zPyUyHXmps7ycZ5c72wGkUwNOjYelmkiNS0\",")
    sbJwk.Append("\"dp\":\"w0kZbV63cVRvVX6yk3C8cMxo2qCM4Y8nsq1lmMSYhG4EcL6FWbX5h9yuv")
    sbJwk.Append("ngs4iLEFk6eALoUS4vIWEwcL4txw9LsWH_zKI-hwoReoP77cOdSL4AVcra")
    sbJwk.Append("Hawlkpyd2TWjE5evgbhWtOxnZee3cXJBkAi64Ik6jZxbvk-RR3pEhnCs\",")
    sbJwk.Append("\"dq\":\"o_8V14SezckO6CNLKs_btPdFiO9_kC1DsuUTd2LAfIIVeMZ7jn1Gus_Ff")
    sbJwk.Append("7B7IVx3p5KuBGOVF8L-qifLb6nQnLysgHDh132NDioZkhH7mI7hPG-PYE_")
    sbJwk.Append("odApKdnqECHWw0J-F0JWnUd6D2B_1TvF9mXA2Qx-iGYn8OVV1Bsmp6qU\",")
    sbJwk.Append("\"qi\":\"eNho5yRBEBxhGBtQRww9QirZsB66TrfFReG_CcteI1aCneT0ELGhYlRlC")
    sbJwk.Append("tUkTRclIfuEPmNsNDPbLoLqqCVznFbvdB7x-Tl-m0l_eFTj2KiqwGqE9PZ")
    sbJwk.Append("B9nNTwMVvH3VRRSLWACvPnSiwP8N5Usy-WRXS-V7TbpxIhvepTfE0NNo\"")
    sbJwk.Append("}")

    // Load this JWK into a Chilkat private key object.
    rsaPrivKey := chilkat.NewPrivateKey()
    success = rsaPrivKey.LoadJwk(*sbJwk.GetAsString())
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(rsaPrivKey.LastErrorText())
        jweProtHdr.DisposeJsonObject()
        sbJwk.DisposeStringBuilder()
        rsaPrivKey.DisposePrivateKey()
        return
    }

    // The public key is used to encrypt (i.e. create the JWE), 
    // and the private key is used to decrypt.
    // The RSA public key is simply a subset of the private key.  The RSA public key
    // is composed of the "n" and "e" members shown above.  These are also known as the
    // modulus and exponent.
    // We can simply get the public key object from the private key object
    rsaPubKey := chilkat.NewPublicKey()
    rsaPrivKey.ToPublicKey(rsaPubKey)

    // Create the JWE...
    jwe := chilkat.NewJwe()
    jwe.SetProtectedHeader(jweProtHdr)
    jwe.SetPublicKey(0,rsaPubKey)

    strJwe := jwe.Encrypt(plaintext,"utf-8")
    if jwe.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println(jwe.LastErrorText())
        jweProtHdr.DisposeJsonObject()
        sbJwk.DisposeStringBuilder()
        rsaPrivKey.DisposePrivateKey()
        rsaPubKey.DisposePublicKey()
        jwe.DisposeJwe()
        return
    }

    // Show the JWE we just created:
    fmt.Println(*strJwe)

    // Note: The RSA PKCS1_V1_5 padding uses random value, and the results
    // will be different each time.  However, each result should be successfully
    // decrypting if using the correct RSA private key.

    // Let's decrypt the JWE that was just produced.
    // Do the following to decrypt a JWE:
    // 1) Load the JWE.
    // 2) Set the private key for decryption.
    // 3) Decrypt.
    jwe2 := chilkat.NewJwe()
    success = jwe2.LoadJwe(*strJwe)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(jwe2.LastErrorText())
        jweProtHdr.DisposeJsonObject()
        sbJwk.DisposeStringBuilder()
        rsaPrivKey.DisposePrivateKey()
        rsaPubKey.DisposePublicKey()
        jwe.DisposeJwe()
        jwe2.DisposeJwe()
        return
    }

    // Provide the RSA private key for decryption.
    // (The JWE was encrypted for a single recipient at index 0.)
    jwe2.SetPrivateKey(0,rsaPrivKey)

    // Decrypt.
    originalPlaintext := jwe2.Decrypt(0,"utf-8")
    if jwe2.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println(jwe2.LastErrorText())
        jweProtHdr.DisposeJsonObject()
        sbJwk.DisposeStringBuilder()
        rsaPrivKey.DisposePrivateKey()
        rsaPubKey.DisposePublicKey()
        jwe.DisposeJwe()
        jwe2.DisposeJwe()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("original text: ")
    fmt.Println(*originalPlaintext)

    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // It should also be possible to decrypt the JWE as shown in RFC 7516, Appendix A.2.7
    // because it was produced using the same RSA key.

    sbJwe := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    sbJwe.Append("eyJhbGciOiJSU0ExXzUiLCJlbmMiOiJBMTI4Q0JDLUhTMjU2In0.")
    sbJwe.Append("UGhIOguC7IuEvf_NPVaXsGMoLOmwvc1GyqlIKOK1nN94nHPoltGRhWhw7Zx0-kFm")
    sbJwe.Append("1NJn8LE9XShH59_i8J0PH5ZZyNfGy2xGdULU7sHNF6Gp2vPLgNZ__deLKxGHZ7Pc")
    sbJwe.Append("HALUzoOegEI-8E66jX2E4zyJKx-YxzZIItRzC5hlRirb6Y5Cl_p-ko3YvkkysZIF")
    sbJwe.Append("NPccxRU7qve1WYPxqbb2Yw8kZqa2rMWI5ng8OtvzlV7elprCbuPhcCdZ6XDP0_F8")
    sbJwe.Append("rkXds2vE4X-ncOIM8hAYHHi29NX0mcKiRaD0-D-ljQTP-cFPgwCp6X-nZZd9OHBv")
    sbJwe.Append("-B3oWh2TbqmScqXMR4gp_A.")
    sbJwe.Append("AxY8DCtDaGlsbGljb3RoZQ.")
    sbJwe.Append("KDlTtXchhZTGufMYmOYGS4HffxPSUrfmqCHXaI9wOGY.")
    sbJwe.Append("9hH0vgRfYgPnAHOd8stkvw")

    success = jwe2.LoadJweSb(sbJwe)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(jwe2.LastErrorText())
        jweProtHdr.DisposeJsonObject()
        sbJwk.DisposeStringBuilder()
        rsaPrivKey.DisposePrivateKey()
        rsaPubKey.DisposePublicKey()
        jwe.DisposeJwe()
        jwe2.DisposeJwe()
        sbJwe.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    // Provide the RSA private key for decryption.
    jwe2.SetPrivateKey(0,rsaPrivKey)

    // Decrypt.
    originalPlaintext = jwe2.Decrypt(0,"utf-8")
    if jwe2.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println(jwe2.LastErrorText())
        jweProtHdr.DisposeJsonObject()
        sbJwk.DisposeStringBuilder()
        rsaPrivKey.DisposePrivateKey()
        rsaPubKey.DisposePublicKey()
        jwe.DisposeJwe()
        jwe2.DisposeJwe()
        sbJwe.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(*originalPlaintext)

    jweProtHdr.DisposeJsonObject()
    sbJwk.DisposeStringBuilder()
    rsaPrivKey.DisposePrivateKey()
    rsaPubKey.DisposePublicKey()
    jwe.DisposeJwe()
    jwe2.DisposeJwe()
    sbJwe.DisposeStringBuilder()