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Create JCEKS Containing Secret Keys

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Demonstrates how to create a JCEKS keystore file containing symmetric secret keys (for AES, Blowfish, HMAC SHA25, ChaCha20, etc.)

This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.66 or greater.

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IncludeFile "CkStringBuilder.pb"
IncludeFile "CkJavaKeyStore.pb"
IncludeFile "CkPrng.pb"
IncludeFile "CkJsonObject.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

    ; IMPORTANT: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.66 or greater.

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

    jceks.i = CkJavaKeyStore::ckCreate()
    If jceks.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; We'll need a pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) to generate symmetric keys.
    prng.i = CkPrng::ckCreate()
    If prng.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Generate some keys..

    ; 128-bit AES key (16 bytes)
    aesKey.s = CkPrng::ckGenRandom(prng,16,"base64")

    ; 256-bit Blowfish key (32 bytes)
    blowfishKey.s = CkPrng::ckGenRandom(prng,32,"base64")

    ; HMAC SHA256 key
    ; (An HMAC key can be anything, and any length. We'll use the following string:
    hmacKey.s = "This is my HMAC key"

    ; ChaCha20 256-bit
    chachaKey.s = CkPrng::ckGenRandom(prng,32,"base64")

    ; Add each secret key to the JCEKS
    encoding.s = "base64"
    password.s = "secret"
    CkJavaKeyStore::ckAddSecretKey(jceks,aesKey,encoding,"AES","my aes key",password)
    CkJavaKeyStore::ckAddSecretKey(jceks,blowfishKey,encoding,"BLOWFISH","my blowfish key",password)
    ; For HMAC, we're using the us-ascii bytes for the key..
    CkJavaKeyStore::ckAddSecretKey(jceks,hmacKey,"ascii","HMAC_SHA256","my hmac key",password)
    CkJavaKeyStore::ckAddSecretKey(jceks,chachaKey,encoding,"CHACHA","my chacha20 key",password)

    filePassword.s = "password"
    ; Write the JCEKs to a file.
    success = CkJavaKeyStore::ckToFile(jceks,filePassword,"qa_output/secretKeys.jceks")
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkJavaKeyStore::ckLastErrorText(jceks)
        CkJavaKeyStore::ckDispose(jceks)
        CkPrng::ckDispose(prng)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; We can also emit as a JWK Set..
    sbJson.i = CkStringBuilder::ckCreate()
    If sbJson.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkJavaKeyStore::ckToJwkSet(jceks,"secret",sbJson)
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkJavaKeyStore::ckLastErrorText(jceks)
        CkJavaKeyStore::ckDispose(jceks)
        CkPrng::ckDispose(prng)
        CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbJson)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Emit the JSON in pretty-printed (indented) form:
    json.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If json.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonObject::ckLoadSb(json,sbJson)
    CkJsonObject::setCkEmitCompact(json, 0)
    Debug CkJsonObject::ckEmit(json)

    ; Output is:

    ; { 
    ;   "keys": [
    ;     { 
    ;       "kty": "oct",
    ;       "alg": "AES",
    ;       "k": "vHekQQB0Gc1NvppapUTW2g",
    ;       "kid": "my aes key"
    ;     },
    ;     { 
    ;       "kty": "oct",
    ;       "alg": "BLOWFISH",
    ;       "k": "qHsdXaJsXicVCZbK8l8hJQpYOa0GkiO9gsRK9WLtht8",
    ;       "kid": "my blowfish key"
    ;     },
    ;     { 
    ;       "kty": "oct",
    ;       "alg": "HMAC_SHA256",
    ;       "k": "VGhpcyBpcyBteSBITUFDIGtleQ",
    ;       "kid": "my hmac key"
    ;     },
    ;     { 
    ;       "kty": "oct",
    ;       "alg": "CHACHA",
    ;       "k": "yNv832U43C9BcWvaQAH2_rG-GwfmpgT5JBRllWGQY1o",
    ;       "kid": "my chacha20 key"
    ;     }
    ;   ]
    ; }
    ; 


    CkJavaKeyStore::ckDispose(jceks)
    CkPrng::ckDispose(prng)
    CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbJson)
    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure