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Create XAdES-T Signed XML

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This example signs XML using the XAdES-T profile. XAdES-T is a profile within the XAdES standard that adds support for secure timestamping of signatures.

Secure timestamping involves adding a timestamp to the signature, indicating the exact time when the signature was applied.

Timestamping enhances the long-term validity of signatures by providing evidence that the signature existed at a specific point in time, even if the signer's certificate has expired or been revoked.

XAdES-T signatures include elements for embedding timestamp data within the XML signature, along with information about the timestamp authority and the timestamp verification process.

XAdES-T signatures are suitable for scenarios where long-term validity and integrity of signatures are essential, such as in legal and regulatory contexts where archived documents may need to be validated years or decades later.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    SELECT @success = 1
    -- Create the XML to be signed...

    -- Use this online tool to generate code from sample XML: 
    -- Generate Code to Create XML

    -- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    -- <es:Dossier xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns="http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#" xmlns:es="https://www.microsec.hu/ds/e-szigno30#" xsi:schemaLocation="https://www.microsec.hu/ds/e-szigno30# https://www.microsec.hu/ds/e-szigno30.xsd">
    -- 	<es:DossierProfile Id="PObject0" OBJREF="Object0">
    -- 	<es:Title>e-akta.es3</es:Title>
    -- 	<es:E-category>electronic dossier</es:E-category>
    -- 	<es:CreationDate>2022-12-02T07:55:16Z</es:CreationDate>
    -- 	</es:DossierProfile>
    -- 	<es:Documents Id="Object0"/>
    -- </es:Dossier>

    DECLARE @xmlToSign int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Xml', @xmlToSign OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @xmlToSign, 'Tag', 'es:Dossier'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlToSign, 'AddAttribute', @success OUT, 'xmlns:xsi', 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlToSign, 'AddAttribute', @success OUT, 'xmlns:ds', 'http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlToSign, 'AddAttribute', @success OUT, 'xmlns', 'http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlToSign, 'AddAttribute', @success OUT, 'xmlns:es', 'https://www.microsec.hu/ds/e-szigno30#'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlToSign, 'AddAttribute', @success OUT, 'xsi:schemaLocation', 'https://www.microsec.hu/ds/e-szigno30# https://www.microsec.hu/ds/e-szigno30.xsd'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlToSign, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'es:DossierProfile', 1, 'Id', 'PObject0'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlToSign, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'es:DossierProfile', 1, 'OBJREF', 'Object0'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlToSign, 'UpdateChildContent', NULL, 'es:DossierProfile|es:Title', 'e-akta.es3'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlToSign, 'UpdateChildContent', NULL, 'es:DossierProfile|es:E-category', 'electronic dossier'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlToSign, 'UpdateChildContent', NULL, 'es:DossierProfile|es:CreationDate', '2022-12-02T07:55:16Z'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlToSign, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'es:Documents', 1, 'Id', 'Object0'

    DECLARE @gen int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.XmlDSigGen', @gen OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @gen, 'SigLocation', 'es:Dossier'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @gen, 'SigLocationMod', 0
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @gen, 'SigId', 'S9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @gen, 'SigValueId', 'VS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @gen, 'SignedInfoId', 'SIS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @gen, 'SignedInfoCanonAlg', 'EXCL_C14N'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @gen, 'SignedInfoDigestMethod', 'sha256'

    -- Set the KeyInfoId before adding references..
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @gen, 'KeyInfoId', 'KS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b'

    -- Create an Object to be added to the Signature.
    DECLARE @object1 int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Xml', @object1 OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @object1, 'Tag', 'es:SignatureProfile'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object1, 'AddAttribute', @success OUT, 'Id', 'PS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object1, 'AddAttribute', @success OUT, 'OBJREF', 'Object0'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object1, 'AddAttribute', @success OUT, 'SIGREF', 'S9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object1, 'AddAttribute', @success OUT, 'SIGREFLIST', '#Object0 #PS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b #PObject0 #XS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object1, 'UpdateChildContent', NULL, 'es:SignerName', 'EC Minősített-Tesztelő Péterke'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object1, 'UpdateChildContent', NULL, 'es:SDPresented', 'false'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object1, 'UpdateChildContent', NULL, 'es:Type', 'signature'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object1, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'es:Generator|es:Program', 1, 'name', 'e-Szigno'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object1, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'es:Generator|es:Program', 1, 'version', '3.3.6.8'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object1, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'es:Generator|es:Device', 1, 'name', 'OpenSSL 1.1.1n  15 Mar 2022'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object1, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'es:Generator|es:Device', 1, 'type', ''

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object1, 'GetXml', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gen, 'AddObject', @success OUT, 'O1S9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b', @sTmp0, '', ''

    -- Create an Object to be added to the Signature.
    DECLARE @object2 int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Xml', @object2 OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @object2, 'Tag', 'QualifyingProperties'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'AddAttribute', @success OUT, 'Target', '#S9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'AddAttribute', @success OUT, 'Id', 'QPS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'SignedProperties', 1, 'Id', 'XS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateChildContent', NULL, 'SignedProperties|SignedSignatureProperties|SigningTime', 'TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'SignedProperties|SignedSignatureProperties|SigningCertificateV2|Cert|CertDigest|ds:DigestMethod', 1, 'Algorithm', 'http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateChildContent', NULL, 'SignedProperties|SignedSignatureProperties|SigningCertificateV2|Cert|CertDigest|ds:DigestValue', 'TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateChildContent', NULL, 'SignedProperties|SignedSignatureProperties|SigningCertificateV2|Cert|IssuerSerialV2', 'TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateChildContent', NULL, 'SignedProperties|SignedSignatureProperties|SignaturePolicyIdentifier|SignaturePolicyImplied', ''
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateChildContent', NULL, 'SignedProperties|SignedSignatureProperties|SignerRoleV2|ClaimedRoles|ClaimedRole', 'tesztelő'

    -- Here we have the EncapsulatedTimestamp found in the unsigned signature properties.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|SignatureTimeStamp', 1, 'Id', 'T72cb4961-4326-4319-857a-7cf55e7ef899'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|SignatureTimeStamp|ds:CanonicalizationMethod', 1, 'Algorithm', 'http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|SignatureTimeStamp|EncapsulatedTimeStamp', 1, 'Id', 'ET72cb4961-4326-4319-857a-7cf55e7ef899'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateChildContent', NULL, 'UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|SignatureTimeStamp|EncapsulatedTimeStamp', 'TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|TimeStampValidationData', 1, 'xmlns', 'http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.4.1#'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|CertificateValues', 1, 'Id', 'CV18c7702d-d45b-44bc-853a-a720f41053cd'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|CertificateValues|EncapsulatedX509Certificate', 1, 'Id', 'EC42db04c8-1422-407b-8c42-189353a55268'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateChildContent', NULL, 'UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|CertificateValues|EncapsulatedX509Certificate', 'BASE64_CONTENT'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|CertificateValues|EncapsulatedX509Certificate[1]', 1, 'Id', 'EC04728b44-a32c-46c1-b9bb-85b1f6b3c7d3'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'UpdateChildContent', NULL, 'UnsignedProperties|UnsignedSignatureProperties|CertificateValues|EncapsulatedX509Certificate[1]', 'BASE64_CONTENT'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @object2, 'GetXml', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gen, 'AddObject', @success OUT, 'O2S9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b', @sTmp0, '', ''

    -- -------- Reference 1 --------
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gen, 'AddSameDocRef', @success OUT, 'Object0', 'sha256', 'EXCL_C14N', '', ''
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gen, 'SetRefIdAttr', @success OUT, 'Object0', 'Re1f816c4-7898-4544-9b41-f4156dc0c528'

    -- -------- Reference 2 --------
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gen, 'AddObjectRef', @success OUT, 'PS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b', 'sha256', 'EXCL_C14N', '', ''
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gen, 'SetRefIdAttr', @success OUT, 'PS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b', 'Ra873b616-e568-4c38-ae94-27fbff67cc43'

    -- -------- Reference 3 --------
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gen, 'AddSameDocRef', @success OUT, 'PObject0', 'sha256', 'EXCL_C14N', '', ''
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gen, 'SetRefIdAttr', @success OUT, 'PObject0', 'Ra5d85948-5d6a-4914-8c32-242f5d6d9e81'

    -- -------- Reference 4 --------
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gen, 'AddObjectRef', @success OUT, 'XS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b', 'sha256', 'EXCL_C14N', '', 'http://uri.etsi.org/01903#SignedProperties'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gen, 'SetRefIdAttr', @success OUT, 'XS9fe8096e-2cac-415d-9222-f6cf2ecb314b', 'Ra7412a43-dc05-4e0a-ac84-e9a070214757'

    -- Provide a certificate + private key. (PFX password is test123)
    DECLARE @cert int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Cert', @cert OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @cert, 'LoadPfxFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx', 'test123'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @cert, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xmlToSign
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @gen
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @object1
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @object2
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
        RETURN
      END
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gen, 'SetX509Cert', @success OUT, @cert, 1

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @gen, 'KeyInfoType', 'X509Data'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @gen, 'X509Type', 'Certificate'

    -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- To have the EncapsulatedTimeStamp automatically added, we only need to do 2 things.
    -- 1) Add the <xades:EncapsulatedTimeStamp Encoding="http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.2.2#DER">TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT</xades:EncapsulatedTimeStamp>
    --    to the unsigned properties.
    -- 2) Specify the TSA URL (Timestamping Authority URL).
    --    Here we specify the TSA URL:
    -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    DECLARE @jsonTsa int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jsonTsa OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonTsa, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'timestampToken.tsaUrl', 'http://timestamp.digicert.com'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonTsa, 'UpdateBool', @success OUT, 'timestampToken.requestTsaCert', 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gen, 'SetTsa', @success OUT, @jsonTsa

    -- Load XML to be signed...
    DECLARE @sbXml int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbXml OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlToSign, 'GetXmlSb', @success OUT, @sbXml

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @gen, 'Behaviors', 'IndentedSignature,OmitAlreadyDefinedSigNamespace'

    -- Sign the XML...
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gen, 'CreateXmlDSigSb', @success OUT, @sbXml
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @gen, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xmlToSign
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @gen
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @object1
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @object2
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonTsa
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
        RETURN
      END
    -- -----------------------------------------------

    -- Save the signed XML to a file.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbXml, 'WriteFile', @success OUT, 'c:/temp/qa_output/signedXml.xml', 'utf-8', 0

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbXml, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- ----------------------------------------
    -- Verify the signatures we just produced...
    DECLARE @verifier int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.XmlDSig', @verifier OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @verifier, 'LoadSignatureSb', @success OUT, @sbXml
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @verifier, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xmlToSign
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @gen
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @object1
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @object2
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonTsa
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @verifier
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @numSigs int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @verifier, 'NumSignatures', @numSigs OUT
    DECLARE @verifyIdx int
    SELECT @verifyIdx = 0
    WHILE @verifyIdx < @numSigs
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @verifier, 'Selector', @verifyIdx
        DECLARE @verified int
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @verifier, 'VerifySignature', @verified OUT, 1
        IF @verified <> 1
          BEGIN
            EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @verifier, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
            PRINT @sTmp0
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xmlToSign
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @gen
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @object1
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @object2
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonTsa
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @verifier
            RETURN
          END
        SELECT @verifyIdx = @verifyIdx + 1
      END

    PRINT 'All signatures were successfully verified.'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xmlToSign
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @gen
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @object1
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @object2
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonTsa
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @verifier


END
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