(Swift 2) Create Egypt ITIDA CAdES-BES .p7s Signature (with strings in-memory)

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Demonstrates how to create a .p7s signature that fits Egypt's ITIDA requirements.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.75 or greater.

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func chilkatTest() {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    let crypt = CkoCrypt2()

    let cert = CkoCert()

    // There are many ways to load the certificate.  
    // This example was created for a customer using an ePass2003 USB token.
    // Assuming the USB token is the only source of a hardware-based private key..
    var success: Bool = cert.LoadFromSmartcard("")
    if success != true {
        print("\(cert.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    // Tell the crypt component to use this cert.
    success = crypt.SetSigningCert(cert)
    if success != true {
        print("\(crypt.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    let cmsOptions = CkoJsonObject()
    // Setting "DigestData" causes OID 1.2.840.113549.1.7.5 (digestData) to be used.
    cmsOptions.UpdateBool("DigestData", value: true)
    cmsOptions.UpdateBool("OmitAlgorithmIdNull", value: true)
    crypt.CmsOptions = cmsOptions.Emit()

    // The CadesEnabled property applies to all methods that create CMS/PKCS7 signatures. 
    // To create a CAdES-BES signature, set this property equal to true. 
    crypt.CadesEnabled = true

    crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha256"

    let jsonSigningAttrs = CkoJsonObject()
    jsonSigningAttrs.UpdateInt("contentType", value: 1)
    jsonSigningAttrs.UpdateInt("signingTime", value: 1)
    jsonSigningAttrs.UpdateInt("messageDigest", value: 1)
    jsonSigningAttrs.UpdateInt("signingCertificateV2", value: 1)
    crypt.SigningAttributes = jsonSigningAttrs.Emit()

    // By default, all the certs in the chain of authentication are included in the signature.
    // If desired, we can choose to only include the signing certificate:
    crypt.IncludeCertChain = false

    // Make sure we sign the utf-8 byte representation of the JSON string
    crypt.Charset = "utf-8"

    // Create the CAdES-BES signature.
    var textToSign: String? = "\"issuer\"\"address\"\"branchID\"\"0\"\"country\"\"EG\"\"regionCity..."

    crypt.EncodingMode = "base64"
    var sigBase64: String? = crypt.SignStringENC(textToSign)
    if crypt.LastMethodSuccess == false {
        print("\(crypt.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    print("Base64 signature:")
    print("\(sigBase64!)")

}