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Encrypt Content to a JWE

See more JSON Web Encryption (JWE) Examples

Demonstrates Jwe.Encrypt, which encrypts a string and returns the resulting JWE. The charset argument converts the text to bytes before encryption.

Background. JWE (JSON Web Encryption) protects content with a content-encryption algorithm (the header enc value) while the content-encryption key is managed by the key-management algorithm (the header alg value). This example uses AES key wrapping with a symmetric wrapping 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);

    boolean success = false;

    CkJwe jwe = new CkJwe();

    //  Set the JWE protected header, specifying the key-management algorithm (alg) and the content-
    //  encryption algorithm (enc).
    CkJsonObject header = new CkJsonObject();
    header.UpdateString("alg","A256KW");
    header.UpdateString("enc","A256GCM");
    success = jwe.SetProtectedHeader(header);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, jwe.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  The 256-bit key-wrapping key (base64) for recipient index 0.  In production, obtain the key
    //  from a secure source rather than hard-coding it.
    String base64Key = "YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXowMTIzNDU=";
    success = jwe.SetWrappingKey(0,base64Key,"base64");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, jwe.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Encrypt the content.  The 2nd argument is the charset used to convert the text to bytes.  The
    //  returned string is the JWE (compact serialization by default).
    String jweCompact = jwe.encrypt("This is the secret content.","utf-8");
    if (jwe.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, jwe.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, jweCompact);

  }

  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."
  }
}