Sign a JWS with a Private Key

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Demonstrates Jws.SetPrivateKey, which sets the private key used to create a signature. The example uses RS256 (RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 with SHA-256).

The file path is relative to the application's current working directory. An absolute path may also be used. Supply the path appropriate to your own environment.

// 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;

    CkJws jws = new CkJws();

    //  Protected header specifying RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 with SHA-256 (RS256).
    CkJsonObject header = new CkJsonObject();
    header.UpdateString("alg","RS256");
    success = jws.SetProtectedHeader(0,header);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, jws.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    boolean bIncludeBom = false;
    success = jws.SetPayload("This is the content to sign.","utf-8",bIncludeBom);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, jws.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  The file path is relative to the application's current working directory.  An absolute path
    //  may also be used.  Supply the path appropriate to your own environment.
    //  Load the signer's private key and set it for signature 0.
    CkPrivateKey privKey = new CkPrivateKey();
    success = privKey.LoadPemFile("qa_data/signer_privkey.pem");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, privKey.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    success = jws.SetPrivateKey(0,privKey);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, jws.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    String jwsCompact = jws.createJws();
    if (jws.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, jws.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, jwsCompact);

  }

  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."
  }
}