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Validate a JWS Using ECDSA P-256 SHA-256

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Validates a JSON Web Signature (JWS) that uses ECDSA P-256 SHA-256

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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;

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

    // This example takes a JSON signature in compact serialization format,
    // and uses an ECDSA public key to validate and recover the protected header and payload.

    // We only need a public key for signature validation.  This is the ECDSA public key
    // that is used:

    //      {"kty":"EC", 
    //       "crv":"P-256", 
    //       "x":"f83OJ3D2xF1Bg8vub9tLe1gHMzV76e8Tus9uPHvRVEU", 
    //       "y":"x_FEzRu9m36HLN_tue659LNpXW6pCyStikYjKIWI5a0" 
    //      } 

    CkStringBuilder sbPubKey = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbPubKey.Append("{\"kty\":\"EC\",");
    sbPubKey.Append("\"crv\":\"P-256\",");
    sbPubKey.Append("\"x\":\"f83OJ3D2xF1Bg8vub9tLe1gHMzV76e8Tus9uPHvRVEU\",");
    sbPubKey.Append("\"y\":\"x_FEzRu9m36HLN_tue659LNpXW6pCyStikYjKIWI5a0\"");
    sbPubKey.Append("}");

    CkPublicKey pubKey = new CkPublicKey();
    success = pubKey.LoadFromString(sbPubKey.getAsString());
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, pubKey.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkJws jws = new CkJws();

    // Set the ECC public key:
    int signatureIndex = 0;
    jws.SetPublicKey(signatureIndex,pubKey);

    // Load the JWS.
    CkStringBuilder sbJws = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbJws.Append("eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiJ9");
    sbJws.Append(".");
    sbJws.Append("eyJpc3MiOiJqb2UiLA0KICJleHAiOjEzMDA4MTkzODAsDQogImh0dHA6Ly9leGFt");
    sbJws.Append("cGxlLmNvbS9pc19yb290Ijp0cnVlfQ");
    sbJws.Append(".");
    sbJws.Append("DtEhU3ljbEg8L38VWAfUAqOyKAM6-Xx-F4GawxaepmXFCgfTjDxw5djxLa8ISlSA");
    sbJws.Append("pmWQxfKTUJqPP3-Kg6NU1Q");

    success = jws.LoadJwsSb(sbJws);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, jws.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Validate the 1st (and only) signature at index 0..
    int v = jws.Validate(signatureIndex);
    if (v < 0) {
        // Perhaps Chilkat was not unlocked or the trial expired..
        Log.i(TAG, "Method call failed for some other reason.");
        Log.i(TAG, jws.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    if (v == 0) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Invalid signature.  The ECC key was incorrect, the JWS was invalid, or both.");
        return;
        }

    // If we get here, the signature was validated..
    Log.i(TAG, "Signature validated.");
    Log.i(TAG, "--");

    // Recover the original content:
    Log.i(TAG, "Recovered content:");
    Log.i(TAG, jws.getPayload("utf-8"));
    Log.i(TAG, "--");

    // Examine the protected header:

    CkJsonObject joseHeader = new CkJsonObject();
    success = jws.GetProtectedH(signatureIndex,joseHeader);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, jws.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    joseHeader.put_EmitCompact(false);

    Log.i(TAG, "Protected (JOSE) header:");
    Log.i(TAG, joseHeader.emit());

    // Output:

    // 	Signature validated.
    // 	--
    // 	Recovered content:
    // 	{"iss":"joe",
    // 	 "exp":1300819380,
    // 	 "http://example.com/is_root":true}
    // 	--
    // 	Protected (JOSE) header:
    // 	{ 
    // 	  "alg": "ES256"
    // 	}

  }

  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."
  }
}