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Encrypt a JWE with a Password (PBES2)

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Demonstrates Jwe.SetPassword, which sets the PBES2 password for a recipient. The example uses PBES2-HS256+A128KW key management with AES-128-GCM content encryption.

Background. PBES2 derives a key-wrapping key from a password using a salt and iteration count, allowing password-based JWE encryption. The password should come from a secure source.

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#include <CkJwe.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkJwe jwe;

    //  Protected header: PBES2 password-based key management with AES-128-GCM content encryption.
    CkJsonObject header;
    header.UpdateString("alg","PBES2-HS256+A128KW");
    header.UpdateString("enc","A128GCM");
    success = jwe.SetProtectedHeader(header);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << jwe.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Set the PBES2 password for recipient 0.  The password should come from a secure source rather than
    //  being hard-coded.
    const char *password = "myPassword";
    success = jwe.SetPassword(0,password);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << jwe.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    const char *jweCompact = jwe.encrypt("This is the secret content.","utf-8");
    if (jwe.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        std::cout << jwe.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << jweCompact << "\r\n";
    }