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Load JWK into PublicKey Object

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Demonstrates how to load a Java Web Key (JWK) into a Chilkat public key object.

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#include <CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <CkPublicKey.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    // Imagine we have this JWK:

    // {
    // "kty":"RSA",
    // "kid":"bilbo.baggins@hobbiton.example",
    // "use":"sig",
    // "n":"26381066103266289976070039679240841999340706859156341823971393693544846472963839705790075117105560154606562987481050889935247188300178764426769543782451174831475924241862817098997865881169498995546309260357488285676768114714548754913374731868063116787903918383610614912211576698081222844057810710088656983077876282582286966085572172471849443305250452393766960762340311496052418952315081937000716222751229644449475751932222180738210988190709824209639002026650048655399108647971010890335494074025258268035713167380057822555485524738518699437692145859633592396626258745090144803752145540471688039673495588314804430463791",
    // "e":"65537"
    // }
    // 

    CkStringBuilder sbJwk;
    success = sbJwk.LoadFile("qa_data/jwk/simple_jwk_rsa.json","utf-8");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << "Failed to load simple JWK file." << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Loading it into a Chilkat public key object is easy:
    CkPublicKey pubkey;
    success = pubkey.LoadFromString(sbJwk.getAsString());
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << pubkey.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Simple JWK loaded into public key object." << "\r\n";

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Demonstrate how to load a JWK that is contained within JSON into a public key object.

    // {
    //   "alg":"RS256",
    //   "jwk":  {
    //           "kty":"RSA",
    //           "kid":"bilbo.baggins@hobbiton.example",
    //           "use":"sig",
    //           "n":"26381066103266289976070039679240841999340706859156341823971393693544846472963839705790075117105560154606562987481050889935247188300178764426769543782451174831475924241862817098997865881169498995546309260357488285676768114714548754913374731868063116787903918383610614912211576698081222844057810710088656983077876282582286966085572172471849443305250452393766960762340311496052418952315081937000716222751229644449475751932222180738210988190709824209639002026650048655399108647971010890335494074025258268035713167380057822555485524738518699437692145859633592396626258745090144803752145540471688039673495588314804430463791",
    //           "e":"65537"
    //           }
    // }

    CkStringBuilder sbJwk2;
    success = sbJwk2.LoadFile("qa_data/jwk/contained_jwk_rsa.json","utf-8");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << sbJwk2.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Get the "jwk" part of the JSON..
    CkJsonObject json;
    json.Load(sbJwk2.getAsString());

    CkJsonObject jsonJwk;
    success = json.ObjectOf2("jwk",jsonJwk);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << json.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    CkPublicKey pubkey2;
    success = pubkey2.LoadFromString(jsonJwk.emit());
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << pubkey2.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Contained JWK loaded into public key object." << "\r\n";
    }