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Set an IMAP TLS Client Certificate from PEM

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.SetSslClientCertPem method, which supplies a TLS client certificate and private key from PEM. The first argument may be the PEM text itself or a path to a PEM file (Chilkat detects which), and the second is the password used when the private key is encrypted. Call it before connecting.

Note: The certificate path is relative to the application's current working directory. Supply the path to your own certificate file.

Background: PEM is the Base64 text format (delimited by -----BEGIN----- lines) commonly produced by OpenSSL and used across Unix tooling. This method is the convenient choice when your client certificate and key already live in a .pem file; use SetSslClientCertPfx for a PKCS #12 .pfx/.p12 bundle instead.

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the Imap.SetSslClientCertPem method, which supplies a TLS client certificate
    //  and private key from PEM.  The 1st argument is the PEM text or a PEM file path, and the 2nd
    //  is the password when the private key is encrypted.  It must be called before connecting.

    CkImap imap = new CkImap();

    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);

    //  The PEM private-key password is not hard-coded in source.  Insert code here to obtain it from an
    //  interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    String pemPassword;

    //  Provide the PEM client certificate BEFORE connecting.  The first argument may be a PEM file
    //  path or the PEM text itself.
    success = imap.SetSslClientCertPem("qa_data/client.pem",pemPassword);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    success = imap.Login("user@example.com","myPassword");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    success = imap.Disconnect();
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }
  }
}