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Set JWE Additional Authenticated Data

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Demonstrates Jwe.SetAad, which sets external Additional Authenticated Data (AAD) for a JWE being encrypted, encoding the supplied text with the given charset.

Background. AAD is integrity-protected but not encrypted, binding external context to the ciphertext. The same AAD must be supplied again when decrypting.

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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;

    CkJwe jwe = new CkJwe();

    //  Protected header: AES key-wrap with AES-256-GCM content encryption.
    CkJsonObject header = new CkJsonObject();
    header.UpdateString("alg","A256KW");
    header.UpdateString("enc","A256GCM");
    success = jwe.SetProtectedHeader(header);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(jwe.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  The 256-bit key-wrapping key (base64) for recipient index 0.  In production, obtain the key from a
    //  secure source rather than hard-coding it.
    String base64Key = "YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXowMTIzNDU=";
    success = jwe.SetWrappingKey(0,base64Key,"base64");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(jwe.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Set external Additional Authenticated Data (AAD).  The AAD is integrity-protected but not
    //  encrypted, and must be supplied again when decrypting.
    success = jwe.SetAad("context-info-v1","utf-8");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(jwe.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkStringBuilder sbContent = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbContent.Append("This is the secret content.");
    CkStringBuilder sbJwe = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = jwe.EncryptSb(sbContent,"utf-8",sbJwe);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(jwe.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println(sbJwe.getAsString());
  }
}