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Load a CSR and Examine the Contents

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Demonstrates how to load a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and examine the contents.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 or greater.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Csr;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.FileAccess;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Note: Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 or greater.

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

        Csr csr = new Csr();

        // Load a CSR PEM file.  The file should contain content that looks like this:
        //
        //     -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
        //     MIIC6jCCAdICAQAwgaQxITAfBgNVBAMMGG15c3ViZG9tYWluLm15ZG9tYWluLmNv
        //     bTELMAkGA1UEBhMCR0IxDjAMBgNVBAgMBVlvcmtzMQ0wCwYDVQQHDARZb3JrMSEw
        //     HwYDVQQKDBhJbnRlcm5ldCBXaWRnaXRzIFB0eSBMdGQxCzAJBgNVBAsMAklUMSMw
        //     IQYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhRzdXBwb3J0QG15ZG9tYWluLmNvbTCCASIwDQYJKoZIhvcN
        //     AQEBBQADggEPADCCAQoCggEBALnQ0un/wF8whk+gPuiAlf3qvx14jgAOV6Erm6EB
        //     H7WACPCpnKcm/8KP+7uoPiwRQaENhMeCgf45vcivl2p6aAn/spLXyEkXyw2d8wFb
        //     YYAGRkiz4Xf7ASJiKuwcOtORz+sSDzgtdfokHfXU1cYeFE2yQhSdLUY5fMn425+g
        //     KoEEsRSjSDe6AKru4+4iGNrLKd8pB9IA5/jOE139IkWlB9r5fEPD5bUTsgqXk9eb
        //     68O0gc712V2eZK07N24lDmFC4bIMTD4csDWocR5hFHXj7NX7c8sOBDcpEb9mPIk4
        //     elxubnhkfnjhOi4J3lDHcT/0ALnbLhf9LnaiKqs+5VcVZvECAwEAAaAAMA0GCSqG
        //     SIb3DQEBBQUAA4IBAQC0AETLIcP3foh5nbu2hVFS8uCUNZ5hEIR1eXmYZmZoBQq2
        //     26ZAoT4CZwixlggC+n7WvAXJ5Pzxpl4wLV4loTiQzaKPX1w0ERo5ZRwLy0n56oG2
        //     6QG+WTViT1C8rlgtVwkCFNOXr0kSSRs8FdaPllqKxK1hxYSL7zwNpumsk39F2cDt
        //     vhcekvH0V3BuGrQFm3dKN/0azW6GOod9+Vq4VzSyOe3kp15oxLBsZOFOu/REujcw
        //     Tzu2jt1asQKUm60CZ9wNHpYepR0Ww40uP1slbehEaFDa6V8b60/tlHHmBbJ4/fy5
        //     hJnYCvjzFz4O9VtT+JtP9ldRHWV3KpZ8ne3AjD+F
        //     -----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

        FileAccess fac = new FileAccess();
        String csrPem = fac.readEntireTextFile("qa_data/csr/csr1.pem", "utf-8");

        try {
            csr.loadCsrPem(csrPem);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Examine the contents.
        // If the CSR does not contain a field, the property will
        // contain an empty string.

        System.out.println("Common Name: " + csr.getCommonName());

        // Country Name (2 letter code)
        System.out.println("Country: " + csr.getCountry());

        // State or Province Name (full name)
        System.out.println("State: " + csr.getState());

        // Locality Name (eg, city)
        System.out.println("Locality: " + csr.getLocality());

        // Organization Name (eg, company)
        System.out.println("Company: " + csr.getCompany());

        // Organizational Unit Name (eg, secion/division)
        System.out.println("Company Division: " + csr.getCompanyDivision());

        System.out.println("Email Address: " + csr.getEmailAddress());
    }
}