Encrypt Content to a JWE

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Demonstrates Jwe.Encrypt, which encrypts a string and returns the resulting JWE. The charset argument converts the text to bytes before encryption.

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Jwe;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Jwe jwe = new Jwe();

        // Set the JWE protected header, specifying the key-management algorithm (alg) and the content-
        // encryption algorithm (enc).
        JsonObject header = new JsonObject();
        header.updateString("alg", "A256KW");
        header.updateString("enc", "A256GCM");
        try {
            jwe.setProtectedHeader(header);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            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=";
        String jweCompact;
        try {
            jwe.setWrappingKey(0, base64Key, "base64");

            // Encrypt the content.  The 2nd argument is the charset used to convert the text to bytes.  The
            // returned string is the JWE (compact serialization by default).
            jweCompact = jwe.encrypt("This is the secret content.", "utf-8");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println(jweCompact);
    }
}