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PKCS7 Encrypt MIME

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Encrypt MIME using a digital certificate to create PKCS7 encrypted S/MIME.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Cert;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Mime;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Mime mime = new Mime();

        // Build a simple MIME message to be encrypted:
        mime.addHeaderField("Content-Type", "text/plain");
        mime.addHeaderField("abc", "123");
        mime.setBody("This is a test");

        // A digital certificate is required to create PKCS7 encrypted MIME.
        // It can come from a variety of sources: .cer file, .pfx file, PEM files,
        // an in-memory representation, or directly from a Windows
        // registry-based certificate store.

        // This example will load a certificate object from a .cer file.
        // Note: Only the public-key is required to encrypt.  (Decryption
        // requires a private key.)

        Cert cert = new Cert();
        try {
            cert.loadFromFile("myCert.cer");

            // Encrypt the MIME:
            mime.encrypt(cert);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Display the MIME:
        System.out.println(mime.getMime());

        // The resulting S/MIME looks something like this:

        // abc: 123
        // Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7m";
        // Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
        // Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-mime;
        //  name="smime.p7m";
        //
        // MIICAQYJKoZIhvcNAQcDoIIB8jCCAe4CAQAxggGFMIIBgQIBADBpMFUxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlpBMSUw
        // IwYDVQQKExxUaGF3dGUgQ29uc3VsdGluZyAoUHR5KSBMdGQuMR8wHQYDVQQDExZUaGF3dGUgQ29k
        // ZSBTaWduaW5nIENBAhB4ouTcAmLszrGi170k1deSMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUABIIBABz59iwVufLZ
        // QIPs0whUYMtBjIQxg5IOCxpoKJeJmLVzu9Q5Q1poxG9uYOveybS9c4wbl5A0DFfKTW5O4HhHcOHW
        // TgcH4iqdwhiFWm/q9d5rjceJWBFQsGOcgoXSU/U2Xp+N47/+Pqyc5XJbxKnOc4YhPzO320JZsNB6
        // p1NGk5SNnWqgbUDmEnfH8ZPHSV7dNi2aiFALYTyLjyp0lqJCsdZ524OPTZFfusrl/9ibPAW7jKuI
        // FgDCcBtRJvolVF8iIHxaTw4rhk0qb1KWzxvB5j9HSLdyIKIPhZbxeS10bx18YkSsBlKfdKRalQag
        // 3oWSRdsK9/N75YHG8Pm+x9BOHUAwYAYJKoZIhvcNAQcBMBkGCCqGSIb3DQMCMA0CAToECAb+toBW
        // txZigDhGZKSpUpuTiWvvSMemX/c79sSnMpuefVwGKFTDgXVLE2SoD5a9Yh5vcG7Mhl2IkilVwOMc
        // fi23+g==
    }
}