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Swift Alliance LAU XML Signature

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Calculating the LAU for Swift Alliance File Act XML using HMAC SHA256. (The XML signature, also referred to as Local Authentication (LAU), is computed using the algorithm HMAC based on SHA-256.)

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.XmlDSigGen;

public class ChilkatExample {

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

        // We begin with the following XML:

        // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
        // <Saa:DataPDU xmlns:Saa="urn:swift:saa:xsd:saa.2.0" xmlns:Sw="urn:swift:snl:ns.Sw" xmlns:SwInt="urn:swift:snl:ns.SwInt" xmlns:SwGbl="urn:swift:snl:ns.SwGbl" xmlns:SwSec="urn:swift:snl:ns.SwSec">
        //     <Saa:Revision>2.0.6</Saa:Revision>
        //     <Saa:Header>
        //         <Saa:Message>
        //             <Saa:SenderReference>Ref760FA1234</Saa:SenderReference>
        //             <Saa:MessageIdentifier>tsrv.fin.mt7xx.gteesstandbys</Saa:MessageIdentifier>
        //             <Saa:Format>File</Saa:Format>
        //             <Saa:SubFormat>Input</Saa:SubFormat>
        //             <Saa:Sender>
        //                 <Saa:DN>cn=su8,o=ptsqgbbb,o=swift</Saa:DN>
        //                 <Saa:FullName>
        //                     <Saa:X1>PTSQGBBBXXX</Saa:X1>
        //                 </Saa:FullName>
        //             </Saa:Sender>
        //             <Saa:Receiver>
        //                 <Saa:DN>cn=abc,ou=saa,o=xxx,o=swift</Saa:DN>
        //                 <Saa:FullName>
        //                     <Saa:X1>PTSXXXXXXXX</Saa:X1>
        //                     <Saa:X2>saa</Saa:X2>
        //                 </Saa:FullName>
        //             </Saa:Receiver>
        //             <Saa:InterfaceInfo>
        //                 <Saa:UserReference>CRE...</Saa:UserReference>
        //                 <Saa:MessageCreator>ApplicationInterface</Saa:MessageCreator>
        //                 <Saa:MessageContext>Original</Saa:MessageContext>
        //                 <Saa:MessageNature>Financial</Saa:MessageNature>
        //             </Saa:InterfaceInfo>
        //             <Saa:NetworkInfo>
        //                 <Saa:Priority>Normal</Saa:Priority>
        //                 <Saa:IsPossibleDuplicate>true</Saa:IsPossibleDuplicate>
        //                 <Saa:Service>swift.corp.fast!x</Saa:Service>
        //                 <Saa:Network>Application</Saa:Network>
        //                 <Saa:SessionNr>0080</Saa:SessionNr>
        //                 <Saa:SeqNr>000001</Saa:SeqNr>
        //                 <Saa:SWIFTNetNetworkInfo>
        //                     <Saa:RequestType>tsrv.fin.mt7xx.gteesstandbys</Saa:RequestType>
        //                     <Saa:Reference>2f949999-d32e-49eb-9999-9a819b9b9c0d</Saa:Reference>
        //                     <Saa:FileInfo>SwCompression=Zip</Saa:FileInfo>
        //                 </Saa:SWIFTNetNetworkInfo>
        //             </Saa:NetworkInfo>
        //             <Saa:SecurityInfo>
        //                 <Saa:SWIFTNetSecurityInfo>
        //                     <Saa:FileDigestAlgorithm>SHA-256</Saa:FileDigestAlgorithm>
        //                     <Saa:FileDigestValue>9tnnjIgsowPSU+ehm8Rb0J5TvZIvhCYnySzFkpur1aw=</Saa:FileDigestValue>
        //                 </Saa:SWIFTNetSecurityInfo>
        //             </Saa:SecurityInfo>
        //             <Saa:FileLogicalName>Payload.ZIP</Saa:FileLogicalName>
        //             <Saa:ExpiryDateTime>20210712074808</Saa:ExpiryDateTime>
        //         </Saa:Message>
        //     </Saa:Header>
        //     <Saa:Body>Payload.ZIP</Saa:Body>
        // </Saa:DataPDU>

        // Load the XML file to be signed.
        StringBuilder sbXml = new StringBuilder();
        try {
            sbXml.loadFile("c:/someDir/fileToSign.xml", "utf-8");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println("Failed to load XML file.");
            return;
        }

        // We need to add a "LAU" XML element just before the "</Saa:DataPDU>"
        int numReplaced = sbXml.replace("</Saa:DataPDU>", "<LAU xmlns=\"urn:swift:saa:xsd:saa.2.0\"></LAU></Saa:DataPDU>");

        XmlDSigGen gen = new XmlDSigGen();
        gen.setSigLocation("Saa:DataPDU|LAU");
        gen.setSigLocationMod(0);
        gen.setSigNamespacePrefix("ds");
        gen.setSigNamespaceUri("http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#");
        gen.setSignedInfoCanonAlg("EXCL_C14N");
        gen.setSignedInfoDigestMethod("sha256");
        gen.setBehaviors("CompactSignedXml");

        // Sign the entire document.
        gen.addSameDocRef("", "sha256", "EXCL_C14N", "", "");

        // Set our HMAC key
        gen.setHmacKey("Abcdef0123456789Abcdef0123456789", "ascii");

        // Sign the XML:
        try {
            gen.createXmlDSigSb(sbXml);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Examine the signed XML
        System.out.println(sbXml.getAsString());

        // Save the signed XML to a file.
        sbXml.writeFile("c:/someDir/signedFile.xml", "utf-8", false);
    }
}