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Signed Zip as Base64 with XAdES-BES

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This example is to help companies implement a solution for sending XAdES-BES to the Polish government for reporting purposes. Specifically:

Przed podpisaniem deklaracja zbiorcza (PIT-11Z, PIT-8CZ, PIT-40Z, PIT-RZ) musi zostać
umieszczona w archiwum ZIP. W tym przypadku, podpisywany jest plik archiwum ZIP,
przyjmujący w podpisie XAdES-BES formę zakodowaną base64.

The example demonstrates the following:

  1. Zip an XML file (PIT-11Z.xml is zipped to PIT-11Z.zip)
  2. Create XML to be signed, where the XML contains the base64 encoded content of the PIT-11Z.zip archive.
  3. XAdES-BES sign the XML containing the base64 zip.

This example will also show the reverse:

  1. Verify the signed XML.
  2. Extract the PIT-11z.zip from the signed XML.
  3. Unzip the PIT-11Z.zip to get the original PIT-11Z.xml

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.BinData;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Cert;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Xml;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.XmlDSig;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.XmlDSigGen;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Zip;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ZipEntry;

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.

        // Zip the PIT-11Z.xml to create PIT-11Z.zip (not as a .zip file, but in-memory).
        StringBuilder sbXmlToZip = new StringBuilder();
        try {
            sbXmlToZip.loadFile("qa_data/xml/PIT-11Z.xml", "utf-8");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println("Failed to load the XML to be zipped.");
            return;
        }

        Zip zip = new Zip();

        // Initialize the zip object. No file is created in this call.
        // It should always return true.
        zip.newZip("PIT-11Z.zip");

        // Add the XML to be zipped.
        zip.addSb("PIT-11Z.xml", sbXmlToZip, "utf-8");

        // Write the zip to a BinData object.
        BinData bdZip = new BinData();
        zip.writeBd(bdZip);
        // The contents of the bdZip will be retrieved in base64 format when needed below..

        XmlDSigGen gen = new XmlDSigGen();

        gen.setSigLocation("");
        gen.setSigLocationMod(0);

        gen.setSigId("Signature_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_19");
        gen.setSigNamespacePrefix("ds");
        gen.setSigNamespaceUri("http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#");
        gen.setSigValueId("SignatureValue_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_52");
        gen.setSignedInfoId("SignedInfo_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_41");
        gen.setSignedInfoCanonAlg("C14N");
        gen.setSignedInfoDigestMethod("sha1");

        // Set the KeyInfoId before adding references..
        gen.setKeyInfoId("KeyInfo_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_24");

        // Create an Object to be added to the Signature.
        Xml object1 = new Xml();
        object1.setTag("xades:QualifyingProperties");
        object1.addAttribute("xmlns:xades", "http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#");
        object1.addAttribute("Id", "QualifyingProperties_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_43");
        object1.addAttribute("Target", "#Signature_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_19");
        object1.updateAttrAt("xades:SignedProperties", true, "Id", "SignedProperties_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_4e");
        object1.updateAttrAt("xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties", true, "Id", "SignedSignatureProperties_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_0a");
        // Chilkat will replace the strings "TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT" with actual values when the signature is created.
        object1.updateChildContent("xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties|xades:SigningTime", "TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT");
        // Note: It may be that http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256 is needed in the following line instead of http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1
        object1.updateAttrAt("xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties|xades:SigningCertificateV2|xades:Cert|xades:CertDigest|ds:DigestMethod", true, "Algorithm", "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1");
        object1.updateChildContent("xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties|xades:SigningCertificateV2|xades:Cert|xades:CertDigest|ds:DigestValue", "TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT");
        object1.updateChildContent("xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties|xades:SigningCertificateV2|xades:Cert|xades:IssuerSerialV2", "TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT");
        object1.updateAttrAt("xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties", true, "Id", "SignedDataObjectProperties_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_4b");
        object1.updateAttrAt("xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:DataObjectFormat", true, "ObjectReference", "#Reference1_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_27");
        object1.updateChildContent("xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:DataObjectFormat|xades:Description", "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\nContent-Type: application/zip\r\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: binary\r\nContent-Disposition: filename="PIT-11Z.zip"");
        object1.updateAttrAt("xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:DataObjectFormat|xades:ObjectIdentifier|xades:Identifier", true, "Qualifier", "OIDAsURI");
        object1.updateChildContent("xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:DataObjectFormat|xades:ObjectIdentifier|xades:Identifier", "http://www.certum.pl/OIDAsURI/signedFile/1.2.616.1.113527.3.1.1.3.1");
        object1.updateChildContent("xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:DataObjectFormat|xades:ObjectIdentifier|xades:Description", "Opis formatu dokumentu oraz jego pelna nazwa");
        object1.updateChildContent("xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:DataObjectFormat|xades:ObjectIdentifier|xades:DocumentationReferences|xades:DocumentationReference", "http://www.certum.pl/OIDAsURI/signedFile.pdf");
        object1.updateChildContent("xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:DataObjectFormat|xades:MimeType", "application/zip");
        object1.updateChildContent("xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:CommitmentTypeIndication|xades:CommitmentTypeId|xades:Identifier", "http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.2.2#ProofOfApproval");
        object1.updateChildContent("xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:CommitmentTypeIndication|xades:AllSignedDataObjects", "");
        object1.updateAttrAt("xades:UnsignedProperties", true, "Id", "UnsignedProperties_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_55");

        // Emit XML in compact (single-line) format to avoid whitespace problems.
        object1.setEmitCompact(true);
        gen.addObject("", object1.getXml(), "", "");

        // Create an Object to be added to the Signature.
        // This is where we add the base64 representation of the PIT-11Z.zip
        gen.addObject("Object1_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347", bdZip.getEncoded("base64"), "", "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#base64");

        // -------- Reference 1 --------
        gen.addObjectRef("Object1_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347", "sha1", "C14N_WithComments", "", "");
        gen.setRefIdAttr("Object1_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347", "Reference1_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_27");

        // -------- Reference 2 --------
        gen.addObjectRef("SignedProperties_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_4e", "sha1", "", "", "http://uri.etsi.org/01903#SignedProperties");
        gen.setRefIdAttr("SignedProperties_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_4e", "SignedProperties-Reference_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_28");

        // Provide a certificate + private key. (PFX password is test123)
        Cert cert = new Cert();
        try {
            cert.loadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx", "test123");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        gen.setX509Cert(cert, true);

        gen.setKeyInfoType("X509Data");
        gen.setX509Type("Certificate");

        // This will be an enveloping signature where the Signature element
        // is the XML document root, the signed data is contained within Object
        // tag(s) within the Signature.
        // Therefore, pass an empty sbXml to CreateXmlDsigSb.
        StringBuilder sbXml = new StringBuilder();

        // The Polish government's XmlDSig implementation requires that we reproduce an attribute-sorting error.
        // (This is an error in the XML canonicalization that is not noticed when both the signature-creation code and signature-verification code use
        // the same XML canonicalization implementation w/ the bug.)
        gen.setBehaviors("AttributeSortingBug,CompactSignedXml");

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

        // -----------------------------------------------

        // Save the signed XML to a file.
        sbXml.writeFile("qa_output/signedXml.xml", "utf-8", false);

        System.out.println(sbXml.getAsString());

        // ----------------------------------------
        // Verify the signature we just produced...
        XmlDSig verifier = new XmlDSig();
        try {
            verifier.loadSignatureSb(sbXml);

            verifier.verifySignature(true);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("This signature was successfully verified.");

        // ------------------------------------
        // Finally, let's extract the .zip from the signed XML, and then unzip the original PIT-11Z.xml from the in-memory zip.
        Xml xml = new Xml();
        xml.loadSb(sbXml, true);

        // The base64 image of the PIT-11Z.zip is in the 2nd ds:Object child of the ds:Signature (the ds:Signature is the root element of the signed XML).
        // (ds:Object[0] would be the 1st ds:Object child.  Index 1 is the 2nd ds:Object child.)
        String strZipBase64 = xml.getChildContent("ds:Object[1]");

        bdZip.clear();
        bdZip.appendEncoded(strZipBase64, "base64");
        if (bdZip.getNumBytes() == 0) {
            System.out.println("Something went wrong.. we dont' have any data..");
            return;
        }

        try {
            zip.openBd(bdZip);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Get the 1st file in the zip, which should be the PIT-11Z.xml
        ZipEntry entry = new ZipEntry();
        try {
            zip.entryAt(0, entry);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println("Zip contains no files...");
            return;
        }

        // Get the XML:
        String origXml = entry.unzipToString(0, "utf-8");
        System.out.println("Original XML extracted from base64 zip:");
        System.out.println(origXml);
    }
}