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Load a Private Key from XML Text

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Demonstrates the Chilkat PrivateKey.LoadXml method, which loads a private key from XML text. The only argument is the XML string. Supported roots include RSAKeyValue, DSAKeyValue, ECCKeyValue, and Ed25519KeyValue.

Background: XML key representations such as RSAKeyValue come from the .NET/XML-DSIG world, where keys are exchanged as XML elements. This loads that form — the inverse of GetXml — which is handy for interoperating with .NET code or systems built around XML signatures. It is a plaintext format, so protect the XML like any unencrypted key material.

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llSuccess = .F.

//  Demonstrates the PrivateKey.LoadXml method, which loads a private key from XML text.  The only
//  argument is the XML string.  Supported roots include RSAKeyValue, DSAKeyValue, ECCKeyValue,
//  and Ed25519KeyValue.

loPrivKey = createobject("CkPrivateKey")

//  The XML text of a private key (for example as produced by GetXml).
lcXmlText = "<RSAKeyValue><Modulus>...</Modulus><Exponent>AQAB</Exponent>...</RSAKeyValue>"

llSuccess = loPrivKey.LoadXml(lcXmlText)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loPrivKey.LastErrorText
    release loPrivKey
    return
endif

? "Loaded a " + loPrivKey.KeyType + " private key."


release loPrivKey