Jws Swift Reference Documentation

CkoJws

Current Version: 10.1.0

An API for JSON Web Signature (JWS). Provides the ability to create and verify JWSs.

Object Creation

let obj = CkoJws()!

Properties

DebugLogFilePath
debugLogFilePath: String!

If set to a file path, this property logs the LastErrorText of each Chilkat method or property call to the specified file. This logging helps identify the context and history of Chilkat calls leading up to any crash or hang, aiding in debugging.

Enabling the VerboseLogging property provides more detailed information. This property is mainly used for debugging rare instances where a Chilkat method call causes a hang or crash, which should generally not happen.

Possible causes of hangs include:

  • A timeout property set to 0, indicating an infinite timeout.
  • A hang occurring within an event callback in the application code.
  • An internal bug in the Chilkat code causing the hang.

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LastErrorHtml
lastErrorHtml: String! (read-only)

Provides HTML-formatted information about the last called method or property. If a method call fails or behaves unexpectedly, check this property for details. Note that information is available regardless of the method call's success.

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LastErrorText
lastErrorText: String! (read-only)

Provides plain text information about the last called method or property. If a method call fails or behaves unexpectedly, check this property for details. Note that information is available regardless of the method call's success.

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LastErrorXml
lastErrorXml: String! (read-only)

Provides XML-formatted information about the last called method or property. If a method call fails or behaves unexpectedly, check this property for details. Note that information is available regardless of the method call's success.

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LastMethodSuccess
lastMethodSuccess: Bool

Indicates the success or failure of the most recent method call: true means success, false means failure. This property remains unchanged by property setters or getters. This method is present to address challenges in checking for null or Nothing returns in certain programming languages.

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NumSignatures
numSignatures: Int (read-only)
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

The number of signatures contained in this JWS.

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PreferCompact
preferCompact: Bool
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Controls whether to use the JWS Compact Serialization or JWS JSON Serialization when creating JWSs. The default value is true, which is to choose the compact serialization when possible. If multiple signatures exist, or if any unprotected headers exist, then JWS JSON Serialization is used regardless of this property setting.

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PreferFlattened
preferFlattened: Bool
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Controls whether to use the flattened or general JWE JSON Serialization when creating JWSs. The default value is true, which is to choose the flattened serialization when possible. If multiple signatures exist, then the general (non-flattened) JWS JSON Serialization is used regardless of this property setting.

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UncommonOptions
uncommonOptions: String!
Introduced in version 10.1.0

This is a catch-all property to be used for uncommon needs. This property defaults to the empty string and should typically remain empty.

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VerboseLogging
verboseLogging: Bool

If set to true, then the contents of LastErrorText (or LastErrorXml, or LastErrorHtml) may contain more verbose information. The default value is false. Verbose logging should only be used for debugging. The potentially large quantity of logged information may adversely affect peformance.

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Version
version: String! (read-only)

Version of the component/library, such as "10.1.0"

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Methods

CreateJws
createJws() -> String
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Creates and returns the JWS containing one or more signatures according to the previously set payload, headers, and keys.

Returns nil on failure

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CreateJwsSb
createJwsSb(sbJws: CkoStringBuilder) -> Bool
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Creates and returns the JWS by appending it to the contents of sbJws.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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GetPayload
getPayload(charset: String) -> String
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Returns the JWS payload. The charset specifies the byte representation to be used in interpreting the bytes of the payload. (For example, "utf-8", "windows-1252", "utf-16", etc.)

Returns nil on failure

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GetPayloadBd
getPayloadBd(binData: CkoBinData) -> Bool
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Returns the JWS payload by appending it to the binData.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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GetPayloadSb
getPayloadSb(charset: String, sbPayload: CkoStringBuilder) -> Bool
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Returns the JWS payload by appending it to the sbPayload. The charset specifies the byte representation to be used in interpreting the bytes of the payload. (For example, "utf-8", "windows-1252", "utf-16", etc.)

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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GetProtectedHeader
getProtectedHeader(index: Int) -> CkoJsonObject
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Returns the protected header for the Nth signature. The index is the index of the signature. The 1st signature is at index 0. In most cases, a JWS contains a single signature at index 0.

Returns nil on failure

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GetUnprotectedHeader
getUnprotectedHeader(index: Int) -> CkoJsonObject
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Returns the optional unprotected header for the Nth signature. The index is the index of the signature. The 1st signature is at index 0. In most cases, a JWS contains a single signature at index 0.

Returns nil on failure

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LoadJws
load(jwsStr: String) -> Bool
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Loads a JWS contained in jwsStr.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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LoadJwsSb
loadSb(sbJws: CkoStringBuilder) -> Bool
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Loads a JWS from the contents of sbJws.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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SetMacKey
setMacKey(index: Int, key: String, encoding: String) -> Bool
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Sets the MAC key to be used for creating or validating a signature for the algorithms "HS256", "HS384", or "HS512". The key is an encoded string representation of the MAC key bytes. The encoding is an encoding, such as "base64url", "base64", "hex", etc. The 1st signature is at index 0. (Most JWSs only contain a single signature.)

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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SetMacKeyBd
setMacKeyBd(index: Int, key: CkoBinData) -> Bool
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Sets the MAC key to be used for creating or validating a signature for the algorithms "HS256", "HS384", or "HS512". The key contains the binary bytes of the MAC key for the Nth signature. The 1st signature is at index 0.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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SetPayload
setPayload(payload: String, charset: String, includeBom: Bool) -> Bool
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Sets the JWS payload from the contents of payload. The charset specifies the byte representation to be used for the string that is to be the payload. (For example, "utf-8", "windows-1252", "utf-16", etc.). If includeBom is true, then the byte-order-mark (BOM), also known as preamble, if one exists for the given charset, is included in the payload. Normally, includeBom should be set to false.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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SetPayloadBd
setPayloadBd(binData: CkoBinData) -> Bool
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Sets the JWS payload from the contents of binData.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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SetPayloadSb
setPayloadSb(sbPayload: CkoStringBuilder, charset: String, includeBom: Bool) -> Bool
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Sets the JWS payload from the contents of sbPayload. The charset specifies the byte representation to be used for the string that is to be the payload. (For example, "utf-8", "windows-1252", "utf-16", etc.). If includeBom is true, then the byte-order-mark (BOM), also known as preamble, if one exists for the given charset, is included in the payload. Normally, includeBom should be set to false.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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SetPrivateKey
setPrivateKey(index: Int, privKey: CkoPrivateKey) -> Bool
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Sets the private key (ECC or RSA) to be used in creating a signature for the following algorithms:

RS256
RS384
RS512
ES256
ES384
ES512
PS256
PS384
PS512
The JWS algorithms are described in RFC 7518, section 3.1. Here is a summary:
   +--------------+-------------------------------+--------------------+
   | "alg" Param  | Digital Signature or MAC      | Implementation     |
   | Value        | Algorithm                     | Requirements       |
   +--------------+-------------------------------+--------------------+
   | HS256        | HMAC using SHA-256            | Required           |
   | HS384        | HMAC using SHA-384            | Optional           |
   | HS512        | HMAC using SHA-512            | Optional           |
   | RS256        | RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 using       | Recommended        |
   |              | SHA-256                       |                    |
   | RS384        | RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 using       | Optional           |
   |              | SHA-384                       |                    |
   | RS512        | RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 using       | Optional           |
   |              | SHA-512                       |                    |
   | ES256        | ECDSA using P-256 and SHA-256 | Recommended+       |
   | ES384        | ECDSA using P-384 and SHA-384 | Optional           |
   | ES512        | ECDSA using P-521 and SHA-512 | Optional           |
   | PS256        | RSASSA-PSS using SHA-256 and  | Optional           |
   |              | MGF1 with SHA-256             |                    |
   | PS384        | RSASSA-PSS using SHA-384 and  | Optional           |
   |              | MGF1 with SHA-384             |                    |
   | PS512        | RSASSA-PSS using SHA-512 and  | Optional           |
   |              | MGF1 with SHA-512             |                    |
   | none         | No digital signature or MAC   | Optional           |
   |              | performed                     |                    |
   +--------------+-------------------------------+--------------------+

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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SetProtectedHeader
setProtectedHeader(index: Int, json: CkoJsonObject) -> Bool
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Sets a signature's protected header. The index is the index of the signature. The 1st signature is at index 0. In most cases, a JWS contains a single signature at index 0.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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SetPublicKey
setPublicKey(index: Int, pubKey: CkoPublicKey) -> Bool
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Sets the public key (ECC or RSA) to be used in validating a signature for the following algorithms:

RS256
RS384
RS512
ES256
ES384
ES512
PS256
PS384
PS512

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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SetUnprotectedHeader
setUnprotectedHeader(index: Int, json: CkoJsonObject) -> Bool
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Sets a signature's optional unprotected header. The index is the index of the signature. The 1st signature is at index 0. In most cases, a JWS contains a single signature at index 0.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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Validate
validate(index: Int) -> Int
Introduced in version 9.5.0.66

Validates the Nth signature or MAC using the Nth public key or MAC key.

Returns 1 if the signature was validated, thus verifying that the signer used the same MAC key or the matching private key.
Returns 0 if the incorrect public key or MAC key was provided.
Returns -1 for any other error, such as if no public key or MAC key was previously set for the given index.

Prior to calling this method, a program should provide the public key or MAC key via the SetPublicKey, SetMacKey, or SetMacKeyBd methods.

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