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org.apache.pdfbox.examples.signature

public Class CreateSignature

extends CreateSignatureBase
Class Inheritance
Imports
java.io.File, .FileInputStream, .FileNotFoundException, .FileOutputStream, .IOException, .InputStream, .OutputStream, java.security.GeneralSecurityException, .KeyStore, .KeyStoreException, .NoSuchAlgorithmException, .UnrecoverableKeyException, java.security.cert.CertificateException, java.util.Calendar, org.apache.pdfbox.Loader, org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument, org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.digitalsignature.ExternalSigningSupport, .PDSignature, .SignatureOptions
An example for signing a PDF with bouncy castle. A keystore can be created with the java keytool, for example: keytool -genkeypair -storepass 123456 -storetype pkcs12 -alias test -validity 365 -v -keyalg RSA -keystore keystore.p12
Authors
Thomas Chojecki, Vakhtang Koroghlishvili, John Hewson

Constructor Summary

AccessConstructor and Description
public
CreateSignature(KeyStore
the pkcs12 keystore containing the signing certificate
keystore, char[]
the password for recovering the key
pin)

Initialize the signature creator with a keystore and certificate password.

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public static void
main(String[] args)

public void
signDetached(File
the PDF file to sign
file)

Signs the given PDF file.

public void
signDetached(File
input PDF file
inFile, File
output PDF file
outFile)

Signs the given PDF file.

public void
signDetached(File
input PDF file
inFile, File
output PDF file
outFile, String
optional TSA url
tsaUrl)

Signs the given PDF file.

public void
signDetached(PDDocument document, OutputStream output)

private static void
usage()

Inherited from org.apache.pdfbox.examples.signature.CreateSignatureBase:
getCertificateChainisExternalSigningsetCertificateChainsetExternalSigningsetPrivateKeysetTsaUrlsign

Constructor Detail

CreateSignatureback to summary
public CreateSignature(KeyStore keystore, char[] pin) throws KeyStoreException, UnrecoverableKeyException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, CertificateException, IOException

Initialize the signature creator with a keystore and certificate password.

Parameters
keystore:KeyStore

the pkcs12 keystore containing the signing certificate

pin:char[]

the password for recovering the key

Exceptions
KeyStoreException:
if the keystore has not been initialized (loaded)
UnrecoverableKeyException:
if the given password is wrong
NoSuchAlgorithmException:
if the algorithm for recovering the key cannot be found
CertificateException:
if the certificate is not valid as signing time
IOException:
if no certificate could be found

Method Detail

mainback to summary
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException
signDetachedback to summary
public void signDetached(File file) throws IOException

Signs the given PDF file. Alters the original file on disk.

Parameters
file:File

the PDF file to sign

Exceptions
IOException:
if the file could not be read or written
signDetachedback to summary
public void signDetached(File inFile, File outFile) throws IOException

Signs the given PDF file.

Parameters
inFile:File

input PDF file

outFile:File

output PDF file

Exceptions
IOException:
if the input file could not be read
signDetachedback to summary
public void signDetached(File inFile, File outFile, String tsaUrl) throws IOException

Signs the given PDF file.

Parameters
inFile:File

input PDF file

outFile:File

output PDF file

tsaUrl:String

optional TSA url

Exceptions
IOException:
if the input file could not be read
signDetachedback to summary
public void signDetached(PDDocument document, OutputStream output) throws IOException
usageback to summary
private static void usage()