Class CreateSignature

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.examples.signature.CreateSignatureBase

org.apache.pdfbox.examples.signature.CreateSignature

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.digitalsignature.SignatureInterface

public class CreateSignature
extends CreateSignatureBase

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

Author:

Thomas Chojecki, Vakhtang Koroghlishvili, John Hewson

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CreateSignature(KeyStore keystore, char[] pin)	Initialize the signature creator with a keystore and certificate password.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	main(String[] args)
void	signDetached(File file)	Signs the given PDF file.
void	signDetached(File inFile, File outFile)	Signs the given PDF file.
void	signDetached(File inFile, File outFile, String tsaUrl)	Signs the given PDF file.
void	signDetached(org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument document, OutputStream output)

Methods inherited from class CreateSignatureBase

getCertificateChain, isExternalSigning, setCertificateChain, setExternalSigning, setPrivateKey, setTsaUrl, sign

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

CreateSignature

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

Initialize the signature creator with a keystore and certificate password.

Parameters:

keystore - the pkcs12 keystore containing the signing certificate

pin - the password for recovering the key

Throws:

KeyStoreException - if the keystore has not been initialized (loaded)

NoSuchAlgorithmException - if the algorithm for recovering the key cannot be found

UnrecoverableKeyException - if the given password is wrong

CertificateException - if the certificate is not valid as signing time

IOException - if no certificate could be found

Method Details

signDetached

public void signDetached(File file)
                  throws IOException

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

Parameters:

file - the PDF file to sign

Throws:

IOException - if the file could not be read or written

signDetached

public void signDetached(File inFile,
 File outFile)
                  throws IOException

Signs the given PDF file.

Parameters:

inFile - input PDF file

outFile - output PDF file

Throws:

IOException - if the input file could not be read

signDetached

public void signDetached(File inFile,
 File outFile,
 String tsaUrl)
                  throws IOException

Signs the given PDF file.

Parameters:

inFile - input PDF file

outFile - output PDF file

tsaUrl - optional TSA url

Throws:

IOException - if the input file could not be read

signDetached

public void signDetached(org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument document,
 OutputStream output)
                  throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws IOException,
GeneralSecurityException

Throws:

IOException

GeneralSecurityException