edu.vt.middleware.crypt.signature
Class SignatureCli

java.lang.Object
  edu.vt.middleware.crypt.AbstractCli
      edu.vt.middleware.crypt.signature.SignatureCli

public class SignatureCli
extends AbstractCli

Command line interface for cryptographic signature operations.

Version:

$Revision: 2745 $

Author:

Middleware Services

Field Summary

protected static String	OPT_ALG Signature algorithm option.
protected static String	OPT_DIGEST Message digest used to produce encoded message to sign.
protected static String	OPT_ENCODING Output encoding format.
protected static String	OPT_KEY Path to key used for signing or verification.
protected static String	OPT_SIGN Sign operation option.
protected static String	OPT_VERIFY Verify operation option.

Fields inherited from class edu.vt.middleware.crypt.AbstractCli

BASE_64_ENCODING, HEX_ENCODING, OPT_EXAMPLE, OPT_INFILE, options, PEM_SUFFIX

Constructor Summary

SignatureCli()

Method Summary

protected void	dispatch(org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine line) Dispatch command line data to the handler that can perform the operation requested on the command line.
protected String	getCommandName() Gets the name of the command for which this class provides a CLI interface.
protected void	initOptions() Initialize CLI options.
static void	main(String[] args) CLI entry point method.
protected SignatureAlgorithm	newInstance(org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine line) Creates a new signature algorithm instance based on command line args.
protected PrivateKey	readPrivateKey(org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine line) Creates a private key from a file defined by CLI arguments.
protected PublicKey	readPublicKey(org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine line) Creates a public key from a file defined by CLI arguments.
protected byte[]	readSignature(org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine line) Reads a cryptographic signature from a file, possibly in encoded format, and returns the result as the raw signature bytes.
protected void	sign(org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine line) Perform a signature operation on input data.
protected void	validateOptions(org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine line) Validates the existence of required options for an operation.
protected void	verify(org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine line) Perform a verification operation on input data.

Methods inherited from class edu.vt.middleware.crypt.AbstractCli

closeStream, closeStream, getInputStream, getInputStream, performAction, printExamples, printHelp

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

OPT_ALG

protected static final String OPT_ALG

Signature algorithm option.

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OPT_ENCODING

protected static final String OPT_ENCODING

Output encoding format.

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OPT_DIGEST

protected static final String OPT_DIGEST

Message digest used to produce encoded message to sign.

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OPT_KEY

protected static final String OPT_KEY

Path to key used for signing or verification.

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OPT_SIGN

protected static final String OPT_SIGN

Sign operation option.

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OPT_VERIFY

protected static final String OPT_VERIFY

Verify operation option.

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Constructor Detail

SignatureCli

public SignatureCli()

Method Detail

main

public static void main(String[] args)

CLI entry point method.

Parameters:

args - Command line arguments.

initOptions

protected void initOptions()

Initialize CLI options.

Overrides:

initOptions in class AbstractCli

dispatch

protected void dispatch(org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine line)
                 throws Exception

Dispatch command line data to the handler that can perform the operation requested on the command line.

Specified by:

dispatch in class AbstractCli

Parameters:

line - Parsed command line arguments container.

Throws:

Exception - On errors thrown by handler.

getCommandName

protected String getCommandName()

Gets the name of the command for which this class provides a CLI interface.

Specified by:

getCommandName in class AbstractCli

Returns:

Name of CLI command.

newInstance

protected SignatureAlgorithm newInstance(org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine line)

Creates a new signature algorithm instance based on command line args.

Parameters:

line - Parsed command line arguments container.

Returns:

New instance from CLI args.

sign

protected void sign(org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine line)
             throws Exception

Perform a signature operation on input data.

Parameters:

line - Parsed command line arguments container.

Throws:

Exception - On sign errors.

verify

protected void verify(org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine line)
               throws Exception

Perform a verification operation on input data.

Parameters:

line - Parsed command line arguments container.

Throws:

Exception - On sign errors.

readPublicKey

protected PublicKey readPublicKey(org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine line)
                           throws Exception

Creates a public key from a file defined by CLI arguments.

Parameters:

line - Parsed command line arguments container.

Returns:

Public key used for signature verification.

Throws:

Exception - On IO or key format errors.

readPrivateKey

protected PrivateKey readPrivateKey(org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine line)
                             throws CryptException,
                                    IOException

Creates a private key from a file defined by CLI arguments.

Parameters:

line - Parsed command line arguments container.

Returns:

Private key.

Throws:

CryptException - On crypto errors.

IOException - On I/O errors.

readSignature

protected byte[] readSignature(org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine line)
                        throws IOException

Reads a cryptographic signature from a file, possibly in encoded format, and returns the result as the raw signature bytes.

Parameters:

line - Parsed command line arguments container.

Returns:

Signature bytes.

Throws:

IOException - On read errors.

validateOptions

protected void validateOptions(org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine line)

Validates the existence of required options for an operation.

Parameters:

line - Parsed command line arguments container.