xml.CryptoKey methods

Methods for the xml.CryptoKey class.

Table 1. Class methods: Creation
Name	Description
`xml.CryptoKey.Create( url STRING ) RETURNS xml.CryptoKey`	Initializes a xml.CryptoKey object. Constructor of an empty CryptoKey object based on a URL.
`xml.CryptoKey.CreateDerivedKey( url STRING ) RETURNS xml.CryptoKey`	Constructor of an empty CryptoKey object based on a URL. The crypto key must be derived before use.
`xml.CryptoKey.CreateFromNode( url STRING, node xml.DomNode ) RETURNS xml.CryptoKey`	Constructor of a new CryptoKey object based on a URL, from a XML node based on the XML-Signature and XML-Encryption specification.

Table 2. Object methods: Access
Name	Description
`compareTo( toCompare xml.CryptoKey ) RETURNS INTEGER`	Compares a CryptoKey object to a second key.
`getSHA1() RETURNS STRING`	Returns the SHA1 encoded key identifier in a base64 encoded STRING.
`getSize() RETURNS INTEGER`	Returns the size of the key in bits.
`getType() RETURNS STRING`	Returns the type of key.
`getUsage() RETURNS STRING`	Returns the usage of the key.
`getURL() RETURNS STRING`	Returns the key identifier as a URL.

See also The Diffie-Hellman key agreement algorithm.

Table 3. Object methods: Modify
Name	Description
`deriveKey( url STRING, label STRING, seed STRING, created STRING, offset INTEGER, bytes INTEGER )`	Derives the symmetric or HMAC CryptoKey object using the given `method` identifier and concatenating the optional `label`, the mandatory `seed` value and the optional `created` date as initial random value.
`generateKey( keySize INTEGER )`	Generates a random key of given size (in bits).
`setKey( key STRING )`	Defines the value of a HMAC or Symmetric key.

Table 4. Object methods: Load, save, and compute
Name	Description
`computeKey( pub xml.CryptoKey, url STRING ) RETURNS xml.CryptoKey`	Computes the shared secret based on the given modulus, generator, the private key, and the other peer's public key. The returned key can be any symmetric/HMAC or symmetric/encryption key type. It can be used for symmetric signature or symmetric encryption.
`loadBin( filename STRING )`	Loads a symmetric or HMAC key from a file in raw format.
`loadDER( filename STRING )`	Loads an asymmetric DSA key, an asymmetric RSA key, or Diffie-Hellman parameters from a file in DER format.
`loadFromString( str STRING )`	Loads the given key in BASE64 string format into a CryptoKey object.
`loadPEM( filename STRING )`	Loads an asymmetric DSA key, an asymmetric RSA key, or Diffie-Hellman parameters from a file in PEM format.
`loadPrivate( doc xml.DomDocument )`	Loads the private asymmetric RSA key from the given XML document.
`loadPublic( doc xml.DomDocument )`	Loads the public part of an asymmetric RSA or DSA CryptoKey object, or the parameters and the public key of the Diffie-Hellman object from a XML document.
`loadPublicFromString( str STRING )`	Populate the current CryptoKey object with the passed public key.
`savePrivate() RETURNS xml.DomDocument`	Saves the private key part of an asymmetric RSA CryptoKey object into a XML document according to the XKMS2.0 specification.
`savePublic() RETURNS xml.DomDocument`	Saves the public part of an asymmetric RSA or DSA CryptoKey object, or the parameters and the public key of the Diffie-Hellman object into a XML document.
`savePublicToString() RETURNS STRING`	Save the current `xml.CryptoKey`'s public part in the returned base64 string.
`saveToString() RETURNS STRING`	Saves the CryptoKey object into a BASE64 string format.

Table 5. Object methods: Feature
Name	Description
`getFeature( feature STRING ) RETURNS STRING`	Returns the value of the given feature for this CryptoKey object, or NULL.
`setFeature( feature STRING, value STRING )`	Sets or resets the value of a feature for a CryptoKey object.