iText.Signatures.IExternalSignatureContainer Interface Reference

Interface to sign a document. More...

Inheritance diagram for iText.Signatures.IExternalSignatureContainer:

Public Member Functions
byte[]	Sign (Stream data)
	Produces the container with the signature. More...
void	ModifySigningDictionary (PdfDictionary signDic)
	Modifies the signature dictionary to suit the container. More...

Detailed Description

Interface to sign a document.

Interface to sign a document. The signing is fully done externally, including the container composition.

Member Function Documentation

ModifySigningDictionary()

void iText.Signatures.IExternalSignatureContainer.ModifySigningDictionary

(

PdfDictionary

signDic

)

Modifies the signature dictionary to suit the container.

Modifies the signature dictionary to suit the container. At least the keys iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfName.Filter and iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfName.SubFilter will have to be set.

Parameters

signDic

the signature dictionary

Implemented in iText.Signatures.PKCS7ExternalSignatureContainer, and iText.Signatures.ExternalBlankSignatureContainer.

Sign()

byte [] iText.Signatures.IExternalSignatureContainer.Sign

(

Stream

data

)

Produces the container with the signature.

Parameters

data	the data to sign

Returns

a container with the signature and other objects, like CRL and OCSP. The container will generally be a PKCS7 one.

Implemented in iText.Signatures.PKCS7ExternalSignatureContainer, and iText.Signatures.ExternalBlankSignatureContainer.