Package com.itextpdf.signatures

Class PdfPadesSigner

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfPadesSigner

 public class PdfPadesSigner extends Object 
      

This class performs signing with PaDES related profiles using provided parameters.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PdfPadesSigner(PdfReader reader, OutputStream outputStream)	Create an instance of PdfPadesSigner class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	prolongSignatures()	Add revocation information for all the signatures which could be found in the provided document.
void	prolongSignatures(ITSAClient tsaClient)	Add revocation information for all the signatures which could be found in the provided document.
PdfPadesSigner	setCrlClient(ICrlClient crlClient)	Set ICrlClient to be used for LTV Verification.
PdfPadesSigner	setEstimatedSize(int estimatedSize)	Set estimated size of a signature to be applied.
PdfPadesSigner	setExternalDigest(IExternalDigest externalDigest)	Set IExternalDigest to be used for main signing operation.
PdfPadesSigner	setIssuingCertificateRetriever(IIssuingCertificateRetriever issuingCertificateRetriever)	Set IIssuingCertificateRetriever to be used before main signing operation.
PdfPadesSigner	setOcspClient(IOcspClient ocspClient)	Set IOcspClient to be used for LTV Verification.
PdfPadesSigner	setStampingProperties(StampingProperties stampingProperties)	Set stamping properties to be used during main signing operation.
PdfPadesSigner	setTemporaryDirectoryPath(String temporaryDirectoryPath)	Set temporary directory to be used for temporary files creation.
PdfPadesSigner	setTimestampSignatureName(String timestampSignatureName)	Set the name to be used for timestamp signature creation.
PdfPadesSigner	setTrustedCertificates(List<Certificate> certificateList)	Set certificate list to be used by the IIssuingCertificateRetriever to retrieve missing certificates.
void	signWithBaselineBProfile(SignerProperties signerProperties, Certificate[] chain, IExternalSignature externalSignature)	Sign the document provided in PdfSigner instance with PaDES Baseline-B Profile.
void	signWithBaselineBProfile(SignerProperties signerProperties, Certificate[] chain, PrivateKey privateKey)	Sign the document provided in PdfSigner instance with PaDES Baseline-B Profile.
void	signWithBaselineLTAProfile(SignerProperties signerProperties, Certificate[] chain, IExternalSignature externalSignature, ITSAClient tsaClient)	Sign the document provided in PdfSigner instance with PaDES Baseline-LTA Profile.
void	signWithBaselineLTAProfile(SignerProperties signerProperties, Certificate[] chain, PrivateKey privateKey, ITSAClient tsaClient)	Sign the document provided in PdfSigner instance with PaDES Baseline-LTA Profile.
void	signWithBaselineLTProfile(SignerProperties signerProperties, Certificate[] chain, IExternalSignature externalSignature, ITSAClient tsaClient)	Sign the document provided in PdfSigner instance with PaDES Baseline-LT Profile.
void	signWithBaselineLTProfile(SignerProperties signerProperties, Certificate[] chain, PrivateKey privateKey, ITSAClient tsaClient)	Sign the document provided in PdfSigner instance with PaDES Baseline-LT Profile.
void	signWithBaselineTProfile(SignerProperties signerProperties, Certificate[] chain, IExternalSignature externalSignature, ITSAClient tsaClient)	Sign the document provided in PdfSigner instance with PaDES Baseline-T Profile.
void	signWithBaselineTProfile(SignerProperties signerProperties, Certificate[] chain, PrivateKey privateKey, ITSAClient tsaClient)	Sign the document provided in PdfSigner instance with PaDES Baseline-T Profile.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PdfPadesSigner

 public PdfPadesSigner 
             (PdfReader reader, OutputStream outputStream) 
            

Create an instance of PdfPadesSigner class. One instance shall be used for one signing operation.

Parameters:

reader - PdfReader instance to read original PDF file

outputStream - OutputStream output stream to write the resulting PDF file into

Method Details

signWithBaselineBProfile

 public void signWithBaselineBProfile 
             (SignerProperties signerProperties, Certificate[] chain, IExternalSignature externalSignature) throws GeneralSecurityException, IOException 
            

Sign the document provided in PdfSigner instance with PaDES Baseline-B Profile.

Parameters:

signerProperties - SignerProperties properties to be used for main signing operation

chain - the chain of certificates to be used for signing operation

externalSignature - IExternalSignature instance to be used for main signing operation

Throws:

GeneralSecurityException - in case of signing related exceptions

IOException - in case of files related exceptions

signWithBaselineBProfile

 public void signWithBaselineBProfile 
             (SignerProperties signerProperties, Certificate[] chain, PrivateKey privateKey) throws GeneralSecurityException, IOException 
            

Sign the document provided in PdfSigner instance with PaDES Baseline-B Profile.

Parameters:

signerProperties - SignerProperties properties to be used for main signing operation

chain - the chain of certificates to be used for signing operation

privateKey - PrivateKey instance to be used for main signing operation

Throws:

GeneralSecurityException - in case of signing related exceptions

IOException - in case of files related exceptions

signWithBaselineTProfile

 public void signWithBaselineTProfile 
             (SignerProperties signerProperties, Certificate[] chain, IExternalSignature externalSignature, ITSAClient tsaClient) throws GeneralSecurityException, IOException 
            

Sign the document provided in PdfSigner instance with PaDES Baseline-T Profile.

Parameters:

signerProperties - SignerProperties properties to be used for main signing operation

chain - the chain of certificates to be used for signing operation

externalSignature - IExternalSignature instance to be used for main signing operation

tsaClient - ITSAClient instance to be used for timestamp creation

Throws:

GeneralSecurityException - in case of signing related exceptions

IOException - in case of files related exceptions

signWithBaselineTProfile

 public void signWithBaselineTProfile 
             (SignerProperties signerProperties, Certificate[] chain, PrivateKey privateKey, ITSAClient tsaClient) throws GeneralSecurityException, IOException 
            

Sign the document provided in PdfSigner instance with PaDES Baseline-T Profile.

Parameters:

signerProperties - SignerProperties properties to be used for main signing operation

chain - the chain of certificates to be used for signing operation

privateKey - PrivateKey instance to be used for main signing operation

tsaClient - ITSAClient instance to be used for timestamp creation

Throws:

GeneralSecurityException - in case of signing related exceptions

IOException - in case of files related exceptions

signWithBaselineLTProfile

 public void signWithBaselineLTProfile 
             (SignerProperties signerProperties, Certificate[] chain, IExternalSignature externalSignature, ITSAClient tsaClient) throws GeneralSecurityException, IOException 
            

Sign the document provided in PdfSigner instance with PaDES Baseline-LT Profile.

Parameters:

signerProperties - SignerProperties properties to be used for main signing operation

chain - the chain of certificates to be used for signing operation

externalSignature - IExternalSignature instance to be used for main signing operation

tsaClient - ITSAClient instance to be used for timestamp creation

Throws:

GeneralSecurityException - in case of signing related exceptions

IOException - in case of files related exceptions

signWithBaselineLTProfile

 public void signWithBaselineLTProfile 
             (SignerProperties signerProperties, Certificate[] chain, PrivateKey privateKey, ITSAClient tsaClient) throws GeneralSecurityException, IOException 
            

Sign the document provided in PdfSigner instance with PaDES Baseline-LT Profile.

Parameters:

signerProperties - SignerProperties properties to be used for main signing operation

chain - the chain of certificates to be used for signing operation

privateKey - PrivateKey instance to be used for main signing operation

tsaClient - ITSAClient instance to be used for timestamp creation

Throws:

GeneralSecurityException - in case of signing related exceptions

IOException - in case of files related exceptions

signWithBaselineLTAProfile

 public void signWithBaselineLTAProfile 
             (SignerProperties signerProperties, Certificate[] chain, IExternalSignature externalSignature, ITSAClient tsaClient) throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException 
            

Sign the document provided in PdfSigner instance with PaDES Baseline-LTA Profile.

Parameters:

signerProperties - SignerProperties properties to be used for main signing operation

chain - the chain of certificates to be used for signing operation

externalSignature - IExternalSignature instance to be used for main signing operation

tsaClient - ITSAClient instance to be used for timestamp creation

Throws:

GeneralSecurityException - in case of signing related exceptions

IOException - in case of files related exceptions

signWithBaselineLTAProfile

 public void signWithBaselineLTAProfile 
             (SignerProperties signerProperties, Certificate[] chain, PrivateKey privateKey, ITSAClient tsaClient) throws GeneralSecurityException, IOException 
            

Sign the document provided in PdfSigner instance with PaDES Baseline-LTA Profile.

Parameters:

signerProperties - SignerProperties properties to be used for main signing operation

chain - the chain of certificates to be used for signing operation

privateKey - PrivateKey instance to be used for main signing operation

tsaClient - ITSAClient instance to be used for timestamp creation

Throws:

GeneralSecurityException - in case of signing related exceptions

IOException - in case of files related exceptions

prolongSignatures

 public void prolongSignatures 
             (ITSAClient tsaClient) throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException 
            

Add revocation information for all the signatures which could be found in the provided document. Also add timestamp signature on top of that.

Parameters:

tsaClient - ITSAClient TSA Client to be used for timestamp signature creation

Throws:

IOException - in case of files related exceptions

GeneralSecurityException - in case of signing related exceptions

prolongSignatures

 public void prolongSignatures() throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException 
            

Add revocation information for all the signatures which could be found in the provided document.

Throws:

IOException - in case of files related exceptions

GeneralSecurityException - in case of signing related exceptions

setTemporaryDirectoryPath

 public PdfPadesSigner setTemporaryDirectoryPath 
             (String temporaryDirectoryPath) 
            

Set temporary directory to be used for temporary files creation.

If none is set, temporary documents will be created in memory.

Parameters:

temporaryDirectoryPath - String representing relative or absolute path to the directory

Returns:

same instance of PdfPadesSigner

setTimestampSignatureName

 public PdfPadesSigner setTimestampSignatureName 
             (String timestampSignatureName) 
            

Set the name to be used for timestamp signature creation.

This setter is only relevant if signWithBaselineLTAProfile(com.itextpdf.signatures.SignerProperties, java.security.cert.Certificate[], com.itextpdf.signatures.IExternalSignature, com.itextpdf.signatures.ITSAClient) or prolongSignatures(com.itextpdf.signatures.ITSAClient) methods are used.

If none is set, randomly generated signature name will be used.

Parameters:

timestampSignatureName - String representing the name of a timestamp signature to be applied

Returns:

same instance of PdfPadesSigner

setStampingProperties

 public PdfPadesSigner setStampingProperties 
             (StampingProperties stampingProperties) 
            

Set stamping properties to be used during main signing operation.

If none is set, stamping properties with append mode enabled will be used

Parameters:

stampingProperties - StampingProperties instance to be used during main signing operation

Returns:

same instance of PdfPadesSigner

setEstimatedSize

 public PdfPadesSigner setEstimatedSize 
             (int estimatedSize) 
            

Set estimated size of a signature to be applied.

This parameter represents estimated amount of bytes to be preserved for the signature.

If none is set, 0 will be used and the required space will be calculated during the signing.

Parameters:

estimatedSize - amount of bytes to be used as estimated value

Returns:

same instance of PdfPadesSigner

setOcspClient

 public PdfPadesSigner setOcspClient 
             (IOcspClient ocspClient) 
            

Set IOcspClient to be used for LTV Verification.

This setter is only relevant if Baseline-LT Profile level or higher is used.

If none is set, there will be an attempt to create default OCSP Client instance using the certificate chain.

Parameters:

ocspClient - IOcspClient instance to be used for LTV Verification

Returns:

same instance of PdfPadesSigner

setCrlClient

 public PdfPadesSigner setCrlClient 
             (ICrlClient crlClient) 
            

Set ICrlClient to be used for LTV Verification.

This setter is only relevant if Baseline-LT Profile level or higher is used.

If none is set, there will be an attempt to create default CRL Client instance using the certificate chain.

Parameters:

crlClient - ICrlClient instance to be used for LTV Verification

Returns:

same instance of PdfPadesSigner

setExternalDigest

 public PdfPadesSigner setExternalDigest 
             (IExternalDigest externalDigest) 
            

Set IExternalDigest to be used for main signing operation.

If none is set, BouncyCastleDigest instance will be used instead.

Parameters:

externalDigest - IExternalDigest to be used for main signing operation.

Returns:

same instance of PdfPadesSigner

setIssuingCertificateRetriever

 public PdfPadesSigner setIssuingCertificateRetriever 
             (IIssuingCertificateRetriever issuingCertificateRetriever) 
            

Set IIssuingCertificateRetriever to be used before main signing operation.

If none is set, IssuingCertificateRetriever instance will be used instead.

Parameters:

issuingCertificateRetriever - IIssuingCertificateRetriever instance to be used for getting missing certificates in chain or CRL response issuer certificates.

Returns:

same instance of PdfPadesSigner.

setTrustedCertificates

 public PdfPadesSigner setTrustedCertificates 
             (List<Certificate> certificateList) 
            

Set certificate list to be used by the IIssuingCertificateRetriever to retrieve missing certificates.

Parameters:

certificateList - certificate list for getting missing certificates in chain or CRL response issuer certificates.

Returns:

same instance of PdfPadesSigner.