com.nimbusds.jose

Interface JWSSigner

All Superinterfaces:

JCAAware<JCAContext>, JOSEProvider, JWSProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

ECDSASigner, Ed25519Signer, MACSigner, RSASSASigner

public interface JWSSigner
extends JWSProvider

JSON Web Signature (JWS) signer.

Version:

2015-04-21

Author:

Vladimir Dzhuvinov

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Base64URL	sign(JWSHeader header, byte[] signingInput) Signs the specified input of a JWS object.

Methods inherited from interface com.nimbusds.jose.JWSProvider

supportedJWSAlgorithms

Methods inherited from interface com.nimbusds.jose.jca.JCAAware

getJCAContext

Method Detail

sign

Base64URL sign(JWSHeader header,
               byte[] signingInput)
        throws JOSEException

Signs the specified input of a JWS object.

Parameters:

header - The JSON Web Signature (JWS) header. Must specify a supported JWS algorithm and must not be null.

signingInput - The input to sign. Must not be null.

Returns:

The resulting signature part (third part) of the JWS object.

Throws:

JOSEException - If the JWS algorithm is not supported, if a critical header parameter is not supported or marked for deferral to the application, or if signing failed for some other internal reason.