EdDSA C Reference Documentation

EdDSA

Current Version: 10.0.0

Class for generating Ed25519 keys and creating/validating Ed25519 signatures. This class was added in v9.5.0.83.

Create/Dispose

HCkEdDSA instance = CkEdDSA_Create();
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CkEdDSA_Dispose(instance);
HCkEdDSA CkEdDSA_Create(void);

Creates an instance of the HCkEdDSA object and returns a handle ("void *" pointer). The handle is passed in the 1st argument for the functions listed on this page.

void CkEdDSA_Dispose(HCkEdDSA handle);

Objects created by calling CkEdDSA_Create must be freed by calling this method. A memory leak occurs if a handle is not disposed by calling this function. Also, any handle returned by a Chilkat "C" function must also be freed by the application by calling the appropriate Dispose method, such as CkEdDSA_Dispose.

Properties

Algorithm
void CkEdDSA_getAlgorithm(HCkEdDSA cHandle, HCkString retval);
void CkEdDSA_putAlgorithm(HCkEdDSA cHandle, const char *newVal);
const char *CkEdDSA_algorithm(HCkEdDSA cHandle);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.91

Can be "Ed25519", "Ed25519ph", or "Ed25519ctx". The default is "Ed25519". This property was introduced in v9.5.0.91. Prior to this version, "Ed25519" was the only EdDSA instance supported.

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Context
void CkEdDSA_getContext(HCkEdDSA cHandle, HCkString retval);
void CkEdDSA_putContext(HCkEdDSA cHandle, const char *newVal);
const char *CkEdDSA_context(HCkEdDSA cHandle);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.91

The context bytes (in hex string format) to be used for Ed25519ctx or Ed25519ph.

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DebugLogFilePath
void CkEdDSA_getDebugLogFilePath(HCkEdDSA cHandle, HCkString retval);
void CkEdDSA_putDebugLogFilePath(HCkEdDSA cHandle, const char *newVal);
const char *CkEdDSA_debugLogFilePath(HCkEdDSA cHandle);

If set to a file path, causes each Chilkat method or property call to automatically append it's LastErrorText to the specified log file. The information is appended such that if a hang or crash occurs, it is possible to see the context in which the problem occurred, as well as a history of all Chilkat calls up to the point of the problem. The VerboseLogging property can be set to provide more detailed information.

This property is typically used for debugging the rare cases where a Chilkat method call hangs or generates an exception that halts program execution (i.e. crashes). A hang or crash should generally never happen. The typical causes of a hang are:

  1. a timeout related property was set to 0 to explicitly indicate that an infinite timeout is desired,
  2. the hang is actually a hang within an event callback (i.e. it is a hang within the application code), or
  3. there is an internal problem (bug) in the Chilkat code that causes the hang.

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LastErrorHtml
void CkEdDSA_getLastErrorHtml(HCkEdDSA cHandle, HCkString retval);
const char *CkEdDSA_lastErrorHtml(HCkEdDSA cHandle);

Provides information in HTML format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.

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LastErrorText
void CkEdDSA_getLastErrorText(HCkEdDSA cHandle, HCkString retval);
const char *CkEdDSA_lastErrorText(HCkEdDSA cHandle);

Provides information in plain-text format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.

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LastErrorXml
void CkEdDSA_getLastErrorXml(HCkEdDSA cHandle, HCkString retval);
const char *CkEdDSA_lastErrorXml(HCkEdDSA cHandle);

Provides information in XML format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.

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LastMethodSuccess
BOOL CkEdDSA_getLastMethodSuccess(HCkEdDSA cHandle);
void CkEdDSA_putLastMethodSuccess(HCkEdDSA cHandle, BOOL newVal);

Indicate whether the last method call succeeded or failed. A value of TRUE indicates success, a value of FALSE indicates failure. This property is automatically set for method calls. It is not modified by property accesses. The property is automatically set to indicate success for the following types of method calls:

  • Any method that returns a string.
  • Any method returning a Chilkat object, binary bytes, or a date/time.
  • Any method returning a standard boolean status value where success = TRUE and failure = FALSE.
  • Any method returning an integer where failure is defined by a return value less than zero.

Note: Methods that do not fit the above requirements will always set this property equal to TRUE. For example, a method that returns no value (such as a "void" in C++) will technically always succeed.

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Utf8
BOOL CkEdDSA_getUtf8(HCkEdDSA cHandle);
void CkEdDSA_putUtf8(HCkEdDSA cHandle, BOOL newVal);

When set to TRUE, all "const char *" arguments are interpreted as utf-8 strings. If set to FALSE (the default), then "const char *" arguments are interpreted as ANSI strings. Also, when set to TRUE, and Chilkat method returning a "const char *" is returning the utf-8 representation. If set to FALSE, all "const char *" return values are ANSI strings.

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VerboseLogging
BOOL CkEdDSA_getVerboseLogging(HCkEdDSA cHandle);
void CkEdDSA_putVerboseLogging(HCkEdDSA cHandle, BOOL newVal);

If set to TRUE, then the contents of LastErrorText (or LastErrorXml, or LastErrorHtml) may contain more verbose information. The default value is FALSE. Verbose logging should only be used for debugging. The potentially large quantity of logged information may adversely affect peformance.

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Version
void CkEdDSA_getVersion(HCkEdDSA cHandle, HCkString retval);
const char *CkEdDSA_version(HCkEdDSA cHandle);

Version of the component/library, such as "9.5.0.94"

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Methods

GenEd25519Key
BOOL CkEdDSA_GenEd25519Key(HCkEdDSA cHandle, HCkPrng prng, HCkPrivateKey privKey);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.83

Generates an Ed25519 key. privKey is an output argument. The generated key is created in privKey.

Returns TRUE for success, FALSE for failure.

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SharedSecretENC
BOOL CkEdDSA_SharedSecretENC(HCkEdDSA cHandle, HCkPrivateKey privkey, HCkPublicKey pubkey, const char *encoding, HCkString outStr);
const char *CkEdDSA_sharedSecretENC(HCkEdDSA cHandle, HCkPrivateKey privkey, HCkPublicKey pubkey, const char *encoding);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.83

Computes a shared secret given a private and public key. For example, Alice and Bob can compute the identical shared secret by doing the following: Alice sends Bob her public key, and Bob calls SharedSecretENC with his private key and Alice's public key. Bob sends Alice his public key, and Alice calls SharedSecretENC with her private key and Bob's public key. Both calls to SharedSecretENC will produce the same result. The resulting bytes are returned in encoded string form (hex, base64, etc) as specified by encoding.

Returns TRUE for success, FALSE for failure.

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SignBdENC
BOOL CkEdDSA_SignBdENC(HCkEdDSA cHandle, HCkBinData bd, const char *encoding, HCkPrivateKey privkey, HCkString outStr);
const char *CkEdDSA_signBdENC(HCkEdDSA cHandle, HCkBinData bd, const char *encoding, HCkPrivateKey privkey);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.83

Signs the contents of bd and returns the signature according to encoding. The encoding can be any encoding supported by Chilkat, such as "hex", "base64", etc.

Returns TRUE for success, FALSE for failure.

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VerifyBdENC
BOOL CkEdDSA_VerifyBdENC(HCkEdDSA cHandle, HCkBinData bd, const char *encodedSig, const char *enocding, HCkPublicKey pubkey);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.83

Verifies the signature against the contents of bd. The encodedSig is passed as an encoded string (such as hex, base64, etc.) using the encoding specified by enocding. The pubkey contains the Ed25519 public key used to verify.

Returns TRUE for success, FALSE for failure.

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