XML Security Verify

Since Camel 2.12

Only producer is supported

With this Apache Camel component, you can generate and validate XML signatures as described in the W3C standard XML Signature Syntax and Processing or as described in the successor version 1.1. For XML Encryption support, please refer to the XML Security Data Format.

You can find an introduction to XML signature here. The implementation of the component is based on JSR 105, the Java API corresponding to the W3C standard and supports the Apache Santuario and the JDK provider for JSR 105. The implementation will first try to use the Apache Santuario provider; if it does not find the Santuario provider, it will use the JDK provider. Further, the implementation is DOM based.

We also provide support for XAdES-BES/EPES for the signer endpoint; see subsection "XAdES-BES/EPES for the Signer Endpoint".

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-xmlsecurity</artifactId>
    <version>x.x.x</version>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

URI Format

The camel component consists of two endpoints which have the following URI format:

xmlsecurity-sign:name[?options]
xmlsecurity-verify:name[?options]
  • With the signer endpoint, you can generate a XML signature for the body of the in-message which can be either a XML document or a plain text. The enveloped, enveloping, or detached (as of 12.14) XML signature(s) will be set to the body of the out-message.

  • With the verifier endpoint, you can validate an enveloped or enveloping XML signature or even several detached XML signatures contained in the body of the in-message; if the validation is successful, then the original content is extracted from the XML signature and set to the body of the out-message.

  • The name part in the URI can be chosen by the user to distinguish between different signer/verifier endpoints within the camel context.

Configuring Options

Camel components are configured on two separate levels:

  • component level

  • endpoint level

Configuring Component Options

The component level is the highest level which holds general and common configurations that are inherited by the endpoints. For example a component may have security settings, credentials for authentication, urls for network connection and so forth.

Some components only have a few options, and others may have many. Because components typically have pre configured defaults that are commonly used, then you may often only need to configure a few options on a component; or none at all.

Configuring components can be done with the Component DSL, in a configuration file (application.properties|yaml), or directly with Java code.

Configuring Endpoint Options

Where you find yourself configuring the most is on endpoints, as endpoints often have many options, which allows you to configure what you need the endpoint to do. The options are also categorized into whether the endpoint is used as consumer (from) or as a producer (to), or used for both.

Configuring endpoints is most often done directly in the endpoint URI as path and query parameters. You can also use the Endpoint DSL and DataFormat DSL as a type safe way of configuring endpoints and data formats in Java.

A good practice when configuring options is to use Property Placeholders, which allows to not hardcode urls, port numbers, sensitive information, and other settings. In other words placeholders allows to externalize the configuration from your code, and gives more flexibility and reuse.

The following two sections lists all the options, firstly for the component followed by the endpoint.

Component Options

The XML Security Verify component supports 19 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

baseUri (producer)

You can set a base URI which is used in the URI dereferencing. Relative URIs are then concatenated with the base URI.

String

clearHeaders (producer)

Determines if the XML signature specific headers be cleared after signing and verification. Defaults to true.

true

Boolean

cryptoContextProperties (producer)

Sets the crypto context properties. See \{link XMLCryptoContext#setProperty(String, Object)}. Possible properties are defined in XMLSignContext an XMLValidateContext (see Supported Properties). The following properties are set by default to the value Boolean#TRUE for the XML validation. If you want to switch these features off you must set the property value to Boolean#FALSE. org.jcp.xml.dsig.validateManifests javax.xml.crypto.dsig.cacheReference.

Map

disallowDoctypeDecl (producer)

Disallows that the incoming XML document contains DTD DOCTYPE declaration. The default value is Boolean#TRUE.

true

Boolean

keySelector (producer)

Provides the key for validating the XML signature.

KeySelector

lazyStartProducer (producer)

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

omitXmlDeclaration (producer)

Indicator whether the XML declaration in the outgoing message body should be omitted. Default value is false. Can be overwritten by the header XmlSignatureConstants#HEADER_OMIT_XML_DECLARATION.

false

Boolean

outputNodeSearch (producer)

Sets the output node search value for determining the node from the XML signature document which shall be set to the output message body. The class of the value depends on the type of the output node search. The output node search is forwarded to XmlSignature2Message.

Object

outputNodeSearchType (producer)

Determines the search type for determining the output node which is serialized into the output message bodyF. See setOutputNodeSearch(Object). The supported default search types you can find in DefaultXmlSignature2Message.

Default

String

outputXmlEncoding (producer)

The character encoding of the resulting signed XML document. If null then the encoding of the original XML document is used.

String

removeSignatureElements (producer)

Indicator whether the XML signature elements (elements with local name Signature and namesapce http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#) shall be removed from the document set to the output message. Normally, this is only necessary, if the XML signature is enveloped. The default value is Boolean#FALSE. This parameter is forwarded to XmlSignature2Message. This indicator has no effect if the output node search is of type DefaultXmlSignature2Message#OUTPUT_NODE_SEARCH_TYPE_DEFAULT.F.

false

Boolean

schemaResourceUri (producer)

Classpath to the XML Schema. Must be specified in the detached XML Signature case for determining the ID attributes, might be set in the enveloped and enveloping case. If set, then the XML document is validated with the specified XML schema. The schema resource URI can be overwritten by the header XmlSignatureConstants#HEADER_SCHEMA_RESOURCE_URI.

String

secureValidation (producer)

Enables secure validation. If true then secure validation is enabled.

true

Boolean

validationFailedHandler (producer)

Handles the different validation failed situations. The default implementation throws specific exceptions for the different situations (All exceptions have the package name org.apache.camel.component.xmlsecurity.api and are a sub-class of XmlSignatureInvalidException. If the signature value validation fails, a XmlSignatureInvalidValueException is thrown. If a reference validation fails, a XmlSignatureInvalidContentHashException is thrown. For more detailed information, see the JavaDoc.

ValidationFailedHandler

xmlSignature2Message (producer)

Bean which maps the XML signature to the output-message after the validation. How this mapping should be done can be configured by the options outputNodeSearchType, outputNodeSearch, and removeSignatureElements. The default implementation offers three possibilities which are related to the three output node search types Default, ElementName, and XPath. The default implementation determines a node which is then serialized and set to the body of the output message If the search type is ElementName then the output node (which must be in this case an element) is determined by the local name and namespace defined in the search value (see option outputNodeSearch). If the search type is XPath then the output node is determined by the XPath specified in the search value (in this case the output node can be of type Element, TextNode or Document). If the output node search type is Default then the following rules apply: In the enveloped XML signature case (there is a reference with URI= and transform http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature), the incoming XML document without the Signature element is set to the output message body. In the non-enveloped XML signature case, the message body is determined from a referenced Object; this is explained in more detail in chapter Output Node Determination in Enveloping XML Signature Case.

XmlSignature2Message

xmlSignatureChecker (producer)

This interface allows the application to check the XML signature before the validation is executed. This step is recommended in http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-bestpractices/#check-what-is-signed.

XmlSignatureChecker

autowiredEnabled (advanced)

Whether autowiring is enabled. This is used for automatic autowiring options (the option must be marked as autowired) by looking up in the registry to find if there is a single instance of matching type, which then gets configured on the component. This can be used for automatic configuring JDBC data sources, JMS connection factories, AWS Clients, etc.

true

boolean

uriDereferencer (advanced)

If you want to restrict the remote access via reference URIs, you can set an own dereferencer. Optional parameter. If not set the provider default dereferencer is used which can resolve URI fragments, HTTP, file and XPpointer URIs. Attention: The implementation is provider dependent!.

URIDereferencer

verifierConfiguration (advanced)

To use a shared XmlVerifierConfiguration configuration to use as base for configuring endpoints.

XmlVerifierConfiguration

Endpoint Options

The XML Security Verify endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

xmlsecurity-verify:name

with the following path and query parameters:

Path Parameters (1 parameters)

Name Description Default Type

name (producer)

Required The name part in the URI can be chosen by the user to distinguish between different verify endpoints within the camel context.

String

Query Parameters (17 parameters)

Name Description Default Type

baseUri (producer)

You can set a base URI which is used in the URI dereferencing. Relative URIs are then concatenated with the base URI.

String

clearHeaders (producer)

Determines if the XML signature specific headers be cleared after signing and verification. Defaults to true.

true

Boolean

cryptoContextProperties (producer)

Sets the crypto context properties. See \{link XMLCryptoContext#setProperty(String, Object)}. Possible properties are defined in XMLSignContext an XMLValidateContext (see Supported Properties). The following properties are set by default to the value Boolean#TRUE for the XML validation. If you want to switch these features off you must set the property value to Boolean#FALSE. org.jcp.xml.dsig.validateManifests javax.xml.crypto.dsig.cacheReference.

Map

disallowDoctypeDecl (producer)

Disallows that the incoming XML document contains DTD DOCTYPE declaration. The default value is Boolean#TRUE.

true

Boolean

keySelector (producer)

Provides the key for validating the XML signature.

KeySelector

omitXmlDeclaration (producer)

Indicator whether the XML declaration in the outgoing message body should be omitted. Default value is false. Can be overwritten by the header XmlSignatureConstants#HEADER_OMIT_XML_DECLARATION.

false

Boolean

outputNodeSearch (producer)

Sets the output node search value for determining the node from the XML signature document which shall be set to the output message body. The class of the value depends on the type of the output node search. The output node search is forwarded to XmlSignature2Message.

Object

outputNodeSearchType (producer)

Determines the search type for determining the output node which is serialized into the output message bodyF. See setOutputNodeSearch(Object). The supported default search types you can find in DefaultXmlSignature2Message.

Default

String

outputXmlEncoding (producer)

The character encoding of the resulting signed XML document. If null then the encoding of the original XML document is used.

String

removeSignatureElements (producer)

Indicator whether the XML signature elements (elements with local name Signature and namesapce http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#) shall be removed from the document set to the output message. Normally, this is only necessary, if the XML signature is enveloped. The default value is Boolean#FALSE. This parameter is forwarded to XmlSignature2Message. This indicator has no effect if the output node search is of type DefaultXmlSignature2Message#OUTPUT_NODE_SEARCH_TYPE_DEFAULT.F.

false

Boolean

schemaResourceUri (producer)

Classpath to the XML Schema. Must be specified in the detached XML Signature case for determining the ID attributes, might be set in the enveloped and enveloping case. If set, then the XML document is validated with the specified XML schema. The schema resource URI can be overwritten by the header XmlSignatureConstants#HEADER_SCHEMA_RESOURCE_URI.

String

secureValidation (producer)

Enables secure validation. If true then secure validation is enabled.

true

Boolean

validationFailedHandler (producer)

Handles the different validation failed situations. The default implementation throws specific exceptions for the different situations (All exceptions have the package name org.apache.camel.component.xmlsecurity.api and are a sub-class of XmlSignatureInvalidException. If the signature value validation fails, a XmlSignatureInvalidValueException is thrown. If a reference validation fails, a XmlSignatureInvalidContentHashException is thrown. For more detailed information, see the JavaDoc.

ValidationFailedHandler

xmlSignature2Message (producer)

Bean which maps the XML signature to the output-message after the validation. How this mapping should be done can be configured by the options outputNodeSearchType, outputNodeSearch, and removeSignatureElements. The default implementation offers three possibilities which are related to the three output node search types Default, ElementName, and XPath. The default implementation determines a node which is then serialized and set to the body of the output message If the search type is ElementName then the output node (which must be in this case an element) is determined by the local name and namespace defined in the search value (see option outputNodeSearch). If the search type is XPath then the output node is determined by the XPath specified in the search value (in this case the output node can be of type Element, TextNode or Document). If the output node search type is Default then the following rules apply: In the enveloped XML signature case (there is a reference with URI= and transform http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature), the incoming XML document without the Signature element is set to the output message body. In the non-enveloped XML signature case, the message body is determined from a referenced Object; this is explained in more detail in chapter Output Node Determination in Enveloping XML Signature Case.

XmlSignature2Message

xmlSignatureChecker (producer)

This interface allows the application to check the XML signature before the validation is executed. This step is recommended in http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-bestpractices/#check-what-is-signed.

XmlSignatureChecker

lazyStartProducer (producer (advanced))

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

uriDereferencer (advanced)

If you want to restrict the remote access via reference URIs, you can set an own dereferencer. Optional parameter. If not set the provider default dereferencer is used which can resolve URI fragments, HTTP, file and XPpointer URIs. Attention: The implementation is provider dependent!.

URIDereferencer

Message Headers

The XML Security Verify component supports 10 message header(s), which is/are listed below:

Name Description Default Type

CamelXmlSignatureOmitXmlDeclaration (producer)

Constant: HEADER_OMIT_XML_DECLARATION

Header which indicates that either the resulting signature document in the signature generation case or the resulting output of the verifier should not contain an XML declaration. If the header is not specified then a XML declaration is created. There is one exception: If the verifier result is a plain text this header has no effect. Possible values of the header are Boolean#TRUE or Boolean#FALSE. Overwrites the configuration parameter XmlSignatureConfiguration#setOmitXmlDeclaration(Boolean).

Boolean

CamelXmlSignatureSchemaResourceUri (producer)

Constant: HEADER_SCHEMA_RESOURCE_URI

The schema resource URI.

String

CamelXmlSignatureXpathsToIdAttributes (producer)

Constant: HEADER_XPATHS_TO_ID_ATTRIBUTES

XPaths to id attributes.

String

CamelXmlSignatureXAdESQualifyingPropertiesId (producer)

Constant: HEADER_XADES_QUALIFYING_PROPERTIES_ID

for the 'Id' attribute value of QualifyingProperties element.

String

CamelXmlSignatureXAdESSignedDataObjectPropertiesId (producer)

Constant: HEADER_XADES_SIGNED_DATA_OBJECT_PROPERTIES_ID

for the 'Id' attribute value of SignedDataObjectProperties element.

String

CamelXmlSignatureXAdESSignedSignaturePropertiesId (producer)

Constant: HEADER_XADES_SIGNED_SIGNATURE_PROPERTIES_ID

for the 'Id' attribute value of SignedSignatureProperties element.

String

CamelXmlSignatureXAdESDataObjectFormatEncoding (producer)

Constant: HEADER_XADES_DATA_OBJECT_FORMAT_ENCODING

for the value of the Encoding element of the DataObjectFormat element.

String

CamelXmlSignatureXAdESNamespace (producer)

Constant: HEADER_XADES_NAMESPACE

overwrites the XAdES namespace parameter value.

String

CamelXmlSignatureXAdESPrefix (producer)

Constant: HEADER_XADES_PREFIX

overwrites the XAdES prefix parameter value.

String

CamelCharsetName (producer)

Constant: CHARSET_NAME

The name of the charset.

String

XML Signature Wrapping Modes

XML Signature differs between enveloped, enveloping, and detached XML signature. In the enveloped XML signature case, the XML Signature is wrapped by the signed XML Document; which means that the XML signature element is a child element of a parent element, which belongs to the signed XML Document. In the enveloping XML signature case, the XML Signature contains the signed content. All other cases are called detached XML signatures.

In the enveloped XML signature case, the supported generated XML signature has the following structure (Variables are surrounded by []).

<[parent element]>
   ... <!-- Signature element is added as last child of the parent element-->
   <Signature Id="generated_unique_signature_id">
       <SignedInfo>
             <Reference URI="">
                   <Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature"/>
                   (<Transform>)* <!-- By default "http://www.w3.org/2006/12/xml-c14n11" is added to the transforms -->
                   <DigestMethod>
                   <DigestValue>
             </Reference>
             (<Reference URI="#[keyinfo_Id]">
                   <Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315"/>
                   <DigestMethod>
                   <DigestValue>
             </Reference>)?
             <!-- further references possible, see option 'properties' below -->
      </SignedInfo>
      <SignatureValue>
      (<KeyInfo Id="[keyinfo_id]">)?
      <!-- Object elements possible, see option 'properties' below -->
  </Signature>
</[parent element]>

In the enveloping XML signature case, the supported generated XML signature has the structure:

<Signature Id="generated_unique_signature_id">
  <SignedInfo>
         <Reference URI="#generated_unique_object_id" type="[optional_type_value]">
               (<Transform>)* <!-- By default "http://www.w3.org/2006/12/xml-c14n11" is added to the transforms -->
               <DigestMethod>
               <DigestValue>
         </Reference>
         (<Reference URI="#[keyinfo_id]">
               <Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315"/>
               <DigestMethod>
               <DigestValue>
         </Reference>)?
          <!-- further references possible, see option 'properties' below  -->
  </SignedInfo>
  <SignatureValue>
  (<KeyInfo Id="[keyinfo_id]">)?
  <Object Id="generated_unique_object_id"/> <!-- The Object element contains the in-message body; the object ID can either be generated or set by the option parameter "contentObjectId" -->
  <!-- Further Object elements possible, see option 'properties' below -->
</Signature>

Detached XML signatures with the following structure are supported (see also sub-chapter XML Signatures as Siblings of Signed Elements):

(<[signed element] Id="[id_value]">
<!-- signed element must have an attribute of type ID -->
      ...

</[signed element]>
<other sibling/>*
<!-- between the signed element and the corresponding signature element, there can be other siblings.
 Signature element is added as last sibling. -->
<Signature Id="generated_unique_ID">
   <SignedInfo>
      <CanonicalizationMethod>
      <SignatureMethod>
      <Reference URI="#[id_value]" type="[optional_type_value]">
      <!-- reference URI contains the ID attribute value of the signed element -->
            (<Transform>)* <!-- By default "http://www.w3.org/2006/12/xml-c14n11" is added to the transforms -->
            <DigestMethod>
            <DigestValue>
      </Reference>
      (<Reference URI="#[generated_keyinfo_Id]">
            <Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315"/>
            <DigestMethod>
            <DigestValue>
      </Reference>)?
   </SignedInfo>
   <SignatureValue>
   (<KeyInfo Id="[generated_keyinfo_id]">)?
</Signature>)+

Basic Example

The following example shows the basic usage of the component.

from("direct:enveloping").to("xmlsecurity-sign://enveloping?keyAccessor=#accessor",
                             "xmlsecurity-verify://enveloping?keySelector=#selector",
                             "mock:result")

In Spring XML:

<from uri="direct:enveloping" />
    <to uri="xmlsecurity-sign://enveloping?keyAccessor=#accessor" />
    <to uri="xmlsecurity-verify://enveloping?keySelector=#selector" />
<to uri="mock:result" />

For the signing process, a private key is necessary. You specify a key accessor bean which provides this private key. For the validation, the corresponding public key is necessary; you specify a key selector bean which provides this public key.

The key accessor bean must implement the KeyAccessor interface. The package org.apache.camel.component.xmlsecurity.api contains the default implementation class DefaultKeyAccessor which reads the private key from a Java keystore.

The key selector bean must implement the javax.xml.crypto.KeySelector interface. The package org.apache.camel.component.xmlsecurity.api contains the default implementation class DefaultKeySelector which reads the public key from a keystore.

In the example, the default signature algorithm http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1 is used. You can set the signature algorithm of your choice by the option signatureAlgorithm (see below). The signer endpoint creates an enveloping XML signature. If you want to create an enveloped XML signature then you must specify the parent element of the Signature element; see option parentLocalName for more details.

For creating detached XML signatures, see sub-chapter "Detached XML Signatures as Siblings of the Signed Elements".

Detached XML Signatures as Siblings of the Signed Elements

You can create detached signatures where the signature is a sibling of the signed element. The following example contains two detached signatures. The first signature is for the element C and the second signature is for element A. The signatures are nested; the second signature is for the element A which also contains the first signature.

Example Detached XML Signatures

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<root>
    <A ID="IDforA">
        <B>
            <C ID="IDforC">
                <D>dvalue</D>
            </C>
            <ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"
                Id="_6bf13099-0568-4d76-8649-faf5dcb313c0">
                <ds:SignedInfo>
                    <ds:CanonicalizationMethod
                        Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315" />
                    <ds:SignatureMethod
                        Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1" />
                    <ds:Reference URI="#IDforC">
                        ...
                    </ds:Reference>
                </ds:SignedInfo>
                <ds:SignatureValue>aUDFmiG71</ds:SignatureValue>
            </ds:Signature>
        </B>
    </A>
    <ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"Id="_6b02fb8a-30df-42c6-ba25-76eba02c8214">
        <ds:SignedInfo>
            <ds:CanonicalizationMethod
                Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315" />
            <ds:SignatureMethod
                Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1" />
            <ds:Reference URI="#IDforA">
                ...
            </ds:Reference>
        </ds:SignedInfo>
        <ds:SignatureValue>q3tvRoGgc8cMUqUSzP6C21zb7tt04riPnDuk=</ds:SignatureValue>
    </ds:Signature>
<root>

The example shows that you can sign several elements and that for each element a signature is created as sibling. The elements to be signed must have an attribute of type ID. The ID type of the attribute must be defined in the XML schema (see option schemaResourceUri). You specify a list of XPATH expressions pointing to attributes of type ID (see option xpathsToIdAttributes). These attributes determine the elements to be signed. The elements are signed by the same key given by the keyAccessor bean. Elements with higher (i.e. deeper) hierarchy level are signed first. In the example, the element C is signed before the element A.

Java DSL Example

from("direct:detached")
  .to("xmlsecurity-sign://detached?keyAccessor=#keyAccessorBeant&xpathsToIdAttributes=#xpathsToIdAttributesBean&schemaResourceUri=Test.xsd")
  .to("xmlsecurity-verify://detached?keySelector=#keySelectorBean&schemaResourceUri=org/apache/camel/component/xmlsecurity/Test.xsd")
  .to("mock:result");

Spring Example

<bean id="xpathsToIdAttributesBean" class="java.util.ArrayList">
      <constructor-arg type="java.util.Collection">
          <list>
              <bean
                  class="org.apache.camel.component.xmlsecurity.api.XmlSignatureHelper"
                  factory-method="getXpathFilter">
                  <constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
                      value="/ns:root/a/@ID" />
                  <constructor-arg>
                      <map key-type="java.lang.String" value-type="java.lang.String">
                          <entry key="ns" value="http://test" />
                      </map>
                  </constructor-arg>
              </bean>
          </list>
      </constructor-arg>
  </bean>
...
 <from uri="direct:detached" />
      <to
          uri="xmlsecurity-sign://detached?keyAccessor=#keyAccessorBean&amp;xpathsToIdAttributes=#xpathsToIdAttributesBean&amp;schemaResourceUri=Test.xsd" />
      <to
          uri="xmlsecurity-verify://detached?keySelector=#keySelectorBean&amp;schemaResourceUri=Test.xsd" />
      <to uri="mock:result" />

XAdES-BES/EPES for the Signer Endpoint

XML Advanced Electronic Signatures (XAdES) defines extensions to XML Signature. This standard was defined by the European Telecommunication Standards Institute and allows you to create signatures which are compliant to the European Union Directive (1999/93/EC) on a Community framework for electronic signatures. XAdES defines different sets of signature properties which are called signature forms. We support the signature forms Basic Electronic Signature (XAdES-BES) and Explicit Policy Based Electronic Signature (XAdES-EPES) for the Signer Endpoint. The forms Electronic Signature with Validation Data XAdES-T and XAdES-C are not supported.

We support the following properties of the XAdES-EPES form ("?" denotes zero or one occurrence):

Supported XAdES-EPES Properties

<QualifyingProperties Target>
    <SignedProperties>
        <SignedSignatureProperties>
            (SigningTime)?
            (SigningCertificate)?
            (SignaturePolicyIdentifier)
            (SignatureProductionPlace)?
            (SignerRole)?
        </SignedSignatureProperties>
        <SignedDataObjectProperties>
            (DataObjectFormat)?
            (CommitmentTypeIndication)?
        </SignedDataObjectProperties>
    </SignedProperties>
</QualifyingProperties>

The properties of the XAdES-BES form are the same except that the SignaturePolicyIdentifier property is not part of XAdES-BES.

You can configure the XAdES-BES/EPES properties via the bean org.apache.camel.component.xmlsecurity.api.XAdESSignatureProperties or org.apache.camel.component.xmlsecurity.api.DefaultXAdESSignatureProperties. XAdESSignatureProperties does support all properties mentioned above except the SigningCertificate property. To get the SigningCertificate property, you must overwrite either the method XAdESSignatureProperties.getSigningCertificate() or XAdESSignatureProperties.getSigningCertificateChain(). The class DefaultXAdESSignatureProperties overwrites the method getSigningCertificate() and allows you to specify the signing certificate via a keystore and alias. The following example shows all parameters you can specify. If you do not need certain parameters you can just omit them.

XAdES-BES/EPES Example in Java DSL

 Keystore keystore = ... // load a keystore
DefaultKeyAccessor accessor = new DefaultKeyAccessor();
accessor.setKeyStore(keystore);
accessor.setPassword("password");
accessor.setAlias("cert_alias"); // signer key alias

DefaultXAdESSignatureProperties props = new DefaultXAdESSignatureProperties();
props.setNamespace("http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#"); // sets the namespace for the XAdES elements; the namspace is related to the XAdES version, default value is "http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#", other possible values are "http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.1.1#" and "http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.2.2#"
props.setPrefix("etsi"); // sets the prefix for the XAdES elements, default value is "etsi"

// signing certificate
props.setKeystore(keystore));
props.setAlias("cert_alias"); // specify the alias of the signing certificate in the keystore = signer key alias
props.setDigestAlgorithmForSigningCertificate(DigestMethod.SHA256); // possible values for the algorithm are "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1", "http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256", "http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#sha384", "http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha512", default value is "http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"
props.setSigningCertificateURIs(Collections.singletonList("http://certuri"));

// signing time
props.setAddSigningTime(true);

// policy
props.setSignaturePolicy(XAdESSignatureProperties.SIG_POLICY_EXPLICIT_ID);
// also the values XAdESSignatureProperties.SIG_POLICY_NONE ("None"), and XAdESSignatureProperties.SIG_POLICY_IMPLIED ("Implied")are possible, default value is XAdESSignatureProperties.SIG_POLICY_EXPLICIT_ID ("ExplicitId")
// For "None" and "Implied" you must not specify any further policy parameters
props.setSigPolicyId("urn:oid:1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.6.1");
props.setSigPolicyIdQualifier("OIDAsURN"); //allowed values are empty string, "OIDAsURI", "OIDAsURN"; default value is empty string
props.setSigPolicyIdDescription("invoice version 3.1");
props.setSignaturePolicyDigestAlgorithm(DigestMethod.SHA256);// possible values for the algorithm are "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1", http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256", "http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#sha384", "http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha512", default value is http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"
props.setSignaturePolicyDigestValue("Ohixl6upD6av8N7pEvDABhEL6hM=");
// you can add  qualifiers for the signature policy either by specifying text or an XML fragment with the root element "SigPolicyQualifier"
props.setSigPolicyQualifiers(Arrays
    .asList(new String[] {
        "<SigPolicyQualifier xmlns=\"http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#\"><SPURI>http://test.com/sig.policy.pdf</SPURI><SPUserNotice><ExplicitText>display text</ExplicitText>"
            + "</SPUserNotice></SigPolicyQualifier>", "category B" }));
props.setSigPolicyIdDocumentationReferences(Arrays.asList(new String[] {"http://test.com/policy.doc.ref1.txt",
    "http://test.com/policy.doc.ref2.txt" }));

// production place
props.setSignatureProductionPlaceCity("Munich");
props.setSignatureProductionPlaceCountryName("Germany");
props.setSignatureProductionPlacePostalCode("80331");
props.setSignatureProductionPlaceStateOrProvince("Bavaria");

//role
// you can add claimed roles either by specifying text or an XML fragment with the root element "ClaimedRole"
props.setSignerClaimedRoles(Arrays.asList(new String[] {"test",
    "<a:ClaimedRole xmlns:a=\"http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#\"><TestRole>TestRole</TestRole></a:ClaimedRole>" }));
props.setSignerCertifiedRoles(Collections.singletonList(new XAdESEncapsulatedPKIData("Ahixl6upD6av8N7pEvDABhEL6hM=",
    "http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.2.2#DER", "IdCertifiedRole")));

// data object format
props.setDataObjectFormatDescription("invoice");
props.setDataObjectFormatMimeType("text/xml");
props.setDataObjectFormatIdentifier("urn:oid:1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.6.2");
props.setDataObjectFormatIdentifierQualifier("OIDAsURN"); //allowed values are empty string, "OIDAsURI", "OIDAsURN"; default value is empty string
props.setDataObjectFormatIdentifierDescription("identifier desc");
props.setDataObjectFormatIdentifierDocumentationReferences(Arrays.asList(new String[] {
    "http://test.com/dataobject.format.doc.ref1.txt", "http://test.com/dataobject.format.doc.ref2.txt" }));

//commitment
props.setCommitmentTypeId("urn:oid:1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.6.4");
props.setCommitmentTypeIdQualifier("OIDAsURN"); //allowed values are empty string, "OIDAsURI", "OIDAsURN"; default value is empty string
props.setCommitmentTypeIdDescription("description for commitment type ID");
props.setCommitmentTypeIdDocumentationReferences(Arrays.asList(new String[] {"http://test.com/commitment.ref1.txt",
    "http://test.com/commitment.ref2.txt" }));
// you can specify a commitment type qualifier either by simple text or an XML fragment with root element "CommitmentTypeQualifier"
props.setCommitmentTypeQualifiers(Arrays.asList(new String[] {"commitment qualifier",
    "<c:CommitmentTypeQualifier xmlns:c=\"http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#\"><C>c</C></c:CommitmentTypeQualifier>" }));

beanRegistry.bind("xmlSignatureProperties",props);
beanRegistry.bind("keyAccessorDefault",keyAccessor);

// you must reference the properties bean in the "xmlsecurity" URI
from("direct:xades").to("xmlsecurity-sign://xades?keyAccessor=#keyAccessorDefault&properties=#xmlSignatureProperties")
             .to("mock:result");

XAdES-BES/EPES Example in Spring XML

...
<from uri="direct:xades" />
    <to
        uri="xmlsecurity-sign://xades?keyAccessor=#accessorRsa&amp;properties=#xadesProperties" />
    <to uri="mock:result" />
...
<bean id="xadesProperties"
    class="org.apache.camel.component.xmlsecurity.api.XAdESSignatureProperties">
    <!-- For more properties see the previous Java DSL example.
         If you want to have a signing certificate then use the bean class DefaultXAdESSignatureProperties (see the previous Java DSL example). -->
    <property name="signaturePolicy" value="ExplicitId" />
    <property name="sigPolicyId" value="http://www.test.com/policy.pdf" />
    <property name="sigPolicyIdDescription" value="factura" />
    <property name="signaturePolicyDigestAlgorithm" value="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1" />
    <property name="signaturePolicyDigestValue" value="Ohixl6upD6av8N7pEvDABhEL1hM=" />
    <property name="signerClaimedRoles" ref="signerClaimedRoles_XMLSigner" />
    <property name="dataObjectFormatDescription" value="Factura electrónica" />
    <property name="dataObjectFormatMimeType" value="text/xml" />
</bean>
<bean class="java.util.ArrayList" id="signerClaimedRoles_XMLSigner">
    <constructor-arg>
        <list>
            <value>Emisor</value>
            <value>&lt;ClaimedRole
                xmlns=&quot;http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#&quot;&gt;&lt;test
                xmlns=&quot;http://test.com/&quot;&gt;test&lt;/test&gt;&lt;/ClaimedRole&gt;</value>
        </list>
    </constructor-arg>
</bean>

Limitations with regard to XAdES version 1.4.2

  • No support for signature form XAdES-T and XAdES-C

  • Only signer part implemented. Verifier part currently not available.

  • No support for the QualifyingPropertiesReference element (see section 6.3.2 of spec).

  • No support for the Transforms element contained in the SignaturePolicyId element contained in the SignaturePolicyIdentifier element

  • No support of the CounterSignature element → no support for the UnsignedProperties element

  • At most one DataObjectFormat element. More than one DataObjectFormat element makes no sense because we have only one data object which is signed (this is the incoming message body to the XML signer endpoint).

  • At most one CommitmentTypeIndication element. More than one CommitmentTypeIndication element makes no sense because we have only one data object which is signed (this is the incoming message body to the XML signer endpoint).

  • A CommitmentTypeIndication element contains always the AllSignedDataObjects element. The ObjectReference element within CommitmentTypeIndication element is not supported.

  • The AllDataObjectsTimeStamp element is not supported

  • The IndividualDataObjectsTimeStamp element is not supported