Creating a Signature : Digital Signature Algorithm « Security « Java Tutorial

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2. Security
3. Digital Signature Algorithm

import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.security.KeyFactory;
import java.security.KeyPair;
import java.security.KeyPairGenerator;
import java.security.PrivateKey;
import java.security.Signature;
import java.security.interfaces.DSAParams;
import java.security.interfaces.DSAPrivateKey;
import java.security.interfaces.DSAPublicKey;
import java.security.spec.DSAPrivateKeySpec;
import java.security.spec.KeySpec;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    KeyPairGenerator keyGen = KeyPairGenerator.getInstance("DSA");
    keyGen.initialize(1024);
    KeyPair keypair = keyGen.genKeyPair();
    DSAPrivateKey privateKey = (DSAPrivateKey) keypair.getPrivate();
    DSAPublicKey publicKey = (DSAPublicKey) keypair.getPublic();

    DSAParams dsaParams = privateKey.getParams();
    BigInteger p = dsaParams.getP();
    BigInteger q = dsaParams.getQ();
    BigInteger g = dsaParams.getG();
    BigInteger x = privateKey.getX();
    BigInteger y = publicKey.getY();

    // Create the DSA key factory
    KeyFactory keyFactory = KeyFactory.getInstance("DSA");
    // Create the DSA private key
    KeySpec privateKeySpec = new DSAPrivateKeySpec(x, p, q, g);
    PrivateKey privateKey1 = keyFactory.generatePrivate(privateKeySpec);

    byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];

    Signature sig = Signature.getInstance(privateKey1.getAlgorithm());
    sig.initSign(privateKey1);
    sig.update(buffer, 0, buffer.length);
  }
}