DetachedSignature Property

Specifies whether or not to generate a detached signature when signing a message.

Syntax

 openpgp.getDetachedSignature([callback])
 openpgp.setDetachedSignature( detachedSignature, [callback])

Default Value

FALSE

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for the getDetachedSignature([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err, data){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'data' is the value returned by the method.

The callback for the setDetachedSignature([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

This property specifies whether or not a detached signature is created when signing a message. The default value is False.

If set to true the output will only be the signature. The data being signed will not be included in the output. If set to true ClearSignature will be ignored.

When this property is false (default) the signature is not detached. The output will contain both the signed data and the signature.

Data Type

Boolean