Utils Class
Properties Methods Events Config Settings Errors
The Utils class offers a selection of popular helper methods that may be of use in a variety of scenarios.
Class Name
SecureBlackbox_Utils
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_open(); secureblackbox_utils_close($res); secureblackbox_utils_register_callback($res, $id, $function); secureblackbox_utils_get_last_error($res); secureblackbox_utils_get_last_error_code($res); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, $id, $index, $value); secureblackbox_utils_get($res, $id, $index); secureblackbox_utils_do_addpartfrombytes($res, $data); secureblackbox_utils_do_addpartfromfile($res, $filename); secureblackbox_utils_do_base64decode($res, $value, $useurlencoding); secureblackbox_utils_do_base64encode($res, $bytes, $useurlencoding); secureblackbox_utils_do_base64encodelines($res, $bytes, $linelen); secureblackbox_utils_do_config($res, $configurationstring); secureblackbox_utils_do_datetostring($res, $value); secureblackbox_utils_do_doaction($res, $actionid, $actionparams); secureblackbox_utils_do_getlocaldnsname($res); secureblackbox_utils_do_getlocalip($res, $ipv6); secureblackbox_utils_do_getlocalips($res, $ipv4, $ipv6); secureblackbox_utils_do_getparttobytes($res, $index); secureblackbox_utils_do_getparttofile($res, $index, $filename); secureblackbox_utils_do_getremoteip($res, $hostname, $ipv6, $dnsmode, $dnsservers, $timeout); secureblackbox_utils_do_getremoteips($res, $hostname, $ipv4, $ipv6, $dnsmode, $dnsservers, $timeout); secureblackbox_utils_do_getvaluebyname($res, $name); secureblackbox_utils_do_hexdecode($res, $value); secureblackbox_utils_do_hexencode($res, $bytes); secureblackbox_utils_do_indexofname($res, $name); secureblackbox_utils_do_loadmultipartfrombytes($res, $contenttype, $data); secureblackbox_utils_do_loadmultipartfromfile($res, $contenttype, $filename); secureblackbox_utils_do_loadnamevaluepairs($res, $data, $format, $namevalueseparator, $pairseparator, $trimvalues); secureblackbox_utils_do_oidtostring($res, $bytes); secureblackbox_utils_do_removenamevaluepair($res, $name); secureblackbox_utils_do_savemultipartcontenttype($res); secureblackbox_utils_do_savemultiparttobytes($res, $multipartmode); secureblackbox_utils_do_savemultiparttofile($res, $multipartmode, $filename); secureblackbox_utils_do_savenamevaluepairs($res, $format, $namevalueseparator, $pairseparator); secureblackbox_utils_do_setvaluebyname($res, $name, $value); secureblackbox_utils_do_stringdecode($res, $bytes, $encoding); secureblackbox_utils_do_stringencode($res, $value, $encoding); secureblackbox_utils_do_stringtodate($res, $value); secureblackbox_utils_do_stringtooid($res, $value); secureblackbox_utils_do_urldecode($res, $value); secureblackbox_utils_do_urlencode($res, $value);
Remarks
If you need to resolve a hostname to an IP address, encode a string using a specific character encoding, or compose a multipart message, look no further. This is exactly what Utils is intended for.
Property List
The following is the full list of the properties of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
MultipartPartCount | The number of records in the MultipartPart arrays. |
MultipartPartContentDescription | Provides a description for the part ( Content-Description header property). |
MultipartPartContentDisposition | Specifies the disposition of the part ( Content-Disposition header property). |
MultipartPartContentID | Specifies the ID of the part ( Content-ID header property). |
MultipartPartContentTransferEncoding | Specifies the transfer encoding for the part ( Content-Transfer-Encoding header property). |
MultipartPartContentType | Specifies the content type of the part ( Content-Type header property). |
MultipartPartCustomHeaders | Assign any custom HTTP headers to be added to the part header. |
MultipartPartFieldName | Specifies the property name of the form part ( name parameter in Content-Disposition header property). |
MultipartPartFieldValue | Specifies the property value of the form part (the part's content). |
MultipartPartFilename | Specifies the filename for the form part ( filename parameter in Content-Disposition header property). |
MultipartPartHandle | Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. |
NameValuePairCount | The number of records in the NameValuePair arrays. |
NameValuePairCategory | Specifies the string category of the contained value. |
NameValuePairFormat | Specifies the format (encoding) of the value contained in the Value property. |
NameValuePairName | The name element in a (name, value) pair. |
NameValuePairValue | The value element in a (name, value) pair. |
Method List
The following is the full list of the methods of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
AddPartFromBytes | Adds a new part to MultipartMessage from the specified byte array. |
AddPartFromFile | Adds a new part to MultipartMessage from the specified file. |
Base64Decode | Decodes a base64 string to a byte array. |
Base64Encode | Encodes a byte array in base64. |
Base64EncodeLines | Encodes the Bytes array containing binary data to a multi-line Base64. |
Config | Sets or retrieves a configuration setting. |
DateToString | Converts a variable of Date type to the respective string representation. |
DoAction | Performs an additional action. |
GetLocalDNSName | Returns the DNS name of the local system. |
GetLocalIP | Returns the primary IP address of the local system. |
GetLocalIPs | Returns a list of local IP addresses. |
GetPartToBytes | Saves the data from the specified part to a byte array. |
GetPartToFile | Saves the data from the specified part to a file. |
GetRemoteIP | Gets the IP address of a remote host. |
GetRemoteIPs | Resolves IP addresses available for a hostname. |
GetValueByName | Returns the value from the (name, value) pair list for the requested name. |
HexDecode | Decodes a hex-encoded string into a byte array. |
HexEncode | Encodes a byte array to hex string. |
IndexOfName | Returns the index of the (name, value) pair in the list for the requested Name. |
LoadMultipartFromBytes | Loads a multipart message from the specified byte array to MultipartMessage . |
LoadMultipartFromFile | Loads a multipart message from the specified file to MultipartMessage . |
LoadNameValuePairs | Loads a list of (name, value) pairs from a string. |
OidToString | Converts a binary-encoded ASN.1 OID to its string representation. |
RemoveNameValuePair | Remove a (name, value) pair by name. |
SaveMultipartContentType | Returns the value for Content-Type field. |
SaveMultipartToBytes | Saves the parts contained in MultipartMessage to a byte array. |
SaveMultipartToFile | Saves the parts contained in MultipartMessage to the file. |
SaveNameValuePairs | Serializes the (name, value) pair list to a string. |
SetValueByName | Adds or updates the (name, value) pair by a name. |
StringDecode | Converts a byte array to a string using a chosen encoding. |
StringEncode | Encodes a string to a byte array using a chosen character encoding. |
StringToDate | Converts a date represented by a string to a respective Date object. |
StringToOid | Converts string OID representation to an ASN.1 byte array. |
UrlDecode | Decodes a URLEncoded string back into its original form. |
UrlEncode | Encodes the provided string using URLEncode. |
Event List
The following is the full list of the events fired by the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
Error | Informs about errors during cryptographic operations. |
Notification | This event notifies the application about an underlying control flow event. |
Config Settings
The following is a list of config settings for the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
MultipartBoundary | Returns the boundary string used to save the last multipart message. |
MultipartCharset | Specifies the charset to be used to encode the field names and the filenames of the multipart message. |
RelatedStart | Identifies the starting body part or root. |
RelatedStartInfo | Contains additional information required for unpacking or processing of the content. |
RelatedType | Contains media type/subtype of message's content. |
TempPath | Path for storing temporary files. |
CheckKeyIntegrityBeforeUse | Enables or disable private key integrity check before use. |
CookieCaching | Specifies whether a cookie cache should be used for HTTP(S) transports. |
Cookies | Gets or sets local cookies for the class. |
DefDeriveKeyIterations | Specifies the default key derivation algorithm iteration count. |
EnableClientSideSSLFFDHE | Enables or disables finite field DHE key exchange support in TLS clients. |
GlobalCookies | Gets or sets global cookies for all the HTTP transports. |
HttpUserAgent | Specifies the user agent name to be used by all HTTP clients. |
LogDestination | Specifies the debug log destination. |
LogDetails | Specifies the debug log details to dump. |
LogFile | Specifies the debug log filename. |
LogFilters | Specifies the debug log filters. |
LogFlushMode | Specifies the log flush mode. |
LogLevel | Specifies the debug log level. |
LogMaxEventCount | Specifies the maximum number of events to cache before further action is taken. |
LogRotationMode | Specifies the log rotation mode. |
MaxASN1BufferLength | Specifies the maximal allowed length for ASN.1 primitive tag data. |
MaxASN1TreeDepth | Specifies the maximal depth for processed ASN.1 trees. |
OCSPHashAlgorithm | Specifies the hash algorithm to be used to identify certificates in OCSP requests. |
StaticDNS | Specifies whether static DNS rules should be used. |
StaticIPAddress[domain] | Gets or sets an IP address for the specified domain name. |
StaticIPAddresses | Gets or sets all the static DNS rules. |
Tag | Allows to store any custom data. |
TLSSessionGroup | Specifies the group name of TLS sessions to be used for session resumption. |
TLSSessionLifetime | Specifies lifetime in seconds of the cached TLS session. |
TLSSessionPurgeInterval | Specifies how often the session cache should remove the expired TLS sessions. |
UseOwnDNSResolver | Specifies whether the client classes should use own DNS resolver. |
UseSharedSystemStorages | Specifies whether the validation engine should use a global per-process copy of the system certificate stores. |
UseSystemOAEPAndPSS | Enforces or disables the use of system-driven RSA OAEP and PSS computations. |
UseSystemRandom | Enables or disables the use of the OS PRNG. |
MultipartPartCount Property (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
The number of records in the MultipartPart arrays.
Object Oriented Interface
public function getMultipartPartCount(); public function setMultipartPartCount($value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_get($res, 1 ); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, 1, $value );
Default Value
0
Remarks
This property controls the size of the following arrays:
- MultipartPartContentDescription
- MultipartPartContentDisposition
- MultipartPartContentID
- MultipartPartContentTransferEncoding
- MultipartPartContentType
- MultipartPartCustomHeaders
- MultipartPartFieldName
- MultipartPartFieldValue
- MultipartPartFilename
- MultipartPartHandle
The array indices start at 0 and end at MultipartPartCount - 1.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
Integer
MultipartPartContentDescription Property (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Provides a description for the part ( Content-Description header property).
Object Oriented Interface
public function getMultipartPartContentDescription($multipartpartindex); public function setMultipartPartContentDescription($multipartpartindex, $value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_get($res, 2 , $multipartpartindex); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, 2, $value , $multipartpartindex);
Default Value
''
Remarks
Provides a description for the part (Content-Description header field)
The $multipartpartindex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MultipartPartCount property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
String
MultipartPartContentDisposition Property (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Specifies the disposition of the part ( Content-Disposition header property).
Object Oriented Interface
public function getMultipartPartContentDisposition($multipartpartindex); public function setMultipartPartContentDisposition($multipartpartindex, $value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_get($res, 3 , $multipartpartindex); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, 3, $value , $multipartpartindex);
Default Value
''
Remarks
Specifies the disposition of the part (Content-Disposition header field)
The $multipartpartindex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MultipartPartCount property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
String
MultipartPartContentID Property (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Specifies the ID of the part ( Content-ID header property).
Object Oriented Interface
public function getMultipartPartContentID($multipartpartindex); public function setMultipartPartContentID($multipartpartindex, $value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_get($res, 4 , $multipartpartindex); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, 4, $value , $multipartpartindex);
Default Value
''
Remarks
Specifies the ID of the part (Content-ID header field)
The $multipartpartindex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MultipartPartCount property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
String
MultipartPartContentTransferEncoding Property (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Specifies the transfer encoding for the part ( Content-Transfer-Encoding header property).
Object Oriented Interface
public function getMultipartPartContentTransferEncoding($multipartpartindex); public function setMultipartPartContentTransferEncoding($multipartpartindex, $value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_get($res, 5 , $multipartpartindex); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, 5, $value , $multipartpartindex);
Default Value
''
Remarks
Specifies the transfer encoding for the part (Content-Transfer-Encoding header field)
The $multipartpartindex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MultipartPartCount property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
String
MultipartPartContentType Property (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Specifies the content type of the part ( Content-Type header property).
Object Oriented Interface
public function getMultipartPartContentType($multipartpartindex); public function setMultipartPartContentType($multipartpartindex, $value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_get($res, 6 , $multipartpartindex); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, 6, $value , $multipartpartindex);
Default Value
''
Remarks
Specifies the content type of the part (Content-Type header field)
The $multipartpartindex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MultipartPartCount property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
String
MultipartPartCustomHeaders Property (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Assign any custom HTTP headers to be added to the part header.
Object Oriented Interface
public function getMultipartPartCustomHeaders($multipartpartindex); public function setMultipartPartCustomHeaders($multipartpartindex, $value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_get($res, 7 , $multipartpartindex); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, 7, $value , $multipartpartindex);
Default Value
''
Remarks
Assign any custom HTTP headers to be added to the part header.
The $multipartpartindex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MultipartPartCount property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
String
MultipartPartFieldName Property (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Specifies the property name of the form part ( name parameter in Content-Disposition header property).
Object Oriented Interface
public function getMultipartPartFieldName($multipartpartindex); public function setMultipartPartFieldName($multipartpartindex, $value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_get($res, 8 , $multipartpartindex); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, 8, $value , $multipartpartindex);
Default Value
''
Remarks
Specifies the field name of the form part (name parameter in Content-Disposition header field).
The $multipartpartindex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MultipartPartCount property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
String
MultipartPartFieldValue Property (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Specifies the property value of the form part (the part's content).
Object Oriented Interface
public function getMultipartPartFieldValue($multipartpartindex); public function setMultipartPartFieldValue($multipartpartindex, $value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_get($res, 9 , $multipartpartindex); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, 9, $value , $multipartpartindex);
Default Value
''
Remarks
Specifies the field value of the form part (the part's content).
The $multipartpartindex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MultipartPartCount property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
String
MultipartPartFilename Property (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Specifies the filename for the form part ( filename parameter in Content-Disposition header property).
Object Oriented Interface
public function getMultipartPartFilename($multipartpartindex); public function setMultipartPartFilename($multipartpartindex, $value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_get($res, 10 , $multipartpartindex); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, 10, $value , $multipartpartindex);
Default Value
''
Remarks
Specifies the filename for the form part (filename parameter in Content-Disposition header field).
The $multipartpartindex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MultipartPartCount property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
String
MultipartPartHandle Property (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object.
Object Oriented Interface
public function getMultipartPartHandle($multipartpartindex); public function setMultipartPartHandle($multipartpartindex, $value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_get($res, 11 , $multipartpartindex); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, 11, $value , $multipartpartindex);
Default Value
0
Remarks
Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise.
When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object after such operation.
pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());
The $multipartpartindex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MultipartPartCount property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
Long64
NameValuePairCount Property (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
The number of records in the NameValuePair arrays.
Object Oriented Interface
public function getNameValuePairCount(); public function setNameValuePairCount($value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_get($res, 12 ); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, 12, $value );
Default Value
0
Remarks
This property controls the size of the following arrays:
The array indices start at 0 and end at NameValuePairCount - 1.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
Integer
NameValuePairCategory Property (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Specifies the string category of the contained value.
Object Oriented Interface
public function getNameValuePairCategory($namevaluepairindex); public function setNameValuePairCategory($namevaluepairindex, $value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_get($res, 13 , $namevaluepairindex); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, 13, $value , $namevaluepairindex);
Default Value
''
Remarks
Specifies the string category of the contained value.
This property allows to check or set the category (or type) associated with the contained value. Depending on the format used to load or save the string, the category parameter may or may not be used.
For example, for ASN.1 property lists the category contains the ASN.1 tag of the contained data (OCTETSTRING, UTF8STRING, INTEGER, ...). For basic (name, value) pairs, such as HTTP headers, the category parameter is not used.
The $namevaluepairindex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the NameValuePairCount property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
String
NameValuePairFormat Property (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Specifies the format (encoding) of the value contained in the Value property.
Object Oriented Interface
public function getNameValuePairFormat($namevaluepairindex); public function setNameValuePairFormat($namevaluepairindex, $value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_get($res, 14 , $namevaluepairindex); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, 14, $value , $namevaluepairindex);
Default Value
0
Remarks
Specifies the format (encoding) of the value contained in the NameValuePairValue property.
Use this property to check or set the format of the contained value. Remember to provide the actual value in the appropriate format that matches this setting:
utils.NameValuePairs[0].Name = "key";
utils.NameValuePairs[0].Format = svfBinary;
utils.NameValuePairs[0].Name = "0a1b2c3d4e5f6071";
The following formats are currently supported:
svfText | 0 | The property contains text |
svfBinary | 1 | The property contains binary data. The Value property contains a hex encoding of it. |
The $namevaluepairindex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the NameValuePairCount property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
Integer
NameValuePairName Property (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
The name element in a (name, value) pair.
Object Oriented Interface
public function getNameValuePairName($namevaluepairindex); public function setNameValuePairName($namevaluepairindex, $value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_get($res, 15 , $namevaluepairindex); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, 15, $value , $namevaluepairindex);
Default Value
''
Remarks
The name element in a (name, value) pair.
The $namevaluepairindex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the NameValuePairCount property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
String
NameValuePairValue Property (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
The value element in a (name, value) pair.
Object Oriented Interface
public function getNameValuePairValue($namevaluepairindex); public function setNameValuePairValue($namevaluepairindex, $value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_get($res, 16 , $namevaluepairindex); secureblackbox_utils_set($res, 16, $value , $namevaluepairindex);
Default Value
''
Remarks
The value element in a (name, value) pair.
The $namevaluepairindex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the NameValuePairCount property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
String
AddPartFromBytes Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Adds a new part to MultipartMessage from the specified byte array.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doAddPartFromBytes($data);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_addpartfrombytes($res, $data);
Remarks
The method adds a new part to MultipartMessage list with the specified data as the part's content.
Returns the index of the added part.
AddPartFromFile Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Adds a new part to MultipartMessage from the specified file.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doAddPartFromFile($filename);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_addpartfromfile($res, $filename);
Remarks
The method adds a new part to MultipartMessage list with the specified file data as the part's content.
Returns the index of the added part.
Base64Decode Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Decodes a base64 string to a byte array.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doBase64Decode($value, $useurlencoding);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_base64decode($res, $value, $useurlencoding);
Remarks
Use this method to decode a base64-encoded string to a byte array. The UseURLEncoding parameter specifies whether the URL-Base64 modification should be used when decoding the string.
byte[] arr = utils.Base64Decode("SGVsbG8sIHdvcmxkIQ==", false);
Base64Encode Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Encodes a byte array in base64.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doBase64Encode($bytes, $useurlencoding);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_base64encode($res, $bytes, $useurlencoding);
Remarks
Use this method to encode binary data contained in Bytes to a base64 string. The UseURLEncoding parameter specifies whether additional URL encoding should be applied to the resulting string (with + and / characters replaced with - and _, respectively).
string encoded = utils.Base64Encode(buf, false);
Base64EncodeLines Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Encodes the Bytes array containing binary data to a multi-line Base64.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doBase64EncodeLines($bytes, $linelen);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_base64encodelines($res, $bytes, $linelen);
Remarks
Use this method to encode large amounts of binary data to multi-line base64 strings. Use LineLen parameter to provide the maximal length of each base64 line.
Config Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doConfig($configurationstring);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_config($res, $configurationstring);
Remarks
Config is a generic method available in every class. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the class.
These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the class, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.
To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).
To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.
DateToString Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Converts a variable of Date type to the respective string representation.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doDateToString($value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_datetostring($res, $value);
Remarks
Use this method to convert a value of a platform date type to a string representation accepted by various SecureBlackbox methods and properties.
DoAction Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Performs an additional action.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doDoAction($actionid, $actionparams);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_doaction($res, $actionid, $actionparams);
Remarks
DoAction is a generic method available in every class. It is used to perform an additional action introduced after the product major release. The list of actions is not fixed, and may be flexibly extended over time.
The unique identifier (case insensitive) of the action is provided in the ActionID parameter.
ActionParams contains the value of a single parameter, or a list of multiple parameters for the action in the form of PARAM1=VALUE1;PARAM2=VALUE2;....
GetLocalDNSName Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Returns the DNS name of the local system.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doGetLocalDNSName();
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_getlocaldnsname($res);
Remarks
Use this property to get the registered DNS or network name of the local system.
GetLocalIP Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Returns the primary IP address of the local system.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doGetLocalIP($ipv6);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_getlocalip($res, $ipv6);
Remarks
Use this method to obtain the default IP address of the local system.
GetLocalIPs Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Returns a list of local IP addresses.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doGetLocalIPs($ipv4, $ipv6);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_getlocalips($res, $ipv4, $ipv6);
Remarks
Use this method to request a list of all local IP addresses available in the system. Set IPv4 and IPv6 as required to filter IPv4 and IPv6 interfaces in or out respectively.
GetPartToBytes Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Saves the data from the specified part to a byte array.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doGetPartToBytes($index);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_getparttobytes($res, $index);
Remarks
Use this method to store the data of the specified part to a byte array.
Index must be greater than or equal to 0, and less than the part count.
GetPartToFile Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Saves the data from the specified part to a file.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doGetPartToFile($index, $filename);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_getparttofile($res, $index, $filename);
Remarks
Use this method to store the data of the specified part to a file.
Index must be greater than or equal to 0, and less than the part count.
GetRemoteIP Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Gets the IP address of a remote host.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doGetRemoteIP($hostname, $ipv6, $dnsmode, $dnsservers, $timeout);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_getremoteip($res, $hostname, $ipv6, $dnsmode, $dnsservers, $timeout);
Remarks
Use this property to resolve the address of a remote host using the provided DNS settings. Set IPv6 to true to force resolution of both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
Use the Timeout setting to specify maximal resolution time, and the DNSServer parameter to list the addresses of DNS servers to use for address resolution. Separate individual servers in the list with commas or semicolons. If an empty server list is provided, the component will use the list of servers configured in the system.
Use one of the below DNS modes:
dmAuto | 0 |
dmPlatform | 1 |
dmOwn | 2 |
dmOwnSecure | 3 |
GetRemoteIPs Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Resolves IP addresses available for a hostname.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doGetRemoteIPs($hostname, $ipv4, $ipv6, $dnsmode, $dnsservers, $timeout);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_getremoteips($res, $hostname, $ipv4, $ipv6, $dnsmode, $dnsservers, $timeout);
Remarks
Use this method to resolve all IP addresses available for the chosen hostname using the provided DNS settings. Use the Timeout setting to specify maximal resolution time. The DNSServer parameter lists the addresses of DNS servers to use for address resolution, separated with commas or semicolons. If an empty server list is provided, the component will use the list of servers configured in the system.
Use one of the below DNS modes:
dmAuto | 0 |
dmPlatform | 1 |
dmOwn | 2 |
dmOwnSecure | 3 |
GetValueByName Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Returns the value from the (name, value) pair list for the requested name.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doGetValueByName($name);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_getvaluebyname($res, $name);
Remarks
Use this method to obtain a matching value for the requested Name in the NameValuePairs list.
HexDecode Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Decodes a hex-encoded string into a byte array.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doHexDecode($value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_hexdecode($res, $value);
Remarks
Use this method to decode hex- (base16-) encoded strings to byte arrays.
byte[] buf = utils.HexDecode("48656C6C6F2C20776F726C6421");
HexEncode Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Encodes a byte array to hex string.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doHexEncode($bytes);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_hexencode($res, $bytes);
Remarks
Use this method to encode a byte array, passed as Bytes, to a hex (base16) string.
IndexOfName Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Returns the index of the (name, value) pair in the list for the requested Name.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doIndexOfName($name);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_indexofname($res, $name);
Remarks
Use this method to obtain the index of the (Name, Value) object in NameValuePairs list.
LoadMultipartFromBytes Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Loads a multipart message from the specified byte array to MultipartMessage .
Object Oriented Interface
public function doLoadMultipartFromBytes($contenttype, $data);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_loadmultipartfrombytes($res, $contenttype, $data);
Remarks
Use this method to load a multipart message from a byte array to MultipartMessage. You need to provide the content of the Content-Type header field together with the multipart body stored in the byte array.
After the data is loaded, you can get the data of each part by calling GetPartToBytes/GetPartToFile/GetPartToStream methods.
While loading data, the parts data is stored in temporary files/streams. If the TempPath config property is not empty, the parts data is stored to temporary files in that folder, otherwise the data is stored in memory streams.
LoadMultipartFromFile Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Loads a multipart message from the specified file to MultipartMessage .
Object Oriented Interface
public function doLoadMultipartFromFile($contenttype, $filename);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_loadmultipartfromfile($res, $contenttype, $filename);
Remarks
Use this method to load a multipart message from a file to MultipartMessage. You need to provide the content of the Content-Type header field together with the multipart body stored in the file.
After the file is loaded, you can get the data of each part by calling GetPartToBytes/GetPartToFile/GetPartToStream methods.
While loading data, the parts data is stored in temporary files/streams. If the TempPath config property is not empty, the parts data is stored to temporary files in that folder, otherwise the data is stored in memory streams.
LoadNameValuePairs Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Loads a list of (name, value) pairs from a string.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doLoadNameValuePairs($data, $format, $namevalueseparator, $pairseparator, $trimvalues);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_loadnamevaluepairs($res, $data, $format, $namevalueseparator, $pairseparator, $trimvalues);
Remarks
Use this method to load a list of (name, value) pairs to NameValuePairs from a string. Provide one of the known formats via Format, and optionally pass the separators using NameValueSeparator and PairSeparator parameters.
The following pre-defined pair list formats are currently supported:
- rdn: a textual distinguished name encoding (/C=US/S=NC/O=Big Company)
- rdnbinary: a hex-encoded DER encoding of the ASN.1 RelativeDistinguishedName object
OidToString Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Converts a binary-encoded ASN.1 OID to its string representation.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doOidToString($bytes);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_oidtostring($res, $bytes);
Remarks
Use this method to convert binary-encoded OIDs (object identifiers) to their dotted string representations.
byte[] oid_bin = new byte[] { 0x60, 0x86, 0x48, 0x01, 0x65, 0x03, 0x04, 0x01, 0x06 };
string oid_str = utils.OidToString(oid_bin);
Console.WriteLine(oid_str); // prints 2.16.840.1.101.3.4.1.6
RemoveNameValuePair Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Remove a (name, value) pair by name.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doRemoveNameValuePair($name);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_removenamevaluepair($res, $name);
Remarks
Use this method to remove the (Name, Value) pair from the NameValuePairs list.
SaveMultipartContentType Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Returns the value for Content-Type field.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doSaveMultipartContentType();
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_savemultipartcontenttype($res);
Remarks
Call this method to get a value for Content-Type field after calling SaveMultipartToBytes or SaveMultipartToFile or SaveMultipartToStream.
SaveMultipartToBytes Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Saves the parts contained in MultipartMessage to a byte array.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doSaveMultipartToBytes($multipartmode);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_savemultiparttobytes($res, $multipartmode);
Remarks
Use this method to store MultipartMessage to a temporary byte array.
Supported values for MultipartMode are:
hmmFormData | 0 | The multipart message contains form data (content type is multipart/form-data) |
hmmRelated | 1 | The multipart message contains related parts (content type is multipart/related) |
To send the stored data to an HTTP server, follow the steps below:
- Call SaveMultipartContentType method and assign the returned value to ContentType field of RequestParameters> property
- Call PostBytes> method and pass the array to it
SaveMultipartToFile Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Saves the parts contained in MultipartMessage to the file.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doSaveMultipartToFile($multipartmode, $filename);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_savemultiparttofile($res, $multipartmode, $filename);
Remarks
Use this method to store MultipartMessage to a temporary file.
Supported values for MultipartMode are:
hmmFormData | 0 | The multipart message contains form data (content type is multipart/form-data) |
hmmRelated | 1 | The multipart message contains related parts (content type is multipart/related) |
To send the stored data to an HTTP server, follow the steps below:
- Call SaveMultipartContentType method and assign the returned value to ContentType field of RequestParameters> property
- Call PostFile> method and pass the filename to it
SaveNameValuePairs Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Serializes the (name, value) pair list to a string.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doSaveNameValuePairs($format, $namevalueseparator, $pairseparator);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_savenamevaluepairs($res, $format, $namevalueseparator, $pairseparator);
Remarks
Use this method to save the contents of NameValuePairs to a string. Provide the desired format through the Format parameter, and entry separators (if required) via NameValueSeparator and PairSeparator parameters.
The following pre-defined pair list formats are currently supported:
- rdn: a textual distinguished name encoding (/C=US/S=NC/O=Big Company)
- rdnbinary: a hex-encoded DER encoding of the ASN.1 RelativeDistinguishedName object
SetValueByName Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Adds or updates the (name, value) pair by a name.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doSetValueByName($name, $value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_setvaluebyname($res, $name, $value);
Remarks
This method updates the existing (Name, Value) pair with a new value, or adds a new pair if no such pair existed in NameValuePairs list.
StringDecode Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Converts a byte array to a string using a chosen encoding.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doStringDecode($bytes, $encoding);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_stringdecode($res, $bytes, $encoding);
Remarks
Use this method to convert a byte array to a string using the required text encoding. The following encodings are currently supported: utf-8, utf16.
Leave Encoding empty to use the default code page configured in the system.
StringEncode Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Encodes a string to a byte array using a chosen character encoding.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doStringEncode($value, $encoding);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_stringencode($res, $value, $encoding);
Remarks
Use this method to convert a string to a byte array using the provided text encoding. The following encodings are currently supported: utf-8, utf16.
Leave Encoding empty to use the default code page configured in the system.
StringToDate Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Converts a date represented by a string to a respective Date object.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doStringToDate($value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_stringtodate($res, $value);
Remarks
Use this method to convert a date string that you obtained from a SecureBlackbox component property or method to a platform date object.
StringToOid Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Converts string OID representation to an ASN.1 byte array.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doStringToOid($value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_stringtooid($res, $value);
Remarks
Use this method to convert an OID represented with a dotted string to the respective ASN.1 representation.
string oid_str = "2.16.840.1.101.3.4.1.6";
byte[] oid_buf = utils.StringToOid(oid_str);
UrlDecode Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Decodes a URLEncoded string back into its original form.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doUrlDecode($value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_urldecode($res, $value);
Remarks
Use this method to decode the URLEncoded Value back to its original representation.
UrlEncode Method (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Encodes the provided string using URLEncode.
Object Oriented Interface
public function doUrlEncode($value);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_do_urlencode($res, $value);
Remarks
Use this method to encode Value using URL Encoding (percent encoding), as defined in RFC 3986.
Error Event (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
Informs about errors during cryptographic operations.
Object Oriented Interface
public function fireError($param);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_register_callback($res, 1, array($this, 'fireError'));
Parameter List
'errorcode'
'description'
Remarks
Class fires this event if an error happens during a cryptographic operation.
ErrorCode contains an error code and Description contains a textual description of the error that happened.
Notification Event (SecureBlackbox_Utils Class)
This event notifies the application about an underlying control flow event.
Object Oriented Interface
public function fireNotification($param);
Procedural Interface
secureblackbox_utils_register_callback($res, 2, array($this, 'fireNotification'));
Parameter List
'eventid'
'eventparam'
Remarks
The class fires this event to let the application know about some event, occurrence, or milestone in the class. For example, it may fire to report completion of the document processing. The list of events being reported is not fixed, and may be flexibly extended over time.
The unique identifier of the event is provided in the EventID parameter. EventParam contains any parameters accompanying the occurrence. Depending on the type of the class, the exact action it is performing, or the document being processed, one or both may be omitted.
Config Settings (Utils Class)
The class accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the class, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.Utils Config Settings
Provides the starting body part or root for multipart messages transferred over HTTP.
Provides additional information for unpacking or processing of the content in multipart messages transferred over HTTP.
Provides the media type/subtype of message's content in multipart messages transferred over HTTP.
This setting specifies an absolute path to the location on disk where temporary files are stored.
Base Config Settings
This global property enables or disables private key material check before each signing operation. This slows down performance a bit, but prevents a selection of attacks on RSA keys where keys with unknown origins are used.
You can switch this property off to improve performance if your project only uses known, good private keys.
Set this property to enable or disable cookies caching for the class.
Supported values are:
off | No caching (default) | |
local | Local caching | |
global | Global caching |
Use this property to get cookies from the internal cookie storage of the class and/or restore them back between application sessions.
This global property sets the default number of iterations for all supported key derivation algorithms. Note that you can provide the required number of iterations by using properties of the relevant key generation component; this global setting is used in scenarios where specific iteration count is not or cannot be provided.
This global property enables or disables support for finite field DHE key exchange methods in TLS clients. FF DHE is a slower algorithm if compared to EC DHE; enabling it may result in slower connections.
This setting only applies to sessions negotiated with TLS version 1.3.
Use this property to get cookies from the GLOBAL cookie storage or restore them back between application sessions. These cookies will be used by all the classes that have its CookieCaching property set to "global".
This global setting defines the User-Agent field of the HTTP request provides information about the software that initiates the request. This value will be used by all the HTTP clients including the ones used internally in other classes.
Contains a comma-separated list of values that specifies where debug log should be dumped.
Supported values are:
file | File | |
console | Console | |
systemlog | System Log (supported for Android only) | |
debugger | Debugger (supported for VCL for Windows and .Net) |
Contains a comma-separated list of values that specifies which debug log details to dump.
Supported values are:
time | Current time | |
level | Level | |
package | Package name | |
module | Module name | |
class | Class name | |
method | Method name | |
threadid | Thread Id | |
contenttype | Content type | |
content | Content | |
all | All details |
Use this property to provide a path to the log file.
Contains a comma-separated list of value pairs ("name:value") that describe filters.
Supported filter names are:
exclude-package | Exclude a package specified in the value | |
exclude-module | Exclude a module specified in the value | |
exclude-class | Exclude a class specified in the value | |
exclude-method | Exclude a method specified in the value | |
include-package | Include a package specified in the value | |
include-module | Include a module specified in the value | |
include-class | Include a class specified in the value | |
include-method | Include a method specified in the value |
Use this property to set the log flush mode. The following values are defined:
none | No flush (caching only) | |
immediate | Immediate flush (real-time logging) | |
maxcount | Flush cached entries upon reaching LogMaxEventCount entries in the cache. |
Use this property to provide the desired debug log level.
Supported values are:
none | None (by default) | |
fatal | Severe errors that cause premature termination. | |
error | Other runtime errors or unexpected conditions. | |
warning | Use of deprecated APIs, poor use of API, 'almost' errors, other runtime situations that are undesirable or unexpected, but not necessarily "wrong". | |
info | Interesting runtime events (startup/shutdown). | |
debug | Detailed information on flow of through the system. | |
trace | More detailed information. |
Use this property to specify the log event number threshold. This threshold may have different effects, depending on the rotation setting and/or the flush mode.
The default value of this setting is 100.
Use this property to set the log rotation mode. The following values are defined:
none | No rotation | |
deleteolder | Delete older entries from the cache upon reaching LogMaxEventCount | |
keepolder | Keep older entries in the cache upon reaching LogMaxEventCount (newer entries are discarded) |
This global property limits the maximal allowed length for ASN.1 tag data for non-content-carrying structures, such as certificates, CRLs, or timestamps. It does not affect structures that can carry content, such as CMS/CAdES messages. This is a security property aiming at preventing DoS attacks.
This global property limits the maximal depth of ASN.1 trees that the component can handle without throwing an error. This is a security property aiming at preventing DoS attacks.
This global setting defines the hash algorithm to use in OCSP requests during chain validation. Some OCSP responders can only use older algorithms, in which case setting this property to SHA1 may be helpful.
Set this property to enable or disable static DNS rules for the class. Works only if UseOwnDNSResolver is set to true.
Supported values are:
none | No static DNS rules (default) | |
local | Local static DNS rules | |
global | Global static DNS rules |
Use this property to get or set an IP address for the specified domain name in the internal (of the class) or global DNS rules storage depending on the StaticDNS value. The type of the IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) is determined automatically. If both addresses are available, they are devided by the | (pipe) character.
Use this property to get static DNS rules from the current rules storage or restore them back between application sessions. If StaticDNS of the class is set to "local", the property returns/restores the rules from/to the internal storage of the class. If StaticDNS of the class is set to "global", the property returns/restores the rules from/to the GLOBAL storage. The rules list is returned and accepted in JSON format.
Use this config property to store any custom data.
Use this property to limit the search of chached TLS sessions to the specified group. Sessions from other groups will be ignored. By default, all sessions are cached with an empty group name and available to all the classes.
Use this property to specify how much time the TLS session should be kept in the session cache. After this time, the session expires and will be automatically removed from the cache. Default value is 300 seconds (5 minutes).
Use this property to specify the time interval of purging the expired TLS sessions from the session cache. Default value is 60 seconds (1 minute).
Set this global property to false to force all the client components to use the DNS resolver provided by the target OS instead of using own one.
Set this global property to false to make each validation run use its own copy of system certificate stores.
This global setting defines who is responsible for performing RSA-OAEP and RSA-PSS computations where the private key is stored in a Windows system store and is exportable. If set to true, SBB will delegate the computations to Windows via a CryptoAPI call. Otherwise, it will export the key material and perform the computations using its own OAEP/PSS implementation.
This setting only applies to certificates originating from a Windows system store.
Use this global property to enable or disable the use of operating system-driven pseudorandom number generation.
Trappable Errors (Utils Class)
Utils Errors
1048577 Invalid parameter value (SB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER) | |
1048578 Class is configured incorrectly (SB_ERROR_INVALID_SETUP) | |
1048579 Operation cannot be executed in the current state (SB_ERROR_INVALID_STATE) | |
1048580 Attempt to set an invalid value to a property (SB_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE) | |
1048581 Certificate does not have its private key loaded (SB_ERROR_NO_PRIVATE_KEY) | |
1048581 Cancelled by the user (SB_ERROR_CANCELLED_BY_USER) |