<chapter id="xmlsec-notes-new-crypto">
    <title>Adding support for new cryptographic library.</title>
    <sect1 id="xmlsec-notes-new-crypto-overview">
    <title>Overview.</title>
    <para>XML Security Library can support practicaly any cryptographic
    library. Currently, it has "out-of-the-box" support for OpenSSL,
    NSS and GnuTLS. If your favorite library is not supported yet then
    you can write necessary code yourself. If you and your company
    (university, ...) are willing to share the results of your work I would 
    be happy to add support for new libraries to the main XML Security 
    Library distribution.</para>
    <para>
    The XML Security Library 
    <link linkend="xmlsec-notes-structure">separates</link> 
    the cryptographic library (engine) 
    specific code in an "xmlsec-&lt;crypto&gt;" library (where "&lt;crypto&gt;" is 
    "openssl", "gnutls", "nss", etc.) which includes following items:
    <itemizedlist>
    <listitem><para>
    xmlSecCryptoApp* functions.
    </para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>
    Cryptographic transforms and keys data implementation.
    </para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>
    Keys store support (X509, PGP, etc.).
    </para></listitem>
    </itemizedlist>    
    In this chapter, we will discuss
    a task of creating "xmlsec-mycrypto" library that provides support
    for your favorite "MyCrypto" cryptographic library. 
    </para>
    </sect1>
    <sect1 id="xmlsec-notes-new-crypto-skeleton">
	<title>Creating a framework from the skeleton.</title>
	<para>
	The XML Security Library contains a "skeleton" for creating new
	"xmlsec-&lt;crypto&gt;" libraries. In order to create "xmlsec-mycrypto"
	library framework, do the following (this example assumes that you 
	are using *nix system, adjust the commands if you are using something else):
	<itemizedlist>
	<listitem><para>
	Copy src/skeleton and include/xmlsec/skeleton folders to src/mycrypto and
	include/xmlsec/mycrypto folders and remove CVS folders from the result:
	<example>
	    <title>Coping skeleton folders.</title>
	    <programlisting><![CDATA[
cd src
cp -r skeleton mycrypto
cd mycrypto
rm -rf CVS
cd ../..
cd include/xmlsec
cp -r skeleton mycrypto
cd mycrypto
rm -rf CVS
cd ../../..
	    ]]></programlisting>
	</example>	
	</para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>
	Replace "skeleton" with "mycrypto" in the copied files (note that there
	are different possible cases here):
	<example>
	    <title>Replacing "skeleton" with "mycrypto".</title>
	    <programlisting><![CDATA[
for i in `ls include/xmlsec/mycrypto/* src/mycrypto/*`;  do 
    echo Processing $i ..;
    sed 's/skeleton/mycrypto/g' $i | \
    sed 's/SKELETON/MYCRYPTO/g' | \
    sed 's/Skeleton/MyCrypto/g' > $i.tmp;
    mv $i.tmp $i;
done
	    ]]></programlisting>
	</example>
	</para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>
	Add "xmlsec-mycrypto" library to the "include/xmlsec/crypto.h" file:
	<example>
	    <title>Modifying include/xmlsec/crypto.h file.</title>
	    <programlisting><![CDATA[
...	    
#ifdef XMLSEC_CRYPTO_MYCRYPTO
#include <xmlsec/mycrypto/app.h>
#include <xmlsec/mycrypto/crypto.h>
#include <xmlsec/mycrypto/symbols.h>
#else /* XMLSEC_CRYPTO_MYCRYPTO */
...
#endif /* XMLSEC_CRYPTO_MYCRYPTO */
...
	    ]]></programlisting>
	</example>
	</para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>
	Add "xmlsec-crypto" library to the configure.in file (for *nix systems;
	for Windows you need to modify win32/confgure.js and win32/Makefile.msvc
	files, see win32/README.txt for details):
	<example>
	    <title>Modifying configure.in file.</title>
	    <programlisting><![CDATA[
dnl ==========================================================================
dnl See if we can find MyCrypto
dnl ==========================================================================
XMLSEC_MYCRYPTO_DEFINES=""
MYCRYPTO_CONFIG="mycrypto-config" # TODO
XMLSEC_NO_MYCRYPTO="1"
MYCRYPTO_MIN_VERSION="0.0.0" # TODO 
MYCRYPTO_VERSION=""
MYCRYPTO_PREFIX=""
MYCRYPTO_CFLAGS=""
MYCRYPTO_LIBS=""
MYCRYPTO_LDADDS=""
AC_MSG_CHECKING(for mycrypto libraries >= $MYCRYPTO_MIN_VERSION) 
AC_ARG_WITH(mycrypto, [  --with-mycrypto=[PFX]    mycrypto location])
if test "$with_mycrypto" = "no" ; then
    XMLSEC_CRYPTO_DISABLED_LIST="$XMLSEC_CRYPTO_DISABLED_LIST mycrypto"
    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
else
    if test "$with_mycrypto" != "" ; then
	MYCRYPTO_PREFIX=$with_mycrypto
	MYCRYPTO_CONFIG=$MYCRYPTO_PREFIX/bin/$MYCRYPTO_CONFIG
    fi
    if ! $MYCRYPTO_CONFIG --version > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
	if test "$with_mycrypto" != "" ; then
	    AC_MSG_ERROR(Unable to find mycrypto at '$with_mycrypto')
	fi
    else
        vers=`$MYCRYPTO_CONFIG --version | awk -F. '{ printf "%d", ($1 * 1000 + $2) * 1000 + $3;}'`
	minvers=`echo $MYCRYPTO_MIN_VERSION | awk -F. '{ printf "%d", ($1 * 1000 + $2) * 1000 + $3;}'`
	if test "$vers" -ge "$minvers" ; then
    	    MYCRYPTO_LIBS="`$MYCRYPTO_CONFIG --libs`"
	    MYCRYPTO_CFLAGS="`$MYCRYPTO_CONFIG --cflags`"
	    MYCRYPTO_VERSION="`$MYCRYPTO_CONFIG --version`"
	    XMLSEC_NO_MYCRYPTO="0"
	else
    	    AC_MSG_ERROR(You need at least mycrypto $MYCRYPTO_MIN_VERSION for this version of $PACKAGE)
	fi	
    fi

    dnl update crypt libraries list
    if test "z$XMLSEC_NO_MYCRYPTO" = "z0" ; then
	dnl first crypto library is default one
	if test "z$XMLSEC_CRYPTO" = "z" ; then
	    XMLSEC_CRYPTO="mycrypto"
    	    XMLSEC_CRYPTO_LIB="xmlsec1-mycrypto"
	    XMLSEC_CRYPTO_CFLAGS="$MYCRYPTO_CFLAGS -DXMLSEC_CRYPTO_MYCRYPTO=1"
	    XMLSEC_CRYPTO_LIBS="$MYCRYPTO_LIBS"
	    XMLSEC_CRYPTO_LDADDS="$MYCRYPTO_LDADDS"
	fi	
	XMLSEC_CRYPTO_LIST="$XMLSEC_CRYPTO_LIST mycrypto"
    	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes ('$MYCRYPTO_VERSION'))
    else
	XMLSEC_CRYPTO_DISABLED_LIST="$XMLSEC_CRYPTO_DISABLED_LIST mycrypto"
	AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
    fi
fi
AC_SUBST(XMLSEC_NO_MYCRYPTO)
AC_SUBST(MYCRYPTO_MIN_VERSION)
AC_SUBST(MYCRYPTO_VERSION)
AC_SUBST(MYCRYPTO_CONFIG)	
AC_SUBST(MYCRYPTO_PREFIX)
AC_SUBST(MYCRYPTO_CFLAGS)
AC_SUBST(MYCRYPTO_LIBS)
AC_SUBST(MYCRYPTO_LDADDS)
AC_SUBST(XMLSEC_MYCRYPTO_DEFINES)

...
AC_OUTPUT([
...
include/xmlsec/mycrypto/Makefile
src/mycrypto/Makefile
...
])
	    ]]></programlisting>
	</example>
	</para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>Modify "xmlsec.spec.in" file to create "xmlsec-mycrypto"
	RPM (if necessary).
	</para></listitem>
	</itemizedlist>
	
	By now you should be able to sucessfuly compile XML Security Library
	with MyCrypto library (we disable all other libraries to make sure
	that xmlsec command line utility is linked against xmlsec-mycrypto
	library):
	<example>
	    <title>Compiling the results.</title>
	    <programlisting><![CDATA[
./autogen.sh --without-openssl --without-nss --without-gnutls \
    	     --with-mycrypto=$HOME --disable-tmpl-tests
make	
	    ]]></programlisting>
	</example>
	</para>
    </sect1>
    <sect1 id="xmlsec-notes-new-crypto-functions">
	<title>xmlSecCryptoApp* functions.</title>
	<para>
	The XML Security Library allows application to load multiple
	"xmlsec-&lt;crypto&gt; libraries. To prevent symbol conflicts, 
	all "xmlsec-mycrypto" library names MUST start with "xmlSecMyCrypto". 
	However, in some applications (for example, the xmlsec command line
	utility) that can use any crypto library, would prefer to 
	use a generic function names where possible.
	The "include/xmlsec/crypto.h" and "include/xmlsec/mycrypto/symbols.h" 
	include files do the magic by mapping "xmlSecMyCrypto*" to 
	"xmlSecCrypto*" names using "XMLSEC_CRYPTO_*" defines.
	</para>
	<para>
	In order to build xmlsec command line utility, the 
	"xmlsec-&lt;crypto&gt;" library must implement several functions.
	The stubs for all these functions are provided in the "skeleton"
	we've created. While these functions are not required to be
	implemented by "xmlsec-&lt;crypto&gt;" library, you should consider
	doing so (if possible) to simplify testing (thru xmlsec command line
	utility) and application development.
	</para>
	<para>
	In adition to xmlSecCryptoApp* functions, the xmlsec-&lt;crypto&gt;
	library MUST implement following xmlSecCrypto* functions:
	<table>
	<title>xmlSecCrypto* functions.</title>
	<tgroup cols="2"><tbody>
	<row><entry>xmlSecCryptoInit()</entry>
	<entry>Initializes xmlsec-&lt;crypto&gt; library: registers cryptographic 
	transforms implemented by the library, keys, etc. 
	Please note, that the application might want to intialize
	the cryprographic library by itself. The default cryprographic
	library initialization (for example, used by xmlsec utility) 
	is implemented in xmlSecCryptoAppInit() function.
	</entry></row>
	<row><entry>xmlSecCryptoShutdown()</entry>
	<entry>Shuts down xmlsec-&lt;crypto&gt; library.
	Please note, that the application might want to shutdown
	the cryprographic library by itself. The default cryprographic
	library shutdown (for example, used by xmlsec utility) 
	is implemented in xmlSecCryptoAppShutdown() function.
	</entry></row>
	<row><entry>xmlSecCryptoKeysMngrInit()</entry>
	<entry>Adds keys stores implemented by the xmlsec-&lt;crypto&gt; library
	to the keys manager object.
	</entry></row>
	</tbody></tgroup></table>
	</para>
    </sect1>
    <sect1 id="xmlsec-notes-new-crypto-klasses">
	<title>Klasses and objects.</title>
	<para>The XML Security Library is written in C but it uses some OOP techniques:
	the objects in the library have "klasses" and there is "klasses" inheritance.
	(see <link linkend="xmlsec-signature-klasses">signature</link> and
	<link linkend="xmlsec-encryption-klasses">encryption</link> klasses 
	diagrams). The "klass" is different from C++ "class" (btw, this is 
	one of the reasons why it is spelled differently). The idea of "klasses" 
	used in XML Security Library are close to one in the GLIB/GTK/GNOME
	and many other C projects. If you ever seen an OOP code written in C
	you should find everything familiar.
	</para>
	<para>XML Security Library "klass" includes three main parts:
	<itemizedlist>
	<listitem><para>"Klass" declaration structure that defines "klass" interfaces
	and global constand data (for example, the human-readable name of 
	the "klass").
	<example>
	    <title>Base transform "klass" and its child XPath transform "klass" structure.</title>
	    <programlisting><![CDATA[
struct _xmlSecTransformKlass {
    /* data */
    size_t				klassSize;
    size_t				objSize;
    const xmlChar*			name;
    const xmlChar*			href;
    xmlSecTransformUsage		usage;

    /* methods */
    xmlSecTransformInitializeMethod	initialize;
    xmlSecTransformFinalizeMethod	finalize;

    xmlSecTransformNodeReadMethod	readNode;
    xmlSecTransformNodeWriteMethod	writeNode;

    ...
};

...

static xmlSecTransformKlass xmlSecTransformXPathKlass = {
    /* klass/object sizes */
    sizeof(xmlSecTransformKlass),	/* size_t klassSize */
    xmlSecXPathTransformSize,		/* size_t objSize */

    xmlSecNameXPath,			/* const xmlChar* name; */
    xmlSecXPathNs, 			/* const xmlChar* href; */
    xmlSecTransformUsageDSigTransform,	/* xmlSecTransformUsage	usage; */

    xmlSecTransformXPathInitialize,	/* xmlSecTransformInitializeMethod initialize; */
    xmlSecTransformXPathFinalize,	/* xmlSecTransformFinalizeMethod finalize; */
    xmlSecTransformXPathNodeRead,	/* xmlSecTransformNodeReadMethod readNode; */
    NULL,				/* xmlSecTransformNodeWriteMethod writeNode; */
    
    ...
};
	    ]]></programlisting>
	</example>
	</para></listitem>
	
	<listitem><para>"Klass" id which is simply a pointer to the "klass"
	declaration strucutre. "Klass" id is used to bind "klass" objects 
	to the "klass" declaration and to pass "klass" strucutre to functions.
	<example>
	    <title>Base transform "klass" id declaration and its child XPath transform "klass" id implementation.</title>
	    <programlisting><![CDATA[
typedef const struct _xmlSecTransformKlass		xmlSecTransformKlass, *xmlSecTransformId;

...

#define xmlSecTransformXPathId 		xmlSecTransformXPathGetKlass()

...

xmlSecTransformId 
xmlSecTransformXPathGetKlass(void) {
    return(&xmlSecTransformXPathKlass);
}
	    ]]></programlisting>
	</example>
	</para></listitem>
	
	<listitem><para>"Klass" object structure that contains object specific
	data. The child object specific data are placed after the parent "klass"
	object data.
	<example>
	    <title>Base transform object strucutre and its child XPath transform object.</title>
	    <programlisting><![CDATA[
struct _xmlSecTransform {
    xmlSecTransformId 			id; 
    xmlSecTransformOperation		operation;
    xmlSecTransformStatus		status;
    xmlNodePtr				hereNode;

    /* transforms chain */
    xmlSecTransformPtr			next;
    xmlSecTransformPtr			prev;
    
    ...
};

...

/******************************************************************************
 *
 * XPath/XPointer transforms
 *
 * xmlSecPtrList with XPath expressions is located after xmlSecTransform structure
 * 
 *****************************************************************************/
#define xmlSecXPathTransformSize	\
    (sizeof(xmlSecTransform) + sizeof(xmlSecPtrList))
#define xmlSecXPathTransformGetDataList(transform) \
    ((xmlSecTransformCheckSize((transform), xmlSecXPathTransformSize)) ? \
	(xmlSecPtrListPtr)(((unsigned char*)(transform)) + sizeof(xmlSecTransform)) : \
	(xmlSecPtrListPtr)NULL)
	    ]]></programlisting>
	</example>
	</para></listitem>
	</itemizedlist>
	</para>
    </sect1>
    <sect1 id="xmlsec-notes-new-crypto-transforms">
	<title>Cryptographic transforms.</title>
	<para>The cryptographic transforms (digests, signatures and encryption)
	implementation is the main goal of "xmlsec-&lt;crypto&gt;" library.
	Most of the cryptographic <link linkend="xmlsec-notes-transforms">transforms</link> 
	use default <structfield>pushBin</structfield> and <structfield>popBin</structfield> 
	methods and provide custom <link linkend="xmlSecTransformExecuteMethod">execute</link> method. 
	The binary transform <link linkend="xmlSecTransformExecuteMethod">execute</link> method 
	processes data from the input buffer
	<structfield>inBuf</structfield> and pushes results to
	<structfield>outBuf</structfield>. The transform should try to
	consume and remove data from <structfield>inBuf</structfield> buffer
	as soon as the data became available. However, it might happen
	that current data size in the input buffer is not enough (for example,
	RSA-PKCS1 algorithm requires that all the data are available in 
	one buffer). In this case, transform might keep the data in the 
	input buffer till the next call to 
	<link linkend="xmlSecTransformExecuteMethod">execute</link>
	method. The "last" parameter of the 
	<link linkend="xmlSecTransformExecuteMethod">execute</link>
	indicates that transform MUST process all the data in the input buffer
	and return as much as possible in the output buffer. The 
	<link linkend="xmlSecTransformExecuteMethod">execute</link> method 
	might be called multiple times with non-zero "last" parameter until 
	the transforms returns nothing
	in the output buffer. In addition, the transform implementation is 
	responsible for managing the transform <structfield>status</structfield> 
	variable.
	<table>
	<title>Typical transform status managing.</title>
	<tgroup cols="2"><tbody>
	<row><entry>xmlSecTransformStatusNone</entry>
	<entry>Transform initializes itself (for example, cipher transform 
	generates or reads IV) and sets <structfield>status</structfield> 
	variable to xmlSecTransformStatusWorking.</entry></row>
	<row><entry>xmlSecTransformStatusWorking</entry>
	<entry>Transform process the next (if "last" parameter is zero) or
	last block of data (if "last" parameter is non-zero).
	When transform returns all the data, it sets the 
	<structfield>status</structfield> variable to 
	xmlSecTransformStatusFinished.</entry></row>
	<row><entry>xmlSecTransformStatusFinished</entry>
	<entry>Transform returns no data to indicate that it finished
	processing.</entry></row>
	</tbody></tgroup></table>	
	</para>
	<para>In adition to <link linkend="xmlSecTransformExecuteMethod">execute</link>
	methods, signature, hmac or digest transforms 
	MUST implement <link linkend="xmlSecTransformVerifyMethod">verify</link> method. 
	The <link linkend="xmlSecTransformVerifyMethod">verify</link> method is called
	after transform execution is finished. The 
	<link linkend="xmlSecTransformVerifyMethod">verify</link> method implementation 
	must set the "status" member to <link linkend="xmlSecTransformStatusOk">xmlSecTransformStatusOk</link>
	if signature, hmac or digest is successfuly verified or to
	<link linkend="xmlSecTransformStatusFail">xmlSecTransformStatusFail</link>
	otherwise.
	</para>
	<para>The transforms that require a key (signature or encryption 
	transforms, for example) MUST imlpement 
	<link linkend="xmlSecTransformSetKeyRequirementsMethod">setKeyReq</link> 
	(prepares the <link linkend="xmlSecKeyReq">key requirements</link>
	for key search) and
	<link linkend="xmlSecTransformSetKeyMethod">setKey</link> 
	(sets the key in the transform) methods. 
	</para>
    </sect1>
    <sect1 id="xmlsec-notes-new-crypto-keys">
	<title>Keys data and keys data stores.</title>
	<para>
	There are two key data types: key value data (for example, AES, DES, DSA, 
	HMAC or RSA key data) and others (for example, key name, X509 or PGP data).
	The key data implementation should implement at least one of 
	<link linkend="xmlSecKeyDataXmlReadMethod">xmlRead</link>
	or <link linkend="xmlSecKeyDataBinReadMethod">binRead</link> methods.
	</para>
	<para>TODO</para>
    </sect1>
    <sect1 id="xmlsec-notes-new-crypto-simple-keys-mngr">
	<title>Default keys manager.</title>
	<para>Any "xmlsec-&lt;crypto&gt;" library implementation must provide
	a default keys store. The XML Security Library 	has a built-in flat 
	list based <link linkend="xmlSecSimpleKeysStoreId">simple keys 
	store</link> which could be used if cryptographic library does not
	have one itself.
	</para>
    </sect1>
    <sect1 id="xmlsec-notes-new-crypto-sharing-results">
	<title>Sharing the results.</title>
	<para>If you implemented support for new cryptographic library
	(or extended an existing one) and both you and your company/university/...
	are willing to share the code I would be glad to add your work
	to XML Security Library. Many people will thank you for this 
	and will use your library. Of course, you'll get all the credits 
	for your work.
	</para>
	<para>The best way to submit your enchancements is to provide a diff 
	with the current CVS version. In order to do this, 
	<itemizedlist>
	<listitem><para>Checkout the sources from <ulink URL="http://developer.gnome.org/tools/cvs.html">GNOME CVS</ulink>
	(module name is "xmlsec").
	</para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>Add all the new files with "cvs add" command (this will not 
	create files in CVS but mark them as "added" localy). You'll not be able
	to create new folders without a valid GNOME CVS account, let me know
	what you need and I'll be happy to help.
	</para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>Get a diff of all existing and new files using 
	"cvs -z3 diff -u -N" command.
	</para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>Send the resulting diff file to the xmlsec mailing list
	with some information about yourself so I can update the authors 
	and coping information.
	</para></listitem>
	</itemizedlist>
	I will try to review and check in your patch as soon as possible.
	</para>
    </sect1>
</chapter>


