QOpcUaKeyPair Class

QOpcUaKeyPair handles private and public key pairs. More...

Header: #include <QOpcUaKeyPair>
CMake: find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS OpcUa)
target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::OpcUa)
qmake: QT += opcua
Inherits: QObject

Public Types

enum class Cipher { Aes128Cbc, Unencrypted }
enum class KeyType { Rsa, Empty, Unknown }
enum class RsaKeyStrength { Bits1024, Bits2048, Bits4096 }

Public Functions

QOpcUaKeyPair(QObject *parent = nullptr)
virtual ~QOpcUaKeyPair()
void generateRsaKey(QOpcUaKeyPair::RsaKeyStrength strength)
bool hasPrivateKey() const
bool loadFromPemData(const QByteArray &data)
QByteArray privateKeyToByteArray(QOpcUaKeyPair::Cipher cipher, const QString &password) const
QByteArray publicKeyToByteArray() const
QOpcUaKeyPair::KeyType type() const

Signals

void passphraseNeeded(QString &passphrase, int maximumLength, bool writeOperation)

Detailed Description

This class is currently available as a Technology Preview, and therefore the API and functionality provided by the class may be subject to change at any time without prior notice.

It can generate, load and store keys for asymmetric encryption. Instances of this class have to be passed to functions which need a key.

Member Type Documentation

enum class QOpcUaKeyPair::Cipher

Ciphers for encryption of private keys.

ConstantValueDescription
QOpcUaKeyPair::Cipher::Aes128Cbc0Encrypting AES128 with CBC
QOpcUaKeyPair::Cipher::Unencrypted1The Key will not be encrypted.

enum class QOpcUaKeyPair::KeyType

This enum type specifies the type of a key.

ConstantValueDescription
QOpcUaKeyPair::KeyType::Rsa0An RSA key
QOpcUaKeyPair::KeyType::Empty1No key is available.
QOpcUaKeyPair::KeyType::Unknown2The type of key is not handled.

enum class QOpcUaKeyPair::RsaKeyStrength

This enum type specifies the strength of a RSA key.

ConstantValueDescription
QOpcUaKeyPair::RsaKeyStrength::Bits10241024A key strength of 1024 bits.
QOpcUaKeyPair::RsaKeyStrength::Bits20482048A key strength of 2048 bits.
QOpcUaKeyPair::RsaKeyStrength::Bits40964096A key strength of 4096 bits.

Member Function Documentation

QOpcUaKeyPair::QOpcUaKeyPair(QObject *parent = nullptr)

Creates a new empty key pair with parent as the parent object.

[virtual noexcept] QOpcUaKeyPair::~QOpcUaKeyPair()

Destroys the key pair.

void QOpcUaKeyPair::generateRsaKey(QOpcUaKeyPair::RsaKeyStrength strength)

Generates a new asymmetric RSA key pair.

The length of the key is specified by strength.

bool QOpcUaKeyPair::hasPrivateKey() const

Returns true if the current key contains a private key, otherwise false.

bool QOpcUaKeyPair::loadFromPemData(const QByteArray &data)

Loads a key from PEM encoded data in data. Returns true on success and false otherwise.

It detects from the PEM header if the data contains a private or public key. Loading encrypted keys is possible by connecting a function to the signal passphraseNeeded for provision of the passphrase.

[signal] void QOpcUaKeyPair::passphraseNeeded(QString &passphrase, int maximumLength, bool writeOperation)

This signal is emitted when a private key needs a passphrase for encryption or decryption.

writeOperation is true when the passphrase is needed for exporting a key, and is false when the passphrase is needed for importing a key.

maximumLength specifies the maximum length in bytes for the passphrase. All characters in passphrase exceeding this limit will be ignored.

In case you have use this signal crossing thread boundaries you have to connect it with Qt::BlockingQueuedConnection.

QByteArray QOpcUaKeyPair::privateKeyToByteArray(QOpcUaKeyPair::Cipher cipher, const QString &password) const

Returns the PEM encoded private key. In case there is no private key, an empty byte array is returned.

The encryption of the key has to be specified using the parameters cipher and password. In order to store the key unencrypted the cipher Cipher::Unencrypted has to be used.

QByteArray QOpcUaKeyPair::publicKeyToByteArray() const

Returns the public key as a byte array.

QOpcUaKeyPair::KeyType QOpcUaKeyPair::type() const

Returns the type of the current key.

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