iOS/OS X code examples

This topic will introduce you to important code elements for the iOS/OS X version of the RMS SDK.

Note

In the example code and descriptions that follow, we use the term MSIPC (Microsoft Information Protection and Control) to reference the client process.

 

Using the Rights Management SDK 4.2 - key scenarios

Following are Objective C code examples from a larger sample application representing development scenarios important to your orientation to this SDK. These demonstrate; use of Microsoft Protected File format referred to as protected file , use of custom protected file formats, and use of custom UI controls.

Scenario: Consume an RMS protected file

  • Step 1: Create an MSProtectedData object

    Description: Instantiate an MSProtectedData object, through its create method which implements service authentication using the MSAuthenticationCallback to get a token by passing an instance of MSAuthenticationCallback, as the parameter authenticationCallback, to the MSIPC API. See the call to protectedDataWithProtectedFile in the following example code section.

    + (void)consumePtxtFile:(NSString *)path authenticationCallback:(id<MSAuthenticationCallback>)authenticationCallback
    {
          // userId can be provided as a hint for authentication
        [MSProtectedData protectedDataWithProtectedFile:path 
                                                 userId:nil 
                                 authenticationCallback:authenticationCallback 
                                                options:Default 
                                        completionBlock:^(MSProtectedData *data, NSError *error) {
            //Read the content from the ProtectedData, this will decrypt the data
            NSData *content = [data retrieveData];
        }];
    }
    
  • Step 2: Setup authentication using the Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL).

    Description: In this step you will see ADAL used to implement an MSAuthenticationCallback with example authentication parameters. For more information on using ADAL, see the Azure AD Authentication Library (ADAL).

    // AuthenticationCallback holds the necessary information to retrieve an access token.
    @interface MsipcAuthenticationCallback : NSObject<MSAuthenticationCallback>
    
    @end
    
    @implementation MsipcAuthenticationCallback
    
    - (void)accessTokenWithAuthenticationParameters:
             (MSAuthenticationParameters *)authenticationParameters 
                                    completionBlock:
             (void(^)(NSString *accessToken, NSError *error))completionBlock
    {
        ADAuthenticationError *error;
        ADAuthenticationContext* context = [
           ADAuthenticationContext authenticationContextWithAuthority:authenticationParameters.authority 
                                                                error:&amp;error
        ];
        NSString *appClientId = @”com.microsoft.sampleapp”;
        NSURL *redirectURI = [NSURL URLWithString:@"local://authorize"];
        // Retrieve token using ADAL
        [context acquireTokenWithResource:authenticationParameters.resource
                                 clientId:appClientId
                              redirectUri:redirectURI
                                   userId:authenticationParameters.userId
                          completionBlock:^(ADAuthenticationResult *result) {
                              if (result.status != AD_SUCCEEDED)
                              {
                                  NSLog(@"Auth Failed");
                                  completionBlock(nil, result.error);
                              }
                              else
                              {
                                  completionBlock(result.accessToken, result.error);
                              }
                          }];
    }
    
  • Step 3: Check if the Edit right exists for this user with this content via the accessCheck method of a MSUserPolicy object.

    - (void)accessCheckWithProtectedData:(MSProtectedData *)protectedData
    {
        //check if user has edit rights and apply enforcements
        if (!protectedData.userPolicy.accessCheck(EditableDocumentRights.Edit))
        {
            // enforce on the UI
            textEditor.focusableInTouchMode = NO;
            textEditor.focusable = NO;
            textEditor.enabled = NO;
        }
    }
    

Scenario: Create a new protected file using a template

This scenario begins with getting a list of templates, MSTemplateDescriptor, selecting the first one to create a policy, then creating and writing to the new protected file.

  • Step 1: Get list of templates

    + (void)templateListUsageWithAuthenticationCallback:(id<MSAuthenticationCallback>)authenticationCallback
    {
        [MSTemplateDescriptor templateListWithUserId:@"user@domain.com"
                              authenticationCallback:authenticationCallback
                                     completionBlock:^(NSArray/*MSTemplateDescriptor*/ *templates, NSError *error)
         {
             // use templates array of MSTemplateDescriptor (Note: will be nil on error)
         }];
    }
    
  • Step 2: Create aMSUserPolicy using the first template in the list.

     + (void)userPolicyCreationFromTemplateWithAuthenticationCallback:(id<MSAuthenticationCallback>)authenticationCallback
    {
        [MSUserPolicy userPolicyWithTemplateDescriptor:[templates objectAtIndex:0]
                                            userId:@"user@domain.com"
                                     signedAppData:nil
                            authenticationCallback:authenticationCallback
                                           options:None
                                   completionBlock:^(MSUserPolicy *userPolicy, NSError *error)
        {
            // use userPolicy (Note: will be nil on error)
        }];
    }
    
  • Step 3: Create a MSMutableProtectedData and write content to it.

    
    + (void)createPtxtWithUserPolicy:(MSUserPolicy *)userPolicy contentToProtect:(NSData *)contentToProtect
    {
        // create an MSMutableProtectedData to write content
        [contentToProtect protectedDataInFile:filePath
                        originalFileExtension:kDefaultTextFileExtension
                               withUserPolicy:userPolicy
                              completionBlock:^(MSMutableProtectedData *data, NSError *error)
         {
             // use data (Note: will be nil on error)
         }];
    }
    

Scenario: Open a custom protected file

  • Step 1: Create a MSUserPolicyfrom a serializedContentPolicy.

    + (void)userPolicyWith:(NSData *)protectedData 
    authenticationCallback:(id<MSAuthenticationCallback>)authenticationCallback
    {
        // Read header information from protectedData and extract the  PL
        /*-------------------------------------------
         | PL length | PL | ContetSizeLength |
         -------------------------------------------*/
        NSUInteger serializedPolicySize;
        NSMutableData *serializedPolicy;
        [protectedData getBytes:&amp;serializedPolicySize length:sizeof(serializedPolicySize)];
        [protectedData getBytes:[serializedPolicy mutableBytes] length:serializedPolicySize];
    
        // Get the user policy , this is an async method as it hits the REST service
        // for content key and usage restrictions
         // userId provided as a hint for authentication
        [MSUserPolicy userPolicyWithSerializedPolicy:serializedPolicy
                                              userId:@"user@domain.com"
                              authenticationCallback:authenticationCallback
                                             options:Default
                                     completionBlock:^(MSUserPolicy *userPolicy, 
                                                       NSError *error)
         {
    
         }];
    }
    
  • Step 2: Create a MSCustomProtectedData using the MSUserPolicy from Step 1 and read from it.

     + (void)customProtectedDataWith:(NSData *)protectedData
    {
        // Read header information from protectedData and extract the  protectedContentSize
        /*-------------------------------------------
         | PL length | PL | ContetSizeLength |
         -------------------------------------------*/
        NSUInteger protectedContentSize;
        [protectedData getBytes:&amp;protectedContentSize 
                         length:sizeof(protectedContentSize)];
    
        // Create the MSCustomProtector used for decrypting the content
        // The content start position is the header length
        [MSCustomProtectedData customProtectedDataWithPolicy:userPolicy
                                               protectedData:protectedData
                                        contentStartPosition:sizeof(NSUInteger) + serializedPolicySize
                                                 contentSize:protectedContentSize
                                             completionBlock:^(MSCustomProtectedData *customProtector,
                                                               NSError *error)
         {
             //Read the content from the custom protector, this will decrypt the data
             NSData *content = [customProtector retrieveData];
             NSLog(@"%@", content);
         }];
    }
    

Scenario: Create a custom protected file using a custom (ad-hoc) policy

  • Step 1: With an email address provided by the user, create a policy descriptor.

    Description: In practice the following objects would be created by using user inputs from the device interface; MSUserRights and MSPolicyDescriptor.

    + (void)policyDescriptor
    {
        MSUserRights *userRights = [[MSUserRights alloc] initWithUsers:[NSArray arrayWithObjects: @"user1@domain.com", @"user2@domain.com", nil] rights:[MSEmailRights all]];
    
        MSPolicyDescriptor *policyDescriptor = [[MSPolicyDescriptor alloc] initWithUserRights:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:userRights, nil]];
        policyDescriptor.contentValidUntil = [[NSDate alloc] initWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:NSTimeIntervalSince1970 + 3600.0];
        policyDescriptor.offlineCacheLifetimeInDays = 10;
    }
    
  • Step 2: Create a custom MSUserPolicy from the policy descriptor, selectedDescriptor.

    Source: filename

    + (void)userPolicyWithPolicyDescriptor:(MSPolicyDescriptor *)policyDescriptor
    {
        [MSUserPolicy userPolicyWithPolicyDescriptor:policyDescriptor
                                          userId:@"user@domain.com"
                          authenticationCallback:authenticationCallback
                                         options:None
                                 completionBlock:^(MSUserPolicy *userPolicy, NSError *error)
        {
         // use userPolicy (Note: will be nil on error)
        }];
    }
    
  • Step 3: Create and write content to the MSMutableCustomProtectedData and then close.

    + (void)mutableCustomProtectedData:(NSMutableData *)backingData policy:(MSUserPolicy *)policy contentToProtect:(NSString *)contentToProtect
    {
        //Get the serializedPolicy from a given policy
        NSData *serializedPolicy = [policy serializedPolicy];
    
        // Write header information to backing data including the PL
        // ------------------------------------
        // | PL length | PL | ContetSizeLength |
        // -------------------------------------
        NSUInteger serializedPolicyLength = [serializedPolicy length];
        [backingData appendData:[NSData dataWithBytes:&amp;serializedPolicyLength length:sizeof(serializedPolicyLength)]];
        [backingData appendData:serializedPolicy];
         NSUInteger protectedContentLength = [MSCustomProtectedData getEncryptedContentLengthWithPolicy:policy contentLength:unprotectedData.length];
        [backingData appendData:[NSData dataWithBytes:&amp;protectedContentLength length:sizeof(protectedContentLength)]];
    
        NSUInteger headerLength = sizeof(serializedPolicyLength) + serializedPolicyLength + sizeof(protectedContentLength);
    
        // Create the MSMutableCustomProtector used for encrypting content
        // The content start position is the current length of the backing data
        // The encryptedContentSize content size is 0 since there is no content yet
        [MSMutableCustomProtectedData customProtectorWithUserPolicy:policy
                                                        backingData:backingData
                                             protectedContentOffset:headerLength
                                                    completionBlock:^(MSMutableCustomProtectedData *customProtector,
                                                                      NSError *error)
         {
             //Append data to the custom protector, this will encrypt the data and write it to the backing data
             [customProtector appendData:[contentToProtect dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] error:&amp;error];
    
             //close the custom protector so it will flush and finalise encryption
             [customProtector close:&amp;error];
    
         }];
    }