How to decode a base64 encoded certificate

Question

Below is my requirement:

1. Program will have an XML file as input with 3 tags: OrgContent, Signature and Certificate. All t

Answer 1

new String(certByteValue,StandardCharsets.UTF_8) fails because the certificate encoded data is not representable as string

The problem could be that the source data is not a base64 X509 certificate, or a encoding issue with your library Base64.decode(). I suggest use the standard decoder of java 8 Base64.getDecoder().decode() or DataTypeConverter.parseBase64Binary() for java >6

Check also this working code to decode a base64 encoded certificate

String certB64 = "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";
byte encodedCert[] = Base64.getDecoder().decode(certB64);
ByteArrayInputStream inputStream  =  new ByteArrayInputStream(encodedCert);

CertificateFactory certFactory = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
X509Certificate cert = (X509Certificate)certFactory.generateCertificate(inputStream);

I assume that your certificate does not have the tags ----- BEGIN CERTIFICATE ----- and ----- END CERTIFICATE -----

EDITED

You can load directly a .cer file encoded in base64 PEM (with -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- tags).

FileInputStream inputStream  =  new FileInputStream (pathToYourCert);
CertificateFactory certFactory = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
X509Certificate cert = (X509Certificate)certFactory.generateCertificate(inputStream);