add public key loader

This adds a way to restore a public key from any data source.

3 files changed, 34 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/ecdsa.go b/ecdsa.go
index 6754ee4..42c5cf1 100644
--- a/ecdsa.go
+++ b/ecdsa.go
@@ -75,6 +75,16 @@ func (pr EcdsaPrivateKey) MarshalPem() (marshalledPemBlock, error) {
   return pem.EncodeToMemory(&pem_block), nil
 }
 
+// load an ecdsa public key
+func LoadPublicKeyEcdsa(raw []byte) (*EcdsaPublicKey, error) {
+  raw_pub, err := x509.ParsePKIXPublicKey(raw)
+  if err != nil { return nil, err }
+
+  pub, ok := raw_pub.(*ecdsa.PublicKey)
+  if !ok { return nil, errors.New("Not an ecdsa key!") }
+  return &EcdsaPublicKey{pub}, nil
+}
+
 // marshal the public key to a pem block
 func (pu *EcdsaPublicKey) MarshalPem() (marshalledPemBlock, error) {
   asn1, err := x509.MarshalPKIXPublicKey(pu.public_key)
diff --git a/private_key_test.go b/private_key_test.go
index a563f50..6a40d70 100644
--- a/private_key_test.go
+++ b/private_key_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ var (
   SignatureHash    = crypto.SHA512
 )
 
+type (
+  Loader func(raw []byte) (PublicKey, error)
+)
+
 // run the marshal test
 func RunMarshalTest(pk_type string, pe Pemmer, label string, t *testing.T) ([]byte, error) {
   marsh_pem, err := pe.MarshalPem()
@@ -29,13 +33,7 @@ func RunMarshalTest(pk_type string, pe Pemmer, label string, t *testing.T) ([]by
 }
 
 // test other private key functions
-func RunPrivateKeyTests(pk_type string, pk PrivateKey, t *testing.T) {
-  pu := pk.Public()
-
-  // TODO check return result of the marshalled public key
-  _, err := RunMarshalTest(pk_type + "-public", pu, PemLabelPublic, t)
-  if err != nil { return }
-
+func RunPrivateKeyTests(pk_type string, pk PrivateKey, pu PublicKey, t *testing.T) {
   signature, err := pk.Sign(SignatureMessage, SignatureHash)
   if err != nil { t.Errorf("%s: error creating a signature: %s", pk_type, err) }
 
@@ -55,7 +53,13 @@ func TestEcdsaFunctions(t *testing.T) {
   pk, err = LoadPrivateKeyEcdsa(block_bytes)
   if err != nil { t.Errorf("ecdsa: pem content wrong: %s", err) }
 
-  RunPrivateKeyTests("ecdsa", pk, t)
+  block_bytes, err = RunMarshalTest("ecdsa-public", pk.Public(), PemLabelPublic, t)
+  if err != nil { return }
+
+  pu, err := LoadPublicKeyEcdsa(block_bytes)
+  if err != nil { t.Errorf("ecdsa-public: pem content wrong: %s", err) }
+
+  RunPrivateKeyTests("ecdsa", pk, pu, t)
 }
 
 // test rsa private key functions
@@ -69,5 +73,12 @@ func TestRsaFunctions(t *testing.T) {
   pk, err = LoadPrivateKeyRsa(block_bytes)
   if err != nil { t.Errorf("rsa: pem content wrong: %s", err) }
 
-  RunPrivateKeyTests("rsa", pk, t)
+
+  block_bytes, err = RunMarshalTest("rsa-public", pk.Public(), PemLabelPublic, t)
+  if err != nil { return }
+
+  pu, err := LoadPublicKeyRsa(block_bytes)
+  if err != nil { t.Errorf("rsa-public: pem content wrong: %s", err) }
+
+  RunPrivateKeyTests("rsa", pk, pu, t)
 }
diff --git a/rsa.go b/rsa.go
index 9a4f298..1661163 100644
--- a/rsa.go
+++ b/rsa.go
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ func (pr RsaPrivateKey) MarshalPem() (marshalledPemBlock, error) {
   return pem.EncodeToMemory(&pem_block), nil
 }
 
+func LoadPublicKeyRsa(raw []byte) (*RsaPublicKey, error) {
+  return nil, errors.New("not implemented yet!")
+}
+
 func (pu *RsaPublicKey) MarshalPem() (marshalledPemBlock, error) {
   asn1, err := x509.MarshalPKIXPublicKey(pu.public_key)
   if err != nil { return nil, err }