The Apache XML Security Software 0.0.1 supports the XML-Signature Syntax and Processing recommendation.

Note that there is no standard API avaliable at the moment. SUN is working on a JAVA Specification Request JSR-105: XML Digital Signature APIs on an API for XML Signature and JSR-106: XML Digital Encryption APIs. This software does not conform to this specification.

The XML Security package is available in both source code and precompiled binary (JAR files) form. Both packages are made available under the Apache Software License.

This software can be used to create and verify arbitrary forms of XML Signatures. The documentation available here is not very huge; my first approach is to supply usage examples which are available in the src_samples/ directory to give interested users a first starting point to jump-start with XML Signature. NOTE: The samples divide into two groups: Samples that create and samples that verify Signatures. Eventually, you should adjust the verifying program to another filename if you get FileNotFoundExceptions.