public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    if (args.length != 4) {
      System.err.printf("Expected 4 parameters, got %d\n", args.length);
      System.err.println("Usage: java MacExample compute/verify key-file input-file mac-file");
      System.exit(1);
    }
    String mode = args[0];
    if (!mode.equals("compute") && !mode.equals("verify")) {
      System.err.println("Incorrect mode. Please select compute or verify.");
      System.exit(1);
    }
    Path keyFile = Paths.get(args[1]);
    byte[] msg = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(args[2]));
    Path macFile = Paths.get(args[3]);

    // Register all MAC key types with the Tink runtime.
    MacConfig.register();

    // Read the keyset into a KeysetHandle.
    KeysetHandle handle =
        TinkJsonProtoKeysetFormat.parseKeyset(
            new String(Files.readAllBytes(keyFile), UTF_8), InsecureSecretKeyAccess.get());

    // Get the primitive.
    Mac macPrimitive = handle.getPrimitive(Mac.class);

    if (mode.equals("compute")) {
      byte[] macTag = macPrimitive.computeMac(msg);
      Files.write(macFile, macTag);
    } else {
      byte[] macTag = Files.readAllBytes(macFile);
      // This will throw a GeneralSecurityException if verification fails.
      macPrimitive.verifyMac(macTag, msg);
    }
  }
A command-line utility for checking file integrity with a Message Authentication Code (MAC).

<p>It loads cleartext keys from disk - this is not recommended!

<p>It requires the following arguments:

<ul>
  <li>mode: either 'compute' or 'verify'.
  <li>key-file: Read the key material from this file.
  <li>input-file: Read the input from this file.
  <li>mac-file: name of the file containing a hexadecimal MAC of the input data.
java_src/examples/mac/MacExample.java