Class OpenStego


  • public class OpenStego
    extends Object
    This is the main class for OpenStego. It includes the main(String[]) method which provides the command line interface for the tool. It also has API methods which can be used by external programs when using OpenStego as a library.
    • Method Detail

      • embedData

        public byte[] embedData​(byte[] msg,
                                String msgFileName,
                                byte[] cover,
                                String coverFileName,
                                String stegoFileName)
                         throws OpenStegoException
        Method to embed the message data into the cover data
        Parameters:
        msg - Message data to be embedded
        msgFileName - Name of the message file
        cover - Cover data into which message data needs to be embedded
        coverFileName - Name of the cover file
        stegoFileName - Name of the output stego file
        Returns:
        Stego data containing the embedded message
        Throws:
        OpenStegoException - Processing issues
      • embedData

        public byte[] embedData​(File msgFile,
                                File coverFile,
                                String stegoFileName)
                         throws OpenStegoException
        Method to embed the message data into the cover data (alternate API)
        Parameters:
        msgFile - File containing the message data to be embedded
        coverFile - Cover file into which data needs to be embedded
        stegoFileName - Name of the output stego file
        Returns:
        Stego data containing the embedded message
        Throws:
        OpenStegoException - Processing issues
      • embedMark

        public byte[] embedMark​(byte[] sig,
                                String sigFileName,
                                byte[] cover,
                                String coverFileName,
                                String stegoFileName)
                         throws OpenStegoException
        Method to embed the watermark signature data into the cover data
        Parameters:
        sig - Signature data to be embedded
        sigFileName - Name of the signature file
        cover - Cover data into which signature data needs to be embedded
        coverFileName - Name of the cover file
        stegoFileName - Name of the output stego file
        Returns:
        Stego data containing the embedded signature
        Throws:
        OpenStegoException - Processing issues
      • embedMark

        public byte[] embedMark​(File sigFile,
                                File coverFile,
                                String stegoFileName)
                         throws OpenStegoException
        Method to embed the watermark signature data into the cover data (alternate API)
        Parameters:
        sigFile - File containing the signature data to be embedded
        coverFile - Cover file into which data needs to be embedded
        stegoFileName - Name of the output stego file
        Returns:
        Stego data containing the embedded signature
        Throws:
        OpenStegoException - Processing issues
      • extractData

        public List<?> extractData​(byte[] stegoData,
                                   String stegoFileName)
                            throws OpenStegoException
        Method to extract the message data from stego data
        Parameters:
        stegoData - Stego data from which the message needs to be extracted
        stegoFileName - Name of the stego file
        Returns:
        Extracted message (List's first element is filename and second element is the message as byte array)
        Throws:
        OpenStegoException - Processing issues
      • extractData

        public List<?> extractData​(File stegoFile)
                            throws OpenStegoException
        Method to extract the message data from stego data (alternate API)
        Parameters:
        stegoFile - Stego file from which message needs to be extracted
        Returns:
        Extracted message (List's first element is filename and second element is the message as byte array)
        Throws:
        OpenStegoException - Processing issues
      • checkMark

        public double checkMark​(byte[] stegoData,
                                String stegoFileName,
                                byte[] origSigData)
                         throws OpenStegoException
        Method to check the correlation for the given image and the original signature
        Parameters:
        stegoData - Stego data containing the watermark
        stegoFileName - Name of the stego file
        origSigData - Original signature data
        Returns:
        Correlation
        Throws:
        OpenStegoException - Processing issues
      • checkMark

        public double checkMark​(File stegoFile,
                                File origSigFile)
                         throws OpenStegoException
        Method to check the correlation for the given image and the original signature (alternate API)
        Parameters:
        stegoFile - Stego file from which watermark needs to be extracted
        origSigFile - Original signature file
        Returns:
        Correlation
        Throws:
        OpenStegoException - Processing issues
      • generateSignature

        public byte[] generateSignature()
                                 throws OpenStegoException
        Method to generate the signature data using the given plugin
        Returns:
        Signature data
        Throws:
        OpenStegoException - Processing issues
      • getDiff

        public byte[] getDiff​(byte[] stegoData,
                              String stegoFileName,
                              byte[] coverData,
                              String coverFileName,
                              String diffFileName)
                       throws OpenStegoException
        Method to get difference between original cover file and the stegged file
        Parameters:
        stegoData - Stego data containing the embedded data
        stegoFileName - Name of the stego file
        coverData - Original cover data
        coverFileName - Name of the cover file
        diffFileName - Name of the output difference file
        Returns:
        Difference data
        Throws:
        OpenStegoException - Processing issues
      • getDiff

        public byte[] getDiff​(File stegoFile,
                              File coverFile,
                              String diffFileName)
                       throws OpenStegoException
        Method to get difference between original cover file and the stegged file
        Parameters:
        stegoFile - Stego file containing the embedded data
        coverFile - Original cover file
        diffFileName - Name of the output difference file
        Returns:
        Difference data
        Throws:
        OpenStegoException - Processing issues
      • getConfig

        public OpenStegoConfig getConfig()
        Get method for configuration data
        Returns:
        Configuration data
      • main

        public static void main​(String[] args)
        Main method for calling openstego from command line.
        Parameters:
        args - Command line arguments