add general support from encoding to string and restoring from string various keys formats. + docs.

src/commonMain/kotlin/net/sergeych/crypto2/BinaryId.kt

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ open class BinaryId protected constructor (
     /**
      * Bad format (crc does not match)
      */
-    class InvalidException(text: String) : IllegalArgumentException(text)
+    class InvalidException(text: String,reason: Throwable?=null) : IllegalArgumentException(text,reason)
 
     /**
      * Attempt to compare binary ids with different magic. In this case only [equals]
@@ -136,8 +136,9 @@ open class BinaryId protected constructor (
          * Restore a string representation of existing BinaryId.
          */
         @Suppress("unused")
-        fun restoreFromString(str: String): BinaryId =
+        fun restoreFromString(str: String): BinaryId = kotlin.runCatching {
             BinaryId(str.decodeBase64Url().toUByteArray())
+        }.getOrElse { throw InvalidException("can't parse binary id: $str", it) }
 
 
         fun createFromBytes(magic: Int, bytes: ByteArray): BinaryId = createFromUBytes(magic, bytes.toUByteArray())

src/commonMain/kotlin/net/sergeych/crypto2/KeyId.kt

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
  *
  * See [PBKD.Params.deriveKey] for deriving keys from id.
  *
+ * See [id], and [BinaryId] class for more. Note that for [PublicKey] and [VerifyingPublicKey] [BinaryId.asPublicKey]
+ * and [BinaryId.asVerifyingKey] restore actual keys, providing [BinaryId.magic] has proper value, see [KeysmagicNumber]]
+ *
  * @param id actual id used in equality test amd hash code generation. `Id` of the matching keys is the same.
  * @param kdp optional key derivation parameters. Does not affect equality. Allow deriving the key from proper
  *            password, see above.

src/commonMain/kotlin/net/sergeych/crypto2/PublicKey.kt

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package net.sergeych.crypto2
 import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 import kotlinx.serialization.Transient
+import net.sergeych.bipack.decodeFromBipack
+import net.sergeych.crypto2.VerifyingPublicKey.Companion.toString
+import net.sergeych.mp_tools.decodeBase64Url
 
 /**
  * The public for public-key encryption. It encrypts messages that can only be decrypted with corresponding
@@ -71,4 +74,40 @@ class PublicKey(override val keyBytes: UByteArray) : UniversalKey(), EncryptingK
         Asymmetric.createMessage(senderKey, this, WithFill.encode(plainData, randomFill))
 
     override val id by lazy { KeyId(magic, keyBytes, null, true) }
+
+    companion object {
+        /**
+         * Parse any known public key text representation, including what [toString] return (for public keys it is
+         * possible)
+         * @throws IllegalArgumentException the public key isn't recognized
+         */
+        fun parse(text: String): PublicKey {
+            val s = text.trim()
+
+            fun parseId(t: String): PublicKey{
+                val id = BinaryId.restoreFromString(t)
+                if( id.magic != KeysmagicNumber.defaultAssymmetric.ordinal)
+                    throw IllegalArgumentException("invalid magick ${id.magic} for PublicKey")
+                return id.asPublicKey
+            }
+
+            // 🗝sig#I1po9Y2I7p2aOxeh4nFyGPm3e0YunBEu1Mo-PmIqP84Evg
+            return when {
+                s.startsWith("\uD83D\uDDDDpub#") -> parseId(s.drop(6))
+                s.startsWith("pub#") -> parseId(s.drop(4))
+                s.startsWith("#") -> parseId(s.drop(1))
+                else -> {
+                    // consider it is serialized key in base64 format
+                    val data = s.decodeBase64Url().asUByteArray()
+                    if (data.size == 32)
+                        PublicKey(data)
+                    else {
+                        runCatching { data.decodeFromBipack<PublicKey>() }.getOrNull()
+                            ?: kotlin.runCatching { data.decodeFromBipack<UniversalKey>() as PublicKey }
+                                .getOrElse { throw IllegalArgumentException("can't parse verifying key") }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }

src/commonMain/kotlin/net/sergeych/crypto2/UniversalKey.kt

@@ -2,16 +2,28 @@ package net.sergeych.crypto2
 
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 import kotlinx.serialization.Transient
+import net.sergeych.bipack.BipackEncoder
+import net.sergeych.bipack.decodeFromBipack
+import net.sergeych.mp_tools.decodeBase64Compact
+import net.sergeych.mp_tools.encodeToBase64Compact
 
 @Serializable
-sealed class UniversalKey: KeyInstance {
+sealed class UniversalKey : KeyInstance {
 
     abstract val keyBytes: UByteArray
 
     @Transient
     open val magic: KeysmagicNumber = KeysmagicNumber.Unknown
 
-
+    /**
+     * Key ID positively identify key from the point of view of _decrypting or verifying_. So matching [VerifyingKey]
+     * and [SigningKey] will have the same id, same as matching [PublicKey] and [SecretKey].
+     *
+     * KeyId is based on [BinaryId] which includes checksum (crc8) and magick number for additional security,
+     * see [KeysmagicNumber].
+     *
+     * Also "public" keys can be restored from id using [BinaryId.asPublicKey] and [BinaryId.asVerifyingKey].
+     */
     override val id by lazy { KeyId(magic, keyBytes, null) }
 
     // Important: id can be overridden, so we use it, not magic:
@@ -33,12 +45,34 @@ sealed class UniversalKey: KeyInstance {
     companion object {
         fun newSecretKey() = SecretKey.new()
         fun newSigningKey() = SigningSecretKey.new()
+
         @Suppress("unused")
         fun newSymmetricKey() = SymmetricKey.new()
 
+        /**
+         * Parse all known string representations of the universal key
+         * @throws IllegalArgumentException if it can't parse any key.
+         */
+        fun parseString(text: String): UniversalKey {
+            val s = text.trim()
+            return when {
+                s.startsWith("\uD83D\uDDDDpub#") || s.startsWith("pub#") ->
+                    PublicKey.parse(s)
+                s.startsWith("\uD83D\uDDDDver#") || s.startsWith("ver#") ->
+                    VerifyingPublicKey.parse(s)
+                else -> {
+                    s.decodeBase64Compact().decodeFromBipack<UniversalKey>()
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
     }
 }
 
+inline fun <reified T : UniversalKey> T.asString() =
+    BipackEncoder.encode<T>(this).encodeToBase64Compact()
+
+
 open class IllegalSignatureException(text: String = "signed data is tampered or signature is corrupted") :
     IllegalStateException(text)
 

src/commonMain/kotlin/net/sergeych/crypto2/VerifyingPublicKey.kt

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import com.ionspin.kotlin.crypto.signature.Signature
 import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 import kotlinx.serialization.Transient
+import net.sergeych.bipack.decodeFromBipack
+import net.sergeych.mp_tools.decodeBase64Url
 
 /**
  * Public key to verify signatures only
@@ -53,5 +55,41 @@ class VerifyingPublicKey(override val keyBytes: UByteArray) : UniversalKey(), Ve
      */
     infix fun and(other: Multikey) = Multikey(this) and other
 
+    companion object {
+        /**
+         * Parse any known public key text representation, including what [toString] return (for public keys it is
+         * possible)
+         * @throws IllegalArgumentException the public key isn't recognized, in particular [BinaryId.InvalidException]
+         *      if the text is corrupt
+         */
+        fun parse(text: String): VerifyingPublicKey {
+            val s = text.trim()
 
+            fun parseId(t: String): VerifyingPublicKey {
+                // assume it is an id:
+                val id = BinaryId.restoreFromString(t)
+                return if (id.magic == KeysmagicNumber.defaultVerifying.ordinal)
+                    id.asVerifyingKey as VerifyingPublicKey
+                else throw IllegalArgumentException("Invalid magick: ${id.magic} when parsing[$t]")
+            }
+
+            // 🗝sig#I1po9Y2I7p2aOxeh4nFyGPm3e0YunBEu1Mo-PmIqP84Evg
+            return when {
+                s.startsWith("\uD83D\uDDDDver#") -> parseId(s.drop(6))
+                s.startsWith("ver#") -> parseId(s.drop(4))
+                s.startsWith("#") -> parseId(s.drop(1))
+                else -> {
+                    // consider it is serialized key in base64 format
+                    val data = s.decodeBase64Url().asUByteArray()
+                    if (data.size == 32)
+                        VerifyingPublicKey(data)
+                    else {
+                        runCatching { data.decodeFromBipack<VerifyingPublicKey>() }.getOrNull()
+                            ?: kotlin.runCatching { data.decodeFromBipack<UniversalKey>() as VerifyingPublicKey }
+                                .getOrElse { throw IllegalArgumentException("can't parse verifying key") }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }

src/commonMain/kotlin/net/sergeych/crypto2/kdf.kt

@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ sealed class KDF {
         @Suppress("unused")
         fun deriveMultiple(password: String, count: Int): List<SymmetricKey> =
             kdfForSize(count).deriveMultipleKeys(password, count)
+
+        /**
+         * Derive single key from password, same as [deriveMultiple] with count=1.
+         */
+        fun derive(password: String): SymmetricKey = deriveMultiple(password, 1).first()
     }
 
     /**

src/commonTest/kotlin/KeysTest.kt

@@ -416,4 +416,45 @@ class KeysTest {
         assertEquals(x, BipackDecoder.decode<SecretKey>(y))
         assertContentEquals(x.keyBytes, BipackDecoder.decode<SecretKey>(y).keyBytes)
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testStringRepresentationAndParse() = runTest {
+        initCrypto()
+        val k1 = SigningSecretKey.new()
+        val k2 = k1.verifyingKey
+        val k3 = SecretKey.new()
+        val k4 = k3.publicKey
+
+        val k5 = UniversalPrivateKey.new()
+        val k6 = k5.publicKey
+
+        assertEquals(32, k2.keyBytes.size)
+        assertContentEquals(k2.keyBytes, k2.id.id.body)
+
+        val k7 = SymmetricKey.new()
+        val k8 = KDF.Complexity.Interactive.derive("super")
+
+        fun testToString(k: UniversalKey) {
+            val s = k.toString()
+            val kx = UniversalKey.parseString(s)
+            assertEquals(kx::class, k::class)
+            assertContentEquals(k.keyBytes, kx.keyBytes)
+            assertEquals(k.id, kx.id)
+            assertEquals(k, kx)
+        }
+
+        fun testAsString(k: UniversalKey) {
+            val s = k.asString()
+            val kx = UniversalKey.parseString(s)
+            assertEquals(kx::class, k::class)
+            assertContentEquals(k.keyBytes, kx.keyBytes)
+            assertEquals(k.id, kx.id)
+            assertEquals(k, kx)
+        }
+
+        testToString(k2)
+        testToString(k4)
+
+        for( i in listOf(k1, k2, k3, k4, k5, k6, k7, k8)) testAsString(i)
+    }
 }