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package ciphers;

import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import javax.crypto.BadPaddingException;
import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.IllegalBlockSizeException;
import javax.crypto.KeyGenerator;
import javax.crypto.NoSuchPaddingException;
import javax.crypto.SecretKey;

/**
 * This example program shows how AES encryption and decryption can be done in Java. Please note
 * that secret key and encrypted text is unreadable binary and hence in the following program we
 * display it in hexadecimal format of the underlying bytes.
 */
public class AESEncryption {

  private static final char[] HEX_ARRAY = "0123456789ABCDEF".toCharArray();
  /**
   * 1. Generate a plain text for encryption 2. Get a secret key (printed in hexadecimal form). In
   * actual use this must by encrypted and kept safe. The same key is required for decryption.
   */
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    String plainText = "Hello World";
    SecretKey secKey = getSecretEncryptionKey();
    byte[] cipherText = encryptText(plainText, secKey);
    String decryptedText = decryptText(cipherText, secKey);

    System.out.println("Original Text:" + plainText);
    System.out.println("AES Key (Hex Form):" + bytesToHex(secKey.getEncoded()));
    System.out.println("Encrypted Text (Hex Form):" + bytesToHex(cipherText));
    System.out.println("Descrypted Text:" + decryptedText);
  }

  /**
   * gets the AES encryption key. In your actual programs, this should be safely stored.
   *
   * @return secKey (Secret key that we encrypt using it)
   * @throws NoSuchAlgorithmException (from KeyGenrator)
   */
  public static SecretKey getSecretEncryptionKey() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
    KeyGenerator aesKeyGenerator = KeyGenerator.getInstance("AES");
    aesKeyGenerator.init(128); // The AES key size in number of bits
    SecretKey secKey = aesKeyGenerator.generateKey();
    return secKey;
  }

  /**
   * Encrypts plainText in AES using the secret key
   *
   * @param plainText
   * @param secKey
   * @return byteCipherText (The encrypted text)
   * @throws NoSuchPaddingException (from Cipher)
   * @throws NoSuchAlgorithmException (from Cipher)
   * @throws InvalidKeyException (from Cipher)
   * @throws BadPaddingException (from Cipher)
   * @throws IllegalBlockSizeException (from Cipher)
   */
  public static byte[] encryptText(String plainText, SecretKey secKey)
      throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchPaddingException, InvalidKeyException,
          IllegalBlockSizeException, BadPaddingException {
    // AES defaults to AES/ECB/PKCS5Padding in Java 7
    Cipher aesCipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES");
    aesCipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, secKey);
    byte[] byteCipherText = aesCipher.doFinal(plainText.getBytes());
    return byteCipherText;
  }

  /**
   * Decrypts encrypted byte array using the key used for encryption.
   *
   * @param byteCipherText
   * @param secKey
   * @return plainText
   * @throws NoSuchPaddingException
   * @throws NoSuchAlgorithmException
   * @throws InvalidKeyException
   * @throws BadPaddingException
   * @throws IllegalBlockSizeException
   */
  public static String decryptText(byte[] byteCipherText, SecretKey secKey)
      throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchPaddingException, InvalidKeyException,
          IllegalBlockSizeException, BadPaddingException {
    // AES defaults to AES/ECB/PKCS5Padding in Java 7
    Cipher aesCipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES");
    aesCipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, secKey);
    byte[] bytePlainText = aesCipher.doFinal(byteCipherText);
    return new String(bytePlainText);
  }

  /**
   * Convert a binary byte array into readable hex form Old library is deprecated on OpenJdk 11 and
   * this is faster regarding other solution is using StringBuilder Credit {@link
   * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9655181/how-to-convert-a-byte-array-to-a-hex-string-in-java/9855338#9855338}
   *
   * @param hash (in binary)
   * @return hexHash
   */
  public static String bytesToHex(byte[] bytes) {
    char[] hexChars = new char[bytes.length * 2];
    for (int j = 0; j < bytes.length; j++) {
      int v = bytes[j] & 0xFF;
      hexChars[j * 2] = HEX_ARRAY[v >>> 4];
      hexChars[j * 2 + 1] = HEX_ARRAY[v & 0x0F];
    }
    return new String(hexChars);
  }
}

AESEncryption

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