import javax.crypto.Cipher; import javax.crypto.KeyGenerator; import javax.crypto.SecretKey; import javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter; /** * 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 { /** * 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 * @throws Exception */ public static SecretKey getSecretEncryptionKey() throws Exception{ KeyGenerator generator = KeyGenerator.getInstance("AES"); generator.init(128); // The AES key size in number of bits SecretKey secKey = generator.generateKey(); return secKey; } /** * Encrypts plainText in AES using the secret key * @param plainText * @param secKey * @return * @throws Exception */ public static byte[] encryptText(String plainText,SecretKey secKey) throws Exception{ // 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 * @throws Exception */ public static String decryptText(byte[] byteCipherText, SecretKey secKey) throws Exception { // 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 * @param hash * @return */ private static String bytesToHex(byte[] hash) { return DatatypeConverter.printHexBinary(hash); } }