org.jivesoftware.util
Class Blowfish

java.lang.Object
  org.jivesoftware.util.Blowfish

public class Blowfish
extends Object

A class that provides easy Blowfish encryption.

Author:

Markus Hahn , Gaston Dombiak

Constructor Summary

Blowfish(String password)
Creates a new Blowfish object using the specified key (oversized password will be cut).

Method Summary

String	decryptString(String sCipherText) decrypts a hexbin string (handling is case sensitive)
void	destroy() destroys (clears) the encryption engine, after that the instance is not valid anymore
String	encryptString(String sPlainText) Encrypts a string (treated in UNICODE) using the standard Java random generator, which isn't that great for creating IVs

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Blowfish

public Blowfish(String password)

Creates a new Blowfish object using the specified key (oversized password will be cut).

Parameters:

password - the password (treated as a real unicode array)

Method Detail

encryptString

public String encryptString(String sPlainText)

Encrypts a string (treated in UNICODE) using the standard Java random generator, which isn't that great for creating IVs

Parameters:

sPlainText - string to encrypt

Returns:

encrypted string in binhex format

decryptString

public String decryptString(String sCipherText)

decrypts a hexbin string (handling is case sensitive)

Parameters:

sCipherText - hexbin string to decrypt

Returns:

decrypted string (null equals an error)

destroy

public void destroy()

destroys (clears) the encryption engine, after that the instance is not valid anymore