network.oxalis.commons.bouncycastle

Class BCHelper

java.lang.Object

network.oxalis.commons.bouncycastle.BCHelper

public class BCHelper
extends Object

Collection of functionality related to BouncyCastle.

Since:

4.0.0

Author:

erlend

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BCHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static MessageDigest	getMessageDigest(String algorithm) Creates a MessageDigest object using the BouncyCastle provider.
static void	registerProvider() Registers BouncyCastle as provider if not already registered.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BCHelper

public BCHelper()

Method Detail

registerProvider

public static void registerProvider()

Registers BouncyCastle as provider if not already registered.

getMessageDigest

public static MessageDigest getMessageDigest(String algorithm)
                                      throws NoSuchAlgorithmException

Creates a MessageDigest object using the BouncyCastle provider. Exception NoSuchProviderException is disguised as NoSuchAlgorithmException.

Parameters:

algorithm - Algorithm to be use to create the MessageDigest object.

Returns:

MessageDigest object ready for use.

Throws:

NoSuchAlgorithmException - Thrown in cases when unknown algorithms are requestes.