Is there an easy way to encrypt a java object?

Question

I\'d like to store a serialized object to a file however I\'d like to make it encrypted. It doesn\'t need to be really strong encryption. I just want something easy (preferably

Answer 1

You should look into Jasypt. It has a bunch of utility functions to make this easy.

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BasicTextEncryptor textEncryptor = new BasicTextEncryptor();
textEncryptor.setPassword(myEncryptionPassword);
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String myEncryptedText = textEncryptor.encrypt(myText);
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String plainText = textEncryptor.decrypt(myEncryptedText);
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