How to encrypt String in Java

Question

What I need is to encrypt string which will show up in 2D barcode(PDF-417) so when someone get an idea to scan it will get nothing readable.

Other requirements:

Answer 1

thanks ive made this class using your code maybe someone finds it userfull

object crypter

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;

import javax.crypto.BadPaddingException;
import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.IllegalBlockSizeException;
import javax.crypto.NoSuchPaddingException;
import javax.crypto.ShortBufferException;
import javax.crypto.spec.DESKeySpec;
import javax.crypto.spec.IvParameterSpec;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;


public class ObjectCrypter {

private Cipher deCipher;
private Cipher enCipher;
private SecretKeySpec key;
private IvParameterSpec ivSpec;


public ObjectCrypter(byte[] keyBytes,   byte[] ivBytes) {
    // wrap key data in Key/IV specs to pass to cipher


     ivSpec = new IvParameterSpec(ivBytes);
    // create the cipher with the algorithm you choose
    // see javadoc for Cipher class for more info, e.g.
    try {
         DESKeySpec dkey = new  DESKeySpec(keyBytes);
          key = new SecretKeySpec(dkey.getKey(), "DES");
         deCipher = Cipher.getInstance("DES/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
         enCipher = Cipher.getInstance("DES/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
    } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (NoSuchPaddingException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (InvalidKeyException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}
public byte[] encrypt(Object obj) throws InvalidKeyException, InvalidAlgorithmParameterException, IOException, IllegalBlockSizeException, ShortBufferException, BadPaddingException {
    byte[] input = convertToByteArray(obj);
    enCipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key, ivSpec);

    return enCipher.doFinal(input);




//  cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key, ivSpec);
//  byte[] encypted = new byte[cipher.getOutputSize(input.length)];
//  int enc_len = cipher.update(input, 0, input.length, encypted, 0);
//  enc_len += cipher.doFinal(encypted, enc_len);
//  return encypted;


}
public Object decrypt( byte[]  encrypted) throws InvalidKeyException, InvalidAlgorithmParameterException, IllegalBlockSizeException, BadPaddingException, IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
    deCipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key, ivSpec);

    return convertFromByteArray(deCipher.doFinal(encrypted));

}



private Object convertFromByteArray(byte[] byteObject) throws IOException,
        ClassNotFoundException {
    ByteArrayInputStream bais;

    ObjectInputStream in;
    bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(byteObject);
    in = new ObjectInputStream(bais);
    Object o = in.readObject();
    in.close();
    return o;

}



private byte[] convertToByteArray(Object complexObject) throws IOException {
    ByteArrayOutputStream baos;

    ObjectOutputStream out;

    baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

    out = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);

    out.writeObject(complexObject);

    out.close();

    return baos.toByteArray();

}


}