Java API Tutorial - Java SecureRandom .getInstance (String algorithm)

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Syntax

SecureRandom.getInstance(String algorithm) has the following syntax.

public static SecureRandom getInstance(String algorithm)    throws NoSuchAlgorithmException

Example

In the following code shows how to use SecureRandom.getInstance(String algorithm) method.

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import java.security.SecureRandom;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    SecureRandom sr = SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG");

    byte[] bytes = new byte[8];
    sr.nextBytes(bytes);
    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(bytes));
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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