Java tutorial
import javax.crypto.KeyGenerator; import javax.crypto.SecretKey; import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { // Generate a key KeyGenerator keyGen = KeyGenerator.getInstance("DESede"); SecretKey key = keyGen.generateKey(); // Get the bytes of the key byte[] keyBytes = key.getEncoded(); int numBytes = keyBytes.length; // The bytes can be converted back to a SecretKey SecretKey key2 = new SecretKeySpec(keyBytes, "DESede"); boolean b = key.equals(key2); // true } }