Java Salt Value Create createSalt(int byte_length)

Description

Creates a random filled byte array

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
byte_length	length of the byte array

Return

byte array

Declaration

public static byte[] createSalt(int byte_length) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//  w  w  w  . ja  va  2 s.  c  o m
 * Copyright (C) 2011 Parttimenerd
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.util.Random;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Creates a random filled byte array
     * @param byte_length length of the byte array
     * @return byte array
     */
    public static byte[] createSalt(int byte_length) {
        if (byte_length < 1) {
            return new byte[0];
        }
        Random rand = new Random();
        byte[] arr = new byte[byte_length];
        rand.nextBytes(arr);
        return arr;
    }
}

Related

1. createSalt()
2. generateSalt()
3. generateSalt()
4. generateSalt()
5. generateSalt()