private static MessageDigest getInstance() {
if (INSTANCE == null) {
try {
INSTANCE = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
} catch (final NoSuchAlgorithmException anE) {
BasicLogger.error(anE.toString());
}
}
return INSTANCE;
}
/**
* @param aPassword An unencrypted (plain text) password
* @param aToBytesEncoding
* @param aFromBytesEncoding
* @return An encrypted password
*/
public static String encrypt(
final String aPassword, final String aToBytesEncoding, final String aFromBytesEncoding) {
String retVal = null;
final MessageDigest tmpDigest = Password.getInstance();
if (aPassword != null) {
try {
final byte[] tmpBytes = tmpDigest.digest(aPassword.getBytes(aToBytesEncoding));
retVal = new String(tmpBytes, aFromBytesEncoding).trim();
} catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException anE) {
BasicLogger.error(anE.toString());
}
}
return retVal;
}