public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { // // check args and get plaintext if (args.length != 1) { System.err.println("Usage: java MessageAuthenticationCodeExample text"); System.exit(1); } byte[] plainText = args[0].getBytes("UTF8"); // // get a key for the HmacMD5 algorithm System.out.println("\nStart generating key"); KeyGenerator keyGen = KeyGenerator.getInstance("HmacMD5"); SecretKey MD5key = keyGen.generateKey(); System.out.println("Finish generating key"); // // get a MAC object and update it with the plaintext Mac mac = Mac.getInstance("HmacMD5"); mac.init(MD5key); mac.update(plainText); // // print out the provider used and the MAC System.out.println("\n" + mac.getProvider().getInfo()); System.out.println("\nMAC: "); System.out.println(new String(mac.doFinal(), "UTF8")); }