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e458. Listing All Available Symmetric Key Generators

Retrieving the list of available key generators requires checking the services provided by all registered providers. The retrieved list of names can be used in creating a KeyGenerator object.

See also e459 Generating a Symmetric Key.

    // This method is implemented in e194 Listing All Available Cryptographic Services
    String[] names = getCryptoImpls("KeyGenerator");
An example of the output:
    HmacSHA1
    Blowfish
    HmacMD5
    TripleDES
    DESede
    DES

 Related Examples
e459. Generating a Symmetric Key
e460. Getting the Bytes of a Generated Symmetric Key

See also: Encrypting and Decrypting    Key Agreement    MAC   


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