net.sf.mmm.crypto.random

Interface RandomCreator

All Superinterfaces:

CryptoAlgorithm, RandomConstants

All Known Implementing Classes:

RandomCreatorImpl

public interface RandomCreator
extends CryptoAlgorithm, RandomConstants

The interface for a creator of secure random data. It is similar to SecureRandom but gives additional abstraction.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.mmm.crypto.random.RandomConstants

RANDOM_ALGORITHM_SHA1_PRNG

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	nextRandom(int bytes)

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.mmm.crypto.algorithm.CryptoAlgorithm

getAlgorithm

Method Detail

nextRandom

byte[] nextRandom(int bytes)

Parameters:

bytes - the requested number of random bytes.

Returns:

the byte array with the given number of random bytes.

See Also:

SecureRandom.nextBytes(byte[])