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/*
 * =============================================================================
 * 
 *   Copyright (c) 2007-2010, The JASYPT team (http://www.jasypt.org)
 * 
 *   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 * =============================================================================
 */
package org.jasypt.salt;

import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.security.SecureRandom;

import org.jasypt.exceptions.EncryptionInitializationException;

/**
 * 
 * This implementation of {@link SaltGenerator} holds a secure random 
 * generator which can be used for generating random salts for encryption 
 * or digesting.
 * 
 * 
 * The algorithm used for random number generation can be configured at 
 * instantiation time. If not, the default algorithm will be used.
 * 
 * 
 * This class is thread-safe.
 * 
 * 
 * @since 1.2
 * 
 * @author Daniel Fernández
 * 
 */
public class RandomSaltGenerator implements SaltGenerator {
    
    /**
     * The default algorithm to be used for secure random number 
     * generation: set to SHA1PRNG.
     */
    public static final String DEFAULT_SECURE_RANDOM_ALGORITHM = "SHA1PRNG";
    
    private final SecureRandom random;
    
    
    /**
     * Creates a new instance of RandomSaltGenerator using the 
     * default secure random number generation algorithm.
     */
    public RandomSaltGenerator() {
        this(DEFAULT_SECURE_RANDOM_ALGORITHM);
    }
    
    
    /**
     * Creates a new instance of RandomSaltGenerator specifying a 
     * secure random number generation algorithm.
     * 
     * @since 1.5
     * 
     */
    public RandomSaltGenerator(final String secureRandomAlgorithm) {
        super();
        try {
            this.random = SecureRandom.getInstance(secureRandomAlgorithm);
        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
            throw new EncryptionInitializationException(e);
        }
    }
    

    /**
     * Generate a random salt of the specified length in bytes.
     * 
     * @param lengthBytes length in bytes.
     * @return the generated salt. 
     */
    public byte[] generateSalt(final int lengthBytes) {
        final byte[] salt = new byte[lengthBytes];
        synchronized (this.random) {
            this.random.nextBytes(salt);
        }
        return salt;
    }


    /**
     * This salt generator needs the salt to be included unencrypted in 
     * encryption results, because of its being random. This method will always 
     * return true.
     * 
     * @return true
     */
    public boolean includePlainSaltInEncryptionResults() {
        return true;
    }

    
}