de.unkrig.commons.lang.security

Class SecureCharsets

java.lang.Object

de.unkrig.commons.lang.security.SecureCharsets

public final class SecureCharsets
extends Object

The char[] counterparts for String.getBytes(Charset) and String.String(byte[], Charset).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static char[]	secureDecode(byte[] ba, Charset cs) Decodes the ba and fills it with zeros.
static byte[]	secureEncode(char[] ca, Charset charset) Encodes the ca and fills it with zeros.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

secureDecode

public static char[] secureDecode(byte[] ba,
                                  Charset cs)

Decodes the ba and fills it with zeros. Leaves no traces of the data in the heap, except for the returned char array.

secureEncode

public static byte[] secureEncode(char[] ca,
                                  Charset charset)

Encodes the ca and fills it with zeros. Leaves no traces of the data in the heap, except for the returned byte array.