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1   package org.bouncycastle.crypto;
2   
3   /*-
4    * ╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲
5    * SNMP Java Client
6    * ჻჻჻჻჻჻
7    * Copyright 2023 Sentry Software, Westhawk
8    * ჻჻჻჻჻჻
9    * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
10   * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
11   * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
12   * License, or (at your option) any later version.
13   *
14   * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
17   * GNU General Lesser Public License for more details.
18   *
19   * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Lesser Public
20   * License along with this program.  If not, see
21   * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html>.
22   * ╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱
23   */
24  
25  import java.security.SecureRandom;
26  
27  /**
28   * The base class for symmetric, or secret, cipher key generators.
29   */
30  public class CipherKeyGenerator
31  {
32      protected SecureRandom  random;
33      protected int           strength;
34  
35      /**
36       * initialise the key generator.
37       *
38       * @param param the parameters to be used for key generation
39       */
40      public void init(
41          KeyGenerationParameters param)
42      {
43          this.random = param.getRandom();
44          this.strength = (param.getStrength() + 7) / 8;
45      }
46  
47      /**
48       * generate a secret key.
49       *
50       * @return a byte array containing the key value.
51       */
52      public byte[] generateKey()
53      {
54          byte[]  key = new byte[strength];
55  
56          random.nextBytes(key);
57  
58          return key;
59      }
60  }