How can I generate an MD5 hash?

Question

Is there any method to generate MD5 hash of a string in Java?

Answer 1

Another implementation: Fast MD5 Implementation in Java

String hash = MD5.asHex(MD5.getHash(new File(filename)));

Answer 2

import java.security.*;
import javax.xml.bind.*;

byte[] bytesOfMessage = yourString.getBytes("UTF-8");
MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
byte[] bytesOfDigest = md.digest(bytesOfMessage);
String digest = DatatypeConverter.printHexBinary(bytesOfDigest).toLowerCase();

Answer 3

You can try following. See details and download codes here: http://jkssweetlife.com/java-hashgenerator-md5-sha-1/

import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;

public class MD5Example {

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

    final String inputString = "Hello MD5";

    System.out.println("MD5 hex for '" + inputString + "' :");
    System.out.println(getMD5Hex(inputString));
}

public static String getMD5Hex(final String inputString) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {

    MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
    md.update(inputString.getBytes());

    byte[] digest = md.digest();

    return convertByteToHex(digest);
}

private static String convertByteToHex(byte[] byteData) {

    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    for (int i = 0; i < byteData.length; i++) {
        sb.append(Integer.toString((byteData[i] & 0xff) + 0x100, 16).substring(1));
    }

    return sb.toString();
}
}

Answer 4

 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;

/**
* MD5 encryption
*
* @author Hongten
*
*/
public class MD5 {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
     System.out.println(MD5.getMD5("123456"));
 }

 /**
  * Use md5 encoded code value
  *
  * @param sInput
  * clearly
  * @ return md5 encrypted password
  */
 public static String getMD5(String sInput) {

     String algorithm = "";
     if (sInput == null) {
         return "null";
     }
     try {
         algorithm = System.getProperty("MD5.algorithm", "MD5");
     } catch (SecurityException se) {
     }
     MessageDigest md = null;
     try {
         md = MessageDigest.getInstance(algorithm);
     } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
     }
     byte buffer[] = sInput.getBytes();

     for (int count = 0; count < sInput.length(); count++) {
         md.update(buffer, 0, count);
     }
     byte bDigest[] = md.digest();
     BigInteger bi = new BigInteger(bDigest);
     return (bi.toString(16));
 }
}

There is an article on Codingkit about that. Check out: http://codingkit.com/a/JAVA/2013/1020/2216.html

Answer 5

Found this solution which is much cleaner in terms of getting a String representation back from an MD5 hash.

import java.security.*;
import java.math.*;

public class MD5 {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception{
        String s="This is a test";
        MessageDigest m=MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
        m.update(s.getBytes(),0,s.length());
        System.out.println("MD5: "+new BigInteger(1,m.digest()).toString(16));
    }
}

The code was extracted from here.

Answer 6

No need to make it too complicated. DigestUtils works fine and make you comfortable while working with md5 hashes.

DigestUtils.md5Hex(_hash);

or

DigestUtils.md5(_hash);

Either you can use any other encryption methods such as sha or md.