javax.crypto
Class CipherInputStream

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.io.InputStream
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        +--java.io.FilterInputStream
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              +--javax.crypto.CipherInputStream

public class CipherInputStream

extends java.io.FilterInputStream

Class for en/decrypting data read from an input stream.

Attention: This is not a SUN implementation!

This class has been developed by IAIK according to the documentation publicly available.
For SUNīs documentation of this class see http://java.sun.com/security/JCE1.2/spec/apidoc/index.html

This class extends the java.io.FilterInputStream class for combining the functionality of an InputStream and a Cipher.

According to the operation mode the Cipher has been initialized with, data that is read from the underlying input stream will be returned en/decrypted when calling one of the read() methods.

You may use a CipherInputStream for reading encrypted data from a file thereby decrypting it for obtaining the plain text, e.g.:

 KeyGenerator key_gen = KeyGenerator.getInstance("DES");
 Key des_key = key_gen.generateKey();
 Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("DES/ECB/PKCS5Padding");
 cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, des_key);
 is = new FileInputStream("encrypted_data.enc");
 CipherInputStream cis = new CipherInputStream(is, cipher);
 byte[] buffer = new byte[100]; 
 int r;
 while ((r = cis.read(buffer)) != -1) {
       System.out.print(new String(buffer));
 }
 

See Also:

InputStream, FilterInputStream, Cipher, CipherOutputStream

Fields inherited from class java.io.FilterInputStream

in

Constructor Summary

protected	CipherInputStream(java.io.InputStream is) Creates a CipherInputStream only from an InputStream.
	CipherInputStream(java.io.InputStream is, Cipher cipher) Creates a CipherInputStream using an InputStream and a Cipher initialized for either encryption or decryption.
	CipherInputStream(java.io.InputStream is, Cipher cipher, int bufferSize) Creates a CipherInputStream using an InputStream, a Cipher initialized for either encryption or decryption and a buffer size.

Method Summary

int	available() Returns the number of bytes available without blocking.
int	read() Reads the next data byte read from this input stream and returns it as an int value between 0 and 255, or -1 if the the end of the stream already has been reached.
int	read(byte[] b) Reads a number of data bytes from this input stream into a byte array.
int	read(byte[] b, int off, int len) Reads a specified number of data bytes from this input stream into a byte array.
long	skip(long n) Skips over a specified number of data bytes of this input stream and returns the number of bytes skipped.

Methods inherited from class java.io.FilterInputStream

close, mark, markSupported, reset

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CipherInputStream

public CipherInputStream(java.io.InputStream is,
                         Cipher cipher)

Creates a CipherInputStream using an InputStream and a Cipher initialized for either encryption or decryption. This constructor uses a default buffer size of 1024 bytes.

Parameters:

is - the input stream

cipher - an initialized cipher

See Also:

Cipher

CipherInputStream

public CipherInputStream(java.io.InputStream is,
                         Cipher cipher,
                         int bufferSize)

Creates a CipherInputStream using an InputStream, a Cipher initialized for either encryption or decryption and a buffer size. Buffer size denotes the number of bytes which are read and en/decrypted at once.

Parameters:

is - the input stream

cipher - an initialized cipher

bufferSize - size of the internal buffer

See Also:

Cipher

CipherInputStream

protected CipherInputStream(java.io.InputStream is)

Creates a CipherInputStream only from an InputStream. Since no Cipher is specified, alternatively you may create a CipherInputStream using an InputStream and a NullCipher.

Parameters:

is - the input stream

Method Detail

read

public int read(byte[] b,
                int off,
                int len)
         throws java.io.IOException

Reads a specified number of data bytes from this input stream into a byte array. The bytes are read to the given byte array, beginning at position off. The decrypted data is unpadded only if the end (EOF) of the underlying input stream is reached.

Overrides:

read in class java.io.FilterInputStream

Parameters:

b - the byte array into which the data bytes are read

off - the start offset of the data

len - the maximum number of bytes to be read

Returns:

the number of bytes read into the byte array, or -1 if no more bytes are available because the end of the stream already has been reached

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs

read

public int read(byte[] b)
         throws java.io.IOException

Reads a number of data bytes from this input stream into a byte array. The decrypted data is unpadded only if the end (EOF) of the underlying input stream is reached.

Overrides:

read in class java.io.FilterInputStream

Parameters:

b - the byte array into which the data bytes are read

Returns:

the number of bytes read into the byte array, or -1 if no more bytes are available because the end of the stream already has been reached

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs

read

public int read()
         throws java.io.IOException

Reads the next data byte read from this input stream and returns it as an int value between 0 and 255, or -1 if the the end of the stream already has been reached. The decrypted data is unpadded only if the end (EOF) of the underlying input stream is reached.

Overrides:

read in class java.io.FilterInputStream

Returns:

the next data byte read from this stream, or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs

skip

public long skip(long n)
          throws java.io.IOException

Skips over a specified number of data bytes of this input stream and returns the number of bytes skipped.

Since the number of bytes actually skipped may not equal (i.e. shorter) the given number of bytes to skip, the number of bytes actually skipped are returned.

Overrides:

skip in class java.io.FilterInputStream

Parameters:

n - the number of data bytes to skip

Returns:

the number of bytes actually have been skipped

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs

available

public int available()
              throws java.io.IOException

Returns the number of bytes available without blocking. Returns the number of en/decrypted bytes currently in the internal buffer.

Overrides:

available in class java.io.FilterInputStream

Returns:

the number of bytes that can be read from this input stream without blocking

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs