This class enables a programmer to create an object and protect its confidentiality with a cryptographic algorithm.

Given any Serializable object, one can create a SealedObject that encapsulates the original object, in serialized format (i.e., a “deep copy”), and seals (encrypts) its serialized contents, using a cryptographic algorithm such as AES, DES, to protect its confidentiality. The encrypted content can later be decrypted (with the corresponding algorithm using the correct decryption key) and de-serialized, yielding the original object.

Serializable obj = new String("John");
// Generate key
KeyGenerator kgen = KeyGenerator.getInstance("AES");
kgen.init(128);
SecretKey aesKey = kgen.generateKey();
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES");
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, aesKey);
SealedObject sealedObject = new SealedObject(obj, cipher);
System.out.println("sealedObject-" + sealedObject);
System.out.println("sealedObject Data-" + sealedObject.getObject(aesKey));