You want something like this:
import sun.misc.BASE64Decoder;
import sun.misc.BASE64Encoder;
import java.io.IOException;
public class StringXORer {
public String encode(String s, String key) {
return base64Encode(xorWithKey(s.getBytes(), key.getBytes()));
}
public String decode(String s, String key) {
return new String(xorWithKey(base64Decode(s), key.getBytes()));
}
private byte[] xorWithKey(byte[] a, byte[] key) {
byte[] out = new byte[a.length];
for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
out[i] = (byte) (a[i] ^ key[i%key.length]);
}
return out;
}
private byte[] base64Decode(String s) {
try {
BASE64Decoder d = new BASE64Decoder();
return d.decodeBuffer(s);
} catch (IOException e) {throw new RuntimeException(e);}
}
private String base64Encode(byte[] bytes) {
BASE64Encoder enc = new BASE64Encoder();
return enc.encode(bytes).replaceAll("\\s", "");
}
}
The base64 encoding is done because xor'ing the bytes of a string may not give valid bytes back for a string.