The method getAlgorithm() of java.security.MessageDigest class is used to return the standard name of the algorithm this message digest is associated with.
Syntax:
public final String getAlgorithm()
Return Value: This method returns the algorithm used in message digest.
Below are the examples to illustrate the getAlgorithm() method:
Example 1:
// Java program to demonstrate // getAlgorithm() method import java.security.*;
import java.util.*;
public class GFG1 {
public static void main(String[] argv)
{
try {
// creating object of MessageDigest
MessageDigest msd
= MessageDigest.getInstance( "MD5" );
// get the name of algorithm
// used in MessageDigest
// using getAlgorithm() method
String algo = msd.getAlgorithm();
// printing the string algo
System.out.println( "Algorithm : " + algo);
}
catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
System.out.println( "Exception thrown : " + e);
}
catch (ProviderException e) {
System.out.println( "Exception thrown : " + e);
}
}
} |
Output:
Algorithm : MD5
Example 2:
// Java program to demonstrate // getAlgorithm() method import java.security.*;
import java.util.*;
public class GFG1 {
public static void main(String[] argv)
{
try {
// creating object of MessageDigest
MessageDigest msd
= MessageDigest.getInstance( "SHA-256" );
// get the name of algorithm used in MessageDigest
// using getAlgorithm() method
String algo = msd.getAlgorithm();
// printing the string algo
System.out.println( "Algorithm : " + algo);
}
catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
System.out.println( "Exception thrown : " + e);
}
catch (ProviderException e) {
System.out.println( "Exception thrown : " + e);
}
}
} |
Output:
Algorithm : SHA-256
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/security/MessageDigest.html#getAlgorithm–