Cipher service

The Cipher service uses the Automation Orchestrator encryption algorithms to encrypt and decrypt strings. You can use this service when a plug-in stores sensitive data.

Procedure

1. Access the service.
   1. If the plug-in is Spring-enabled:

      //Object must be declared in the spring context
      public class MyDomainObject {
      
       @Autowired
       private ICipher cipherService;
      }

   2. If the plug-in is not Spring-enabled:

      public class PluginAdaptor implements IServiceRegistryAdaptor {
       private IServiceRegistry registry;
       private ICipher cipherService;
       @Override
       public void setServiceRegistry(IServiceRegistry registry) {
       this.registry = registry;
       }
      
       public ICipher getCipherService() {
       if (cipherService == null) {
       cipherService =
      registry.getService(IServiceRegistry.CIPHER_SERVICE);
       }
       return cipherService;
       }
      }

2. Invoke the encrypt and decrypt methods.

   public class MyCustomModelClass {
    private ICipher cipherService;
   
    //Encrypts a string
    cipherService.encrypt("text-to-encrypt");
    //Decrypt a vRO encrypted string
    cipherService.decrypt("..."); // the string for decryption
   }
   

   Note: If the decryption fails, it falls back to the legacy decryption algorithm that is available in earlier versions of Automation Orchestrator.