Jacksum NoSuchAlgorithmException

Question

I'm trying to use the Jacksum API to generate a Whirlpool hash, but I'm getting a NoSuchAlgorithmException:

import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import jonelo.jacksum.JacksumAPI;
import jonelo.jacksum.algorithm.AbstractChecksum;

public static String genHash(String inText) {

    AbstractChecksum checksum = null;
    checksum = JacksumAPI.getChecksumInstance("whirlpool");
    checksum.update(inText.getBytes());
    return checksum.getFormattedValue();

}

I tried other popular algorithms (sha256, md5) and they all apparently "aren't such".

./libsdpg.java:27: error: unreported exception NoSuchAlgorithmException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
    checksum = JacksumAPI.getChecksumInstance("whirlpool");
                                             ^
1 error

EDIT: I added the try-catch, and now it's actually getting the error.

Vivin Paliath · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-04 17:29:45Z

3

You are not actually "getting" an exception. The compiler is telling you that you have failed to appropriately handle a checked exception.

The JacksumAPI#getChecksumInstance(java.lang.String) method throws a checked exception called NoSuchAlgorithmException. A checked exception must either be explicitly handled (using try-catch), or the enclosing method must declare that it throws it by including it in its signature. So your options are:

try {
   ...
   checksum = JacksumAPI.getChecksumInstance("whirlpool");
   ...
} catch(NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
   //handle the exception
}

or change your method signature to:

public static String genHash(String inText) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
    ...
}

Keep in mind with the second option you have merely pushed the handling up to a higher level (i.e., where genHash is called); you will essentially have to handle it at some point.

answered Dec 4, 2013 at 17:29

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Lucas Phillips Over a year ago

I added the try-catch and now the error is actually happening.

Lucas Phillips Over a year ago

Well, not a compiler error, but the exception is run (//handle the exception) in your code

Vivin Paliath Over a year ago

So when running you are getting an exception during runtime? Then that's because you have passed in an invalid argument. Perhaps "whirlpool" is not a proper argument? I would read the documentation for Jacksum.

Lucas Phillips Over a year ago

I think I forgot to recompile after changing the algorithm back to whirlpool (I'm new to Java). Working fine now.

Rahul · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-04 17:26:53Z

1

You are not getting the NoSuchAlgorithmException. Instead the compiler is saying that the getChecksumInstance() throws a checked exception, NoSuchAlgorithmException which needs to be handled, since you've not already done that.

You can do that either by having a throws clause in your genHash()(you'll need to handle the exception in the method where genHash() is called though)

// Solution 1
public static String genHash(String inText) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {

or by surrounding the call to getChecksumInstance() within a try-catch.

// Solution 2
try {
    checksum = JacksumAPI.getChecksumInstance("whirlpool");
} catch(NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
    // Do something on exception
}

answered Dec 4, 2013 at 17:26

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