Java error NoSuchAlgorithmException while compiling program with Eclipse

Question

I've written a code for a login form that compares the generated hash from the password input with a saved hash. The problem is that when i try to compile it, it gives me the following error due to exceptions:

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problem: Unhandled exception type NoSuchAlgorithmException.

I am currently using Eclipse for Java EE 4.7.3a with Java SE - 1.8 .

This is the source code:

import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPasswordField;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Color;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.security.MessageDigest;

public class Login {

private JFrame frame;
private JPasswordField password;
private JTextField username;

public static void main(String[] args) {
    EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            try {
                Login window = new Login();
                window.frame.setVisible(true);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    });
}

/**
 * Create the application.
 */
public Login() {
    initialize();
}

/**
 * Initialize the contents of the frame.
 */
private void initialize() {
    frame = new JFrame();
    frame.setBounds(100, 100, 450, 338);
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.getContentPane().setLayout(null);

    JLabel lblUsername = new JLabel("Username");
    lblUsername.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 20));
    lblUsername.setBounds(52, 78, 105, 36);
    frame.getContentPane().add(lblUsername);

    password = new JPasswordField();
    password.setBounds(208, 158, 144, 26);
    frame.getContentPane().add(password);

    username = new JTextField();
    username.setBounds(206, 83, 146, 26);
    frame.getContentPane().add(username);
    username.setColumns(10);

    JLabel lblPassword = new JLabel("Password");
    lblPassword.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 20));
    lblPassword.setBounds(52, 149, 105, 41);
    frame.getContentPane().add(lblPassword);

    JLabel lblLogin = new JLabel("LOGIN");
    lblLogin.setFont(new Font("Yu Gothic Medium", Font.PLAIN, 35));
    lblLogin.setForeground(Color.RED);
    lblLogin.setBounds(147, -15, 117, 112);
    frame.getContentPane().add(lblLogin);

    JButton btnLogin = new JButton("Login");
    btnLogin.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
            String uname = username.getText();
            String pwd = password.getText();
            String sh = "SAVEDSHA256HASH";
            MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
            md.update(pwd.getBytes());
            byte byteData[] = md.digest();
            StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
            for(int i = 0; i < byteData.length; i++) {
                sb.append(Integer.toString((byteData[i] & 0xff) + 0x100, 16).substring(1));
            }
            String ch = sb.toString();
            if(uname.equals("username") && ch.equals(sh)) {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Access Granted");
            } else {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Invalid username or password");
            }
            }
        });
    btnLogin.setBounds(147, 221, 117, 29);
    frame.getContentPane().add(btnLogin);
    }
`}

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Abhijit Gaikwad · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-03 18:10:30Z

2

MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256")

Method throws NoSuchAlgorithmException. You need to add try catch block around that statement.

                try {
                    md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
                } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

answered May 3, 2018 at 18:10

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2 Comments

Alessandro Z. Over a year ago

Hi, i have tried your solution and it doesn't work in fact it gives me another error: Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems: NoSuchAlgorithmException cannot be resolved to a type md cannot be resolved md cannot be resolved

Abhijit Gaikwad Over a year ago

did u add import import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;?

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