The below code snippet runs fine if included inside the JSP, but when I try to refer the same code from a class file I get "Bad version number in .class file" exception.
JARS used :
- UnlimitedJCEPolicyJDK6:local_policy.jar
- US_export_policy.jar
Java Code to decrypt
 import java.security.Key;
        
        import javax.crypto.Cipher;
        import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
        
        import sun.misc.BASE64Decoder;
        import sun.misc.BASE64Encoder;
        
        public class Decrypt256bit {
        
        
        private static Key key;
        
        private static Cipher cipher;
        
        static {
            key = new SecretKeySpec("P@ssw0Rd!@#**&&&P@ssw0Rd!@#**&&&".getBytes(), "AES");
            try {
                cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/ECB/PKCS5PADDING","SunJCE");
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        
        public static String encryptData(String plainText) {
            try {
                cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key);
                byte[] encrypted = cipher.doFinal(plainText.getBytes());
                return new BASE64Encoder().encode(encrypted);
            } catch (Exception e) {
        
                throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
            }
        }
        
        
        //For testing purpose - to be deleted
        public static String decryptData(String encryptedValue) {
            try {
                cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key);
                byte[] decordedValue = new BASE64Decoder().decodeBuffer(encryptedValue);
                int maxKeyLen = Cipher.getMaxAllowedKeyLength("AES");
                System.out.println("Length==="+maxKeyLen);
                return new String(cipher.doFinal(decordedValue));
            } catch (Exception e) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
            }
        }
        
        public static void main(String... a) {
            //String enc = encryptData("TPASU~TPAGU");
            //System.out.println("Encrypted text==="+enc);      
        }
        
        }
        
 
     
    