MD5 Hashing in Java

2.MD5 Using MessageDigest Class

java.security.MessageDigest class:

MessageDigest.getInstance(String Algorithm)

public void update(byte [] input)

public byte[] digest()

generates a hash for a password and then verifies it:

@Test
public void givenPassword_whenHashing_thenVerifying() 
  throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
    String hash = "35454B055CC325EA1AF2126E27707052";
    String password = "ILoveJava";
        
    MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
    md.update(password.getBytes());
    byte[] digest = md.digest();
    String myHash = DatatypeConverter
      .printHexBinary(digest).toUpperCase();
        
    assertThat(myHash.equals(hash)).isTrue();
}

verify checksum of a file:

@Test
public void givenFile_generatingChecksum_thenVerifying() 
  throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, IOException {
    String filename = "src/test/resources/test_md5.txt";
    String checksum = "5EB63BBBE01EEED093CB22BB8F5ACDC3";
        
    MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
    md.update(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(filename)));
    byte[] digest = md.digest();
    String myChecksum = DatatypeConverter
      .printHexBinary(digest).toUpperCase();
        
    assertThat(myChecksum.equals(checksum)).isTrue();
}

MessageDigest is not thread-safe

3.MD5 Using Apache Commons

org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils:

@Test
public void givenPassword_whenHashingUsingCommons_thenVerifying()  {
    String hash = "35454B055CC325EA1AF2126E27707052";
    String password = "ILoveJava";

    String md5Hex = DigestUtils
      .md5Hex(password).toUpperCase();
        
    assertThat(md5Hex.equals(hash)).isTrue();
}

4.MD5 Using Guava

com.google.common.io.Files.hash:

@Test
public void givenFile_whenChecksumUsingGuava_thenVerifying() 
  throws IOException {
    String filename = "src/test/resources/test_md5.txt";
    String checksum = "5EB63BBBE01EEED093CB22BB8F5ACDC3";
        
    HashCode hash = com.google.common.io.Files
      .hash(new File(filename), Hashing.md5());
    String myChecksum = hash.toString()
      .toUpperCase();
        
    assertThat(myChecksum.equals(checksum)).isTrue();
}

we're better off considering safer options, like SHA-256.

https://www.baeldung.com/java-md5