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+package org.bouncycastle.crypto;
+
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+
+/**
+ * The base class for symmetric, or secret, cipher key generators.
+ */
+public class CipherKeyGenerator
+{
+ protected SecureRandom random;
+ protected int strength;
+
+ /**
+ * initialise the key generator.
+ *
+ * @param param the parameters to be used for key generation
+ */
+ public void init(
+ KeyGenerationParameters param)
+ {
+ this.random = param.getRandom();
+ this.strength = (param.getStrength() + 7) / 8;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * generate a secret key.
+ *
+ * @return a byte array containing the key value.
+ */
+ public byte[] generateKey()
+ {
+ byte[] key = new byte[strength];
+
+ random.nextBytes(key);
+
+ return key;
+ }
+}