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| 1 | +package ciphers; |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +import java.util.*; |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +/** |
| 6 | + * |
| 7 | + * The simple substitution cipher is a cipher that has been in use for many hundreds of years |
| 8 | + * (an excellent history is given in Simon Singhs 'the Code Book'). |
| 9 | + * It basically consists of substituting every plaintext character for a different ciphertext character. |
| 10 | + * It differs from the Caesar cipher in that the cipher alphabet is not simply the alphabet shifted, |
| 11 | + * it is completely jumbled. |
| 12 | + * |
| 13 | + * @author Hassan Elseoudy |
| 14 | + */ |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +public class SimpleSubstitutionCipher { |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | + /** |
| 19 | + * Encrypt text by replacing each element with its opposite character. |
| 20 | + * |
| 21 | + * @param message |
| 22 | + * @param cipherSmall |
| 23 | + * @return Encrypted message |
| 24 | + */ |
| 25 | + public static String encode(String message, String cipherSmall) { |
| 26 | + String encoded = ""; |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | + // This map is used to encode |
| 29 | + Map<Character,Character> cipherMap = new HashMap<Character,Character>(); |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | + char beginSmallLetter = 'a'; |
| 32 | + char beginCapitalLetter = 'A'; |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | + cipherSmall = cipherSmall.toLowerCase(); |
| 35 | + String cipherCapital = cipherSmall.toUpperCase(); |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | + // To handle Small and Capital letters |
| 38 | + for(int i = 0; i < cipherSmall.length(); i++){ |
| 39 | + cipherMap.put(beginSmallLetter++,cipherSmall.charAt(i)); |
| 40 | + cipherMap.put(beginCapitalLetter++,cipherCapital.charAt(i)); |
| 41 | + } |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | + for(int i = 0; i < message.length(); i++){ |
| 44 | + if(Character.isAlphabetic(message.charAt(i))) |
| 45 | + encoded += cipherMap.get(message.charAt(i)); |
| 46 | + else |
| 47 | + encoded += message.charAt(i); |
| 48 | + } |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | + return encoded; |
| 51 | + } |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | + /** |
| 54 | + * Decrypt message by replacing each element with its opposite character in cipher. |
| 55 | + * |
| 56 | + * @param encryptedMessage |
| 57 | + * @param cipherSmall |
| 58 | + * @return message |
| 59 | + */ |
| 60 | + public static String decode(String encryptedMessage, String cipherSmall) { |
| 61 | + String decoded = ""; |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | + Map<Character,Character> cipherMap = new HashMap<Character,Character>(); |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | + char beginSmallLetter = 'a'; |
| 67 | + char beginCapitalLetter = 'A'; |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | + cipherSmall = cipherSmall.toLowerCase(); |
| 70 | + String cipherCapital = cipherSmall.toUpperCase(); |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | + for(int i = 0; i < cipherSmall.length(); i++){ |
| 73 | + cipherMap.put(cipherSmall.charAt(i),beginSmallLetter++); |
| 74 | + cipherMap.put(cipherCapital.charAt(i),beginCapitalLetter++); |
| 75 | + } |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | + for(int i = 0; i < encryptedMessage.length(); i++){ |
| 78 | + if(Character.isAlphabetic(encryptedMessage.charAt(i))) |
| 79 | + decoded += cipherMap.get(encryptedMessage.charAt(i)); |
| 80 | + else |
| 81 | + decoded += encryptedMessage.charAt(i); |
| 82 | + } |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | + return decoded; |
| 85 | + } |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | + /** |
| 88 | + * |
| 89 | + * TODO remove main and make JUnit Testing |
| 90 | + */ |
| 91 | + public static void main(String[] args) { |
| 92 | + String a = encode("defend the east wall of the castle","phqgiumeaylnofdxjkrcvstzwb"); |
| 93 | + String b = decode(a,"phqgiumeaylnofdxjkrcvstzwb"); |
| 94 | + System.out.println(b); |
| 95 | + } |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +} |
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