package org.bouncycastle.util; import java.math.BigInteger; import java.security.SecureRandom; /** * BigInteger utilities. */ public final class BigIntegers { private static final int MAX_ITERATIONS = 1000; private static final BigInteger ZERO = BigInteger.valueOf(0); /** * Return the passed in value as an unsigned byte array. * * @param value value to be converted. * @return a byte array without a leading zero byte if present in the signed encoding. */ public static byte[] asUnsignedByteArray( BigInteger value) { byte[] bytes = value.toByteArray(); if (bytes[0] == 0) { byte[] tmp = new byte[bytes.length - 1]; System.arraycopy(bytes, 1, tmp, 0, tmp.length); return tmp; } return bytes; } /** * Return a random BigInteger not less than 'min' and not greater than 'max' * * @param min the least value that may be generated * @param max the greatest value that may be generated * @param random the source of randomness * @return a random BigInteger value in the range [min,max] */ public static BigInteger createRandomInRange( BigInteger min, BigInteger max, SecureRandom random) { int cmp = min.compareTo(max); if (cmp >= 0) { if (cmp > 0) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("'min' may not be greater than 'max'"); } return min; } if (min.bitLength() > max.bitLength() / 2) { return createRandomInRange(ZERO, max.subtract(min), random).add(min); } for (int i = 0; i < MAX_ITERATIONS; ++i) { BigInteger x = new BigInteger(max.bitLength(), random); if (x.compareTo(min) >= 0 && x.compareTo(max) <= 0) { return x; } } // fall back to a faster (restricted) method return new BigInteger(max.subtract(min).bitLength() - 1, random).add(min); } }