Java Encryption with AES

aes.java

import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.util.Random;

import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.spec.IvParameterSpec;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;

import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;

public class Crypto {

	private static final String KEY = "u12hUPtyGhg5WR3t";
	private static final String INIT_VECTOR = "RandomInitVector";



	public static String encryptAES(String value) {
		try {
			IvParameterSpec iv = new IvParameterSpec(INIT_VECTOR.getBytes("UTF-8"));
			SecretKeySpec skeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(KEY.getBytes("UTF-8"), "AES");

			Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5PADDING");
			cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, skeySpec, iv);

			byte[] encrypted = cipher.doFinal(value.getBytes());

			return Base64.encodeBase64String(encrypted);
		} catch (Exception ex) {
			ex.printStackTrace();
		}

		return null;
	}
  
	public static String decryptAES(String encrypted) {
		try {
			IvParameterSpec iv = new IvParameterSpec(INIT_VECTOR.getBytes("UTF-8"));
			SecretKeySpec skeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(KEY.getBytes("UTF-8"), "AES");

			Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5PADDING");
			cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, skeySpec, iv);

			byte[] original = cipher.doFinal(Base64.decodeBase64(encrypted));

			return new String(original);
		} catch (Exception ex) {
			ex.printStackTrace();
		}

		return null;
	}
	
}