Java class that generates a DESede ciphered code so that I can my "crypto-c" repository (encryptation in java decryptation with crypto-c) https://github.com/thiagoh/crypto-c

GenerateCipheredText

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Base64;

import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.SecretKey;
import javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory;
import javax.crypto.spec.DESedeKeySpec;
import javax.crypto.spec.IvParameterSpec;

public class GenerateCipheredText {

	static String _iv = "target";
	static byte[] out =  Arrays.copyOfRange(_iv.getBytes(), 0, 8);
	static String password = "The fox jumped over the lazy dog";
	static String plain = "imageId:12";

	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

		byte[] codedtext = new GenerateCipheredText().encrypt(plain);
		String decodedtext = new GenerateCipheredText().decrypt(codedtext);

		System.out.println("Ciphered and Base64'ed: " + Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(codedtext));
		System.out.println("IV Base64'ed: " + Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(out));
		System.out.println("Decrypted " + decodedtext);
	}

	public byte[] encrypt(String message) throws Exception {

		final byte[] digestOfPassword = password.getBytes("UTF-8");

		SecretKeyFactory factory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("DESede");
		SecretKey key = factory.generateSecret(new DESedeKeySpec(digestOfPassword));
		final IvParameterSpec iv = new IvParameterSpec(out);
		final Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("DESede/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
		cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key, iv);

		final byte[] plainTextBytes = message.getBytes("utf-8");
		final byte[] cipherText = cipher.doFinal(plainTextBytes);
		
		return cipherText;
	}

	public String decrypt(byte[] message) throws Exception {

		final byte[] digestOfPassword = password.getBytes("UTF-8");

		SecretKeyFactory factory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("DESede");
		SecretKey key = factory.generateSecret(new DESedeKeySpec(digestOfPassword));
		final IvParameterSpec iv = new IvParameterSpec(out);
		final Cipher decipher = Cipher.getInstance("DESede/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
		decipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key, iv);

		final byte[] plainText = decipher.doFinal(message);

		return new String(plainText, "UTF-8");
	}
}