docs: public static String encrypt(String str, Key encrypting_key) {
  		try {
  			// Get the data to encrypt
  			final byte[] inputBytes = str.getBytes("UTF8"); //$NON-NLS-1$
  
  			// Encode
  			final byte[] outputBytes = encrypt(inputBytes, encrypting_key);
  
  			// Recode on base 64
  			final String base64 = new String(Base64.getEncoder().encode(outputBytes));
  
  			return base64;
  		} catch (Exception e) {
  			return ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
  		}
  	}