code: public String encrypt(final String pText) throws GeneralSecurityException {
          byte[] clearBytes = pText.getBytes(Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
          byte[] salt = getSalt(SALT_SIZE);
  
          Cipher cipher = createCipher(salt, Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE);
          byte[] encryptedBytes = cipher.doFinal(clearBytes);
          int len = encryptedBytes.length;
  
          byte padLen = (byte) (CHUNK_SIZE - (SALT_SIZE + len + 1) % CHUNK_SIZE);
          int totalLen = SALT_SIZE + len + padLen + 1;
  
          byte[] allEncryptedBytes = getSalt(totalLen);
          System.arraycopy(salt, 0, allEncryptedBytes, 0, SALT_SIZE);
          allEncryptedBytes[SALT_SIZE] = padLen;
          System.arraycopy(encryptedBytes, 0, allEncryptedBytes, SALT_SIZE + 1, len);
  
          return Base64Util.encode(allEncryptedBytes);
      }
docs: Encrypt a string with a password.
  
  @param pText text to encode
  @return the encoded password