package org.bouncycastle.crypto.generators;

import org.bouncycastle.crypto.params.ElGamalParameters;

import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.security.SecureRandom;

public class ElGamalParametersGenerator
{
    private int             size;
    private int             certainty;
    private SecureRandom    random;

    public void init(
        int             size,
        int             certainty,
        SecureRandom    random)
    {
        this.size = size;
        this.certainty = certainty;
        this.random = random;
    }

    
which generates the p and g values from the given parameters, returning the ElGamalParameters object.

Note: can take a while...

/** * which generates the p and g values from the given parameters, * returning the ElGamalParameters object. * <p> * Note: can take a while... */
public ElGamalParameters generateParameters() { // // find a safe prime p where p = 2*q + 1, where p and q are prime. // BigInteger[] safePrimes = DHParametersHelper.generateSafePrimes(size, certainty, random); BigInteger p = safePrimes[0]; BigInteger q = safePrimes[1]; BigInteger g = DHParametersHelper.selectGenerator(p, q, random); return new ElGamalParameters(p, g); } }