# Java AEAD example This example shows how to encrypt data with Tink using Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD). It demonstrates the basic steps of using Tink, namely loading key material, obtaining a primitive, and using the primitive to do crypto. The key material was generated with Tinkey: ```shell tinkey create-keyset --key-template AES128_GCM --out-format JSON \ --out aead_test_keyset.json ``` ## Build and run ### Bazel ```shell git clone https://github.com/google/tink cd tink/examples/java_src bazel build ... ``` Encrypt a file: ```shell echo "some data" > testdata.txt ./bazel-bin/aead/aead_example encrypt \ ./aead/aead_test_keyset.json \ testdata.txt testdata.txt.encrypted ``` Decrypt a file: ```shell ./bazel-bin/aead/aead_example decrypt \ ./aead/aead_test_keyset.json \ testdata.txt.encrypted testdata.txt.decrypted diff testdata.txt testdata.txt.decrypted ```