Generate a hash using java with few lines of code

Below I share an snippet of code in Java language, which can generate with just 3 lines of code, a text using cryptographic hash functions SHA1 (Secure Hash Algorithm, Secure Hash Algorithm version 2)

public static String generate (String input) throws Exception {
  MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance ("SHA1");
  byte [] = md.digest digested (input.getBytes ());
  return new BigInteger (1, digested) .toString (16);
}


To use MD5, just change the string "SHA1" with "MD5"

more info:
SHA, Wikipedia
Standard Algorithm Name Documentation