1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/OpenPGP-Keychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/helper/OtherHelper.java b/OpenPGP-Keychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/helper/OtherHelper.java
index 34d90a17f..292b5bf3d 100644
--- a/OpenPGP-Keychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/helper/OtherHelper.java
+++ b/OpenPGP-Keychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/helper/OtherHelper.java
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 
 package org.sufficientlysecure.keychain.helper;
 
+import java.security.DigestException;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -58,4 +61,23 @@ public class OtherHelper {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Converts the given bytes to a unique RGB color using SHA1 algorithm
+     * @param bytes
+     * @return an integer array containing 3 numeric color representations (Red, Green, Black)
+     * @throws NoSuchAlgorithmException
+     * @throws DigestException
+     */
+    public static int[] getRgbForData(byte[] bytes) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, DigestException {
+        MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA1");
+
+        md.update(bytes);
+        byte[] digest = md.digest();
+
+        int[] result = {((int) digest[0] + 256) % 256,
+                        ((int) digest[1] + 256) % 256,
+                        ((int) digest[2] + 256) % 256};
+        return result;
+    }
+
 }