class HashUtil {

    private HashUtil() {throw new UnsupportedOperationException("do not instantiate");}

    public static String generateUUID() {
        UUID id = UUID.randomUUID();
        ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(new byte[16]);
        bb.putLong(id.getMostSignificantBits());
        bb.putLong(id.getLeastSignificantBits());
        Base64 base64 = new Base64();
        return base64.encodeBase64URLSafeString(bb.array());
    }

    public static String md5(String input) {

        String md5 = null;

        if(null == input) return null;

        try {

            //Create MessageDigest object for MD5
            MessageDigest digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");

            //Update input string in message digest
            digest.update(input.getBytes(UTF_8), 0, input.length());

            //Converts message digest value in base 16 (hex)
            md5 = new BigInteger(1, digest.digest()).toString(16);

        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
        return md5;
    }

    public static String hex(byte[] array) {
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; ++i) {
            sb.append(Integer.toHexString((array[i]
                    & 0xFF) | 0x100).substring(1,3));
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
    public static String md5Hex (String message) {
        try {
            MessageDigest md =
                    MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
            return hex (md.digest(message.getBytes("CP1252")));
        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
        }
        return null;
    }

    public static String generateStrongPasswordHash(String password) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeySpecException
    {
        int iterations = 1000;
        char[] chars = password.toCharArray();
        byte[] salt = getSalt().getBytes(UTF_8);

        PBEKeySpec spec = new PBEKeySpec(chars, salt, iterations, 64 * 8);
        SecretKeyFactory skf = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("PBKDF2WithHmacSHA1");
        byte[] hash = skf.generateSecret(spec).getEncoded();
        return iterations + ":" + toHex(salt) + ":" + toHex(hash);
    }

    private static String getSalt() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException
    {
        SecureRandom sr = SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG");
        byte[] salt = new byte[16];
        sr.nextBytes(salt);
        return Arrays.toString(salt);
    }

    private static String toHex(byte[] array) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException
    {
        BigInteger bi = new BigInteger(1, array);
        String hex = bi.toString(16);
        int paddingLength = (array.length * 2) - hex.length();
        if(paddingLength > 0)
        {
            return String.format("%0"  +paddingLength + "d", 0) + hex;
        }else{
            return hex;
        }
    }

    public static boolean validatePassword(char[] originalPassword, String storedPassword) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeySpecException
    {<FILL_FUNCTION_BODY>}

    private static byte[] fromHex(String hex) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException
    {
        byte[] bytes = new byte[hex.length() / 2];
        for(int i = 0; i<bytes.length ;i++)
        {
            bytes[i] = (byte)Integer.parseInt(hex.substring(2 * i, 2 * i + 2), 16);
        }
        return bytes;
    }

}

        String[] parts = storedPassword.split(":");
        int iterations = Integer.parseInt(parts[0]);
        byte[] salt = fromHex(parts[1]);
        byte[] hash = fromHex(parts[2]);

        PBEKeySpec spec = new PBEKeySpec(originalPassword, salt, iterations, hash.length * 8);
        SecretKeyFactory skf = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("PBKDF2WithHmacSHA1");
        byte[] testHash = skf.generateSecret(spec).getEncoded();

        int diff = hash.length ^ testHash.length;
        for(int i = 0; i < hash.length && i < testHash.length; i++)
        {
            diff |= hash[i] ^ testHash[i];
        }
        return diff == 0;
    
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