NoSuchAlgorithmException

public static String encrypt(String text, String password) throws Exception
	{
		Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding");

		//setup key
		byte[] keyBytes = new byte[16];
		byte[] b = password.getBytes("UTF-8");
		int len = b.length;
		if (len > keyBytes.length) len = keyBytes.length;
		System.arraycopy(b, 0, keyBytes, 0, len);

		SecretKeySpec keySpec = new SecretKeySpec(keyBytes, "AES");

		//the below may make this less secure, hard code byte array the IV in both java and .net clients
		IvParameterSpec ivSpec = new IvParameterSpec(keyBytes);

		cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, keySpec, ivSpec);
		byte[] results = cipher.doFinal(text.getBytes("UTF-8"));
		BASE64Encoder encoder = new BASE64Encoder();
		return encoder.encode(results);
	}