/* Access factory */
                final GordianFactory myBaseFactory = GordianGenerator.createFactory();
                final GordianCipherFactory myCipherFactory = myBaseFactory.getCipherFactory();

                /* Create cipher */
                final GordianSymKeySpec myKeySpec = GordianSymKeySpec.aes(GordianLength.LEN_256);
                final GordianSymCipherSpec myCipherSpec = GordianSymSpec.cbc(myKeySpec, GordianPadding.PKCS7);
                final GordianSymCipher myCipher = myCipherFactory.createSymKeyCipher(myCipherSpec);

                /* Create pbeSpec */
                final GordianPBESpec myPBESpec = GordianPBESpec.pbKDF2(GordianDigestSpec.sha2(GordianLength.LEN_256), 2000);
                final byte[] myPassword = ....

                /* Encrypt message with random nonce */
                GordianCipherParameters myParams = GordianCipherParameters.pbe(myPBESpec, myPassword);
                myCipher.init(true, myParams);
                final byte[] myMessage = ...
                int myOutLen = myCipher.getOutputLength(myMessage.length);
                final byte[] myEncrypted = new byte[myOutLen];
                int myProcessed = myCipher.update(myMessage, 0, myMessage.length, myEncrypted);
                myCipher.finish(myEncrypted, myProcessed);

                /* Decrypt message */
                myParams = GordianCipherParameters.pbeAndNonce(myPBESpec, myCipher.getPBESalt());
                myCipher.init(false, myParams);
                myOutLen = myCipher.getOutputLength(myEncrypted.length);
                final byte[] myResult = new byte[myOutLen];
                myProcessed = myCipher.update(myEncrypted, 0, myEncrypted.length, myResult);
                myCipher.finish(myResult, myProcessed);