compute SHA-1 Hash
import java.security.MessageDigest; import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException; public class CryptoUtils { public static String computeHash(final String x) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException { MessageDigest d = null; d = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-1"); d.reset(); d.update(x.getBytes()); return byteArrayToHexString(d.digest()); } private static String byteArrayToHexString(final byte[] b){ final StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(b.length * 2); for (int i = 0; i < b.length; i++){ final int v = b[i] & 0xff; if (v < 16) { sb.append('0'); } sb.append(Integer.toHexString(v)); } return sb.toString().toUpperCase(); } }