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/**
 * Encode an MD5 digest into a String.
 * <p>
 * The 128 bit MD5 hash is converted into a 32 character long String.
 * Each character of the String is the hexadecimal representation of 4 bits
 * of the digest.
 *
 * @author Remy Maucherat
 * @version $Revision: 515 $ $Date: 2008-03-17 22:02:23 +0100 (Mon, 17 Mar 2008) $
 */

public final class MD5Encoder {


    // ----------------------------------------------------- Instance Variables


    private static final char[] hexadecimal =
    {'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9',
     'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'};


    // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods


    /**
     * Encodes the 128 bit (16 bytes) MD5 into a 32 character String.
     *
     * @param binaryData Array containing the digest
     * @return Encoded MD5, or null if encoding failed
     */
    public String encode( byte[] binaryData ) {

        if (binaryData.length != 16)
            return null;

        char[] buffer = new char[32];

        for (int i=0; i<16; i++) {
            int low = (int) (binaryData[i] & 0x0f);
            int high = (int) ((binaryData[i] & 0xf0) >> 4);
            buffer[i*2] = hexadecimal[high];
            buffer[i*2 + 1] = hexadecimal[low];
        }

        return new String(buffer);

    }


}