Here you can find the source of decodeHex(String str)
public static byte[] decodeHex(String str)
//package com.java2s; /*//ww w . j a va 2 s .c om * Created by Angel Leon (@gubatron), Alden Torres (aldenml) * Copyright (c) 2011-2014, FrostWire(R). All rights reserved. * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.Locale; public class Main { public static byte[] decodeHex(String str) { str = str.toLowerCase(Locale.US); int len = str.length(); byte[] data = new byte[len / 2]; for (int i = 0; i < len; i += 2) { data[i / 2] = (byte) ((Character.digit(str.charAt(i), 16) << 4) + Character .digit(str.charAt(i + 1), 16)); } return data; } }