Here you can find the source of getBytesFromAddress(String address)
public static byte[] getBytesFromAddress(String address)
//package com.java2s; /****************************************************************************** * * Copyright (C) 2014 Broadcom Corporation * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License./*from ww w .j a v a 2 s .c o m*/ * ******************************************************************************/ public class Main { static final int BD_ADDR_LEN = 6; public static byte[] getBytesFromAddress(String address) { int i, j = 0; byte[] output = new byte[BD_ADDR_LEN]; if (address != null) { for (i = 0; i < address.length(); i++) { if (address.charAt(i) != ':') { output[j] = (byte) Integer.parseInt( address.substring(i, i + 2), 16); j++; i++; } } } return output; } }