Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2012 The Stanford MobiSocial Laboratory * * 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. */ public class Main { /** * Converts the string representation of a hash to a byte array. */ public static byte[] stringToHash(String hashString) { if (hashString.length() % 2 != 0) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Hash must have even length"); } int j = 0; byte[] hash = new byte[hashString.length() / 2]; for (int i = 0; i < hashString.length(); i += 2) { hash[j++] = Byte.parseByte(hashString.substring(i, i + 2)); } return hash; } }