Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (c) 2015-2016 IBM Corporation. All rights reserved. * <p/> * 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 * <p/> * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * <p/> * 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 { public static byte[] fromHexString(String hexString) { char[] chars = hexString.toCharArray(); byte[] result = new byte[chars.length / 2]; for (int i = 0; i < result.length; i++) { char c = chars[2 * i]; int a = ((Character.isDigit(c) ? c - '0' : c - 'A' + 10) << 4) & 0xF0; c = chars[2 * i + 1]; int b = (Character.isDigit(c) ? c - '0' : c - 'A' + 10) & 0x0F; result[i] = (byte) ((a | b) & 0xFF); } return result; } }