Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2002-2009 Team Jaru. * * 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 { public static byte[] toBytesFromHexString(String digits) throws IllegalArgumentException { if (digits == null) { return null; } int length = digits.length(); if (length % 2 == 1) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("For input string: \"" + digits + "\""); } length = length / 2; byte[] bytes = new byte[length]; for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) { int index = i * 2; bytes[i] = (byte) (Short.parseShort(digits.substring(index, index + 2), 16)); } return bytes; } }