Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; public class Main { /** * Convert hex string to byte[] * * @param hexString the hex string * @return byte[] */ public static byte[] hexStringToBytes(String hexString) { if (hexString == null || hexString.equals("")) { return null; } if (hexString.length() % 2 != 0) { StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder(hexString); stringBuilder.insert(hexString.length() - 1, "0"); hexString = stringBuilder.toString(); System.out.println("new hex string------------------->" + hexString); } hexString = hexString.toUpperCase(); int length = hexString.length() / 2; char[] hexChars = hexString.toCharArray(); byte[] d = new byte[length]; for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) { int pos = i * 2; d[i] = (byte) (charToByte(hexChars[pos]) << 4 | charToByte(hexChars[pos + 1])); } return d; } /** * Convert char to byte * * @param c char * @return byte */ private static byte charToByte(char c) { return (byte) "0123456789ABCDEF".indexOf(c); } }