Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.security.MessageDigest; import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException; public class Main { public static String keyToHashKey(String key) { String cacheKey; try { final MessageDigest mDigest = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5"); mDigest.update(key.getBytes()); cacheKey = bytesToHexString(mDigest.digest()); } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) { cacheKey = String.valueOf(key.hashCode()); } return cacheKey; } public static String bytesToHexString(byte[] src) { StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder("0x"); if (src == null || src.length <= 0) { return null; } char[] buffer = new char[2]; for (int i = 0; i < src.length; i++) { buffer[0] = Character.forDigit((src[i] >>> 4) & 0x0F, 16); buffer[1] = Character.forDigit(src[i] & 0x0F, 16); stringBuilder.append(buffer); } return stringBuilder.toString(); } }