Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2010 Bruno de Carvalho * * 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[] convertHexStringToByteArray(String hexString) { if ((hexString.length() % 2) != 0) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid hex string (length % 2 != 0)"); } byte[] array = new byte[hexString.length() / 2]; for (int i = 0, arrayIndex = 0; i < hexString.length(); i += 2, arrayIndex++) { array[arrayIndex] = Integer.valueOf(hexString.substring(i, i + 2), 16).byteValue(); } return array; } }