Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2010 Giesecke & Devrient GmbH * * 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 { /** * Converts a string consisting of hex-coded signs into an byte-array. * * @param hexString the input string with values in hex representation. * @return a byte array holding the hex-values in the expected format. */ public static byte[] hexStringToByteArray(String hexString) { int len = hexString.length(); byte[] data = new byte[len / 2]; for (int i = 0; i < len; i += 2) { data[i / 2] = (byte) ((Character.digit(hexString.charAt(i), 16) << 4) + Character.digit(hexString.charAt(i + 1), 16)); } return data; } }