Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.security.MessageDigest; import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException; public class Main { public static String hashkeyForDisk(String url) { try { final MessageDigest digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5"); digest.update(url.getBytes()); return bytesToHexString(digest.digest()); } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) { e.printStackTrace(); return String.valueOf(url.hashCode()); } } private static String bytesToHexString(byte[] bytes) { StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) { String hex = Integer.toHexString(0xFF & bytes[i]); if (hex.length() == 1) { builder.append("0"); } builder.append(hex); } return builder.toString(); } }