Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException; import java.math.BigInteger; import java.security.MessageDigest; import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException; import java.util.Arrays; public class Main { /** * Length of generated hash */ public static final int HASH_LENGTH = 32; /** * Algorithm used for hashing */ public static final String HASH_ALGORITHM = "MD5"; /** * Charset used for hashing */ public static final String CHARSET = "CP1252"; private static String digest(final String value) { final byte[] digested; try { digested = MessageDigest.getInstance(HASH_ALGORITHM).digest(value.getBytes(CHARSET)); } catch (final NoSuchAlgorithmException e) { return null; } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) { return null; } final String hashed = new BigInteger(1, digested).toString(16); final int padding = HASH_LENGTH - hashed.length(); if (padding == 0) { return hashed; } final char[] zeros = new char[padding]; Arrays.fill(zeros, '0'); return new StringBuilder(HASH_LENGTH).append(zeros).append(hashed).toString(); } }