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package org.bouncycastle.util.encoders; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.OutputStream; /** * A streaming Hex encoder. */ public class HexEncoder implements Encoder { protected final byte[] encodingTable = { (byte) '0', (byte) '1', (byte) '2', (byte) '3', (byte) '4', (byte) '5', (byte) '6', (byte) '7', (byte) '8', (byte) '9', (byte) 'a', (byte) 'b', (byte) 'c', (byte) 'd', (byte) 'e', (byte) 'f' }; /* * set up the decoding table. */ protected final byte[] decodingTable = new byte[128]; protected void initialiseDecodingTable() { for (int i = 0; i < decodingTable.length; i++) { decodingTable[i] = (byte) 0xff; } for (int i = 0; i < encodingTable.length; i++) { decodingTable[encodingTable[i]] = (byte) i; } decodingTable['A'] = decodingTable['a']; decodingTable['B'] = decodingTable['b']; decodingTable['C'] = decodingTable['c']; decodingTable['D'] = decodingTable['d']; decodingTable['E'] = decodingTable['e']; decodingTable['F'] = decodingTable['f']; } public HexEncoder() { initialiseDecodingTable(); } /** * encode the input data producing a Hex output stream. * * @return the number of bytes produced. */ public int encode(byte[] data, int off, int length, OutputStream out) throws IOException { for (int i = off; i < (off + length); i++) { int v = data[i] & 0xff; out.write(encodingTable[(v >>> 4)]); out.write(encodingTable[v & 0xf]); } return length * 2; } private static boolean ignore(char c) { return c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == '\t' || c == ' '; } /** * decode the Hex encoded byte data writing it to the given output stream, * whitespace characters will be ignored. * * @return the number of bytes produced. */ public int decode(byte[] data, int off, int length, OutputStream out) throws IOException { byte b1, b2; int outLen = 0; int end = off + length; while (end > off) { if (!ignore((char) data[end - 1])) { break; } end--; } int i = off; while (i < end) { while (i < end && ignore((char) data[i])) { i++; } b1 = decodingTable[data[i++]]; while (i < end && ignore((char) data[i])) { i++; } b2 = decodingTable[data[i++]]; if ((b1 | b2) < 0) { throw new IOException("invalid characters encountered in Hex data"); } out.write((b1 << 4) | b2); outLen++; } return outLen; } /** * decode the Hex encoded String data writing it to the given output stream, * whitespace characters will be ignored. * * @return the number of bytes produced. */ public int decode(String data, OutputStream out) throws IOException { byte b1, b2; int length = 0; int end = data.length(); while (end > 0) { if (!ignore(data.charAt(end - 1))) { break; } end--; } int i = 0; while (i < end) { while (i < end && ignore(data.charAt(i))) { i++; } b1 = decodingTable[data.charAt(i++)]; while (i < end && ignore(data.charAt(i))) { i++; } b2 = decodingTable[data.charAt(i++)]; if ((b1 | b2) < 0) { throw new IOException("invalid characters encountered in Hex string"); } out.write((b1 << 4) | b2); length++; } return length; } byte[] decodeStrict(String str, int off, int len) throws IOException { if (null == str) { throw new NullPointerException("'str' cannot be null"); } if (off < 0 || len < 0 || off > (str.length() - len)) { throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("invalid offset and/or length specified"); } if (0 != (len & 1)) { throw new IOException("a hexadecimal encoding must have an even number of characters"); } int resultLen = len >>> 1; byte[] result = new byte[resultLen]; int strPos = off; for (int i = 0; i < resultLen; ++i) { byte b1 = decodingTable[str.charAt(strPos++)]; byte b2 = decodingTable[str.charAt(strPos++)]; int n = (b1 << 4) | b2; if (n < 0) { throw new IOException("invalid characters encountered in Hex string"); } result[i] = (byte) n; } return result; } }