Here you can find the source of toBytes(String hex)
public static byte[] toBytes(String hex)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w ww .java 2 s .c om * Copyright (c) 2008-2016 Computer Network Information Center (CNIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences. * * This file is part of Duckling project. * * 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[] toBytes(String hex) { if (hex == null || hex.length() == 0 || hex.length() % 2 == 1) return null; int byteCount = hex.length() / 2; byte[] bytes = new byte[byteCount]; for (int i = 0; i < byteCount; i++) { int beginIndex = i * 2; bytes[i] = (byte) Integer.parseInt(hex.substring(beginIndex, beginIndex + 2), 16); } return bytes; } }